Texas Woman’s University celebrated faculty and staff excellence during the 2023 awards celebration April 20. The ceremony took place on the Denton campus and was livestreamed to the Dallas and Houston campuses.

Award recipients were:

Faculty Awards

Cornaro Award — Jyutika Mehta, PhD, professor, Communication Sciences; director, TWU Stroke Center-Dallas

Mary Mason Lyon Award for Distinguished Junior Faculty — Carter Biggers, DMA, director of bands and associate professor, Music

Humphries Award — Nathaniel C. Mills, PhD, professor, Biology

Distinction in Service — DiAnna Hynds, PhD, professor, Biology

Distinction in Distance Education — Deepani Tennakoon, PhD, lecturer I, Biology

Distinction in Teaching — Tina Gumienny, PhD, associate professor, Biology

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Mary Mason Lyon Award for Distinguished Junior Faculty — Jayne Jennings Dunlap, DNP, assistant clinical professor, Nursing

Innovation in Academia — Juliet Spencer, PhD, director, School of the Sciences and professor, Biology

Distinction in Scholarship (two awards) — Christopher Brower, PhD, associate professor, Biology, and Derek Miketinas, PhD, assistant professor, Nutrition & Food Sciences

Staff Awards

Award of Excellence — Vik Arunkumar, associate director, Residence Life

Outstanding Achievement Award — Ivy Naude, assistant director, marketing events & outreach, College of Business

Outstanding Achievement Award — Rosa Rangel, custodian II, Facilities Management

Feyten-Wick Health & WellBeing Champion — Johnnie Moore, maintenance worker II, Facilities Management

Feyten-Wick Health & WellBeing Champion —Suzi Rumohr, science librarian, TWU Libraries

Additional awards presented were:

Presidential Award for Meritorious Service — Nora Sierra, assistant to the vice provost, Institutional Research and Improvement

Distinguished Service to Student Life — Lizabeth Spoonts, clinical professor, Dental Hygiene

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

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Distinguished Service to Student Life — Kathleen Davis, PhD, associate professor, Nutrition & Food Sciences