Texas Woman’s will honor faculty and staff for their outstanding achievements and contributions to the university during the 2023 Faculty and Staff Awards ceremony at 3 p.m., Thursday, April 20, in the Dr. Phyllis J. Bridges Auditorium of the Student Union at Hubbard Hall (SUHH). The ceremony also will be broadcast via livestream.

Award recipients are:

Faculty Awards

• Distinction in Teaching — Tina Gumienny, PhD, associate professor, Biology
• Distinction in Distance Education — Deepani Tennakoon, PhD, lecturer I, Biology
• Distinction in Scholarship (two awards) — Christopher Brower, PhD, associate professor, Biology, and Derek Miketinas, PhD, assistant professor, Nutrition & Food Sciences
• Distinction in Service — DiAnna Hynds, PhD, professor, Biology
• Innovation in Academia — Juliet Spencer, PhD, director, School of the Sciences and professor, Biology
• Humphries Award — Nathaniel C. Mills, PhD, professor, Biology
• Mary Mason Lyon Award for Distinguished Junior Faculty (two awards) — Carter Biggers, DMA, director of bands and associate professor, Music, and Jayne Jennings Dunlap, DNP, assistant clinical professor, Nursing
• Cornaro Award — Jyutika Mehta, PhD, professor, Communication Sciences; director, TWU Stroke Center-Dallas

Staff Awards

• Outstanding Achievement Award (two awards) — Ivy Naude, assistant director, marketing events & outreach, College of Business, and Rosa Rangel, custodian II, Facilities Management
• Award of Excellence — Vik Arunkumar, associate director, Residence Life
• Feyten-Wick Health & WellBeing Champion (two awards) — Johnnie Moore, maintenance worker II, Facilities Management, and Suzi Rumohr, science librarian, TWU Libraries
• Distinguished Service to Student Life (two awards) — Lizabeth Spoonts, clinical professor, Dental Hygiene, and Kathleen Davis, PhD, associate professor, Nutrition & Food Sciences
• Distinguished Service to Enrollment Management — Ruth A. Johnson, PhD, associate dean, Graduate School
• Award for Outstanding Contribution to the TWU Libraries — Elaine Cox, senior health sciences librarian II

A reception will follow in the Southwest Ballroom of SUHH.