Faculty Affairs hosted their 2024 Spring Awards Ceremony celebrating the honors and achievements bestowed upon faculty, staff and graduate students by Texas A&M University and The Association of Former Students (AFS).
Of the 64 individuals recognized, 41 received AFS Distinguished Achievement Awards, nine new Regents Professors were named, eight faculty members were recognized for teaching excellence, and a team of five faculty members from the School of Education & Human Development were awarded for their development of future educators. The impact of the these awardees is evident across our campus community, the Southeastern Conference, our nation and the world.
Here are the 2024 awardees:
The Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Award for Administration
The Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Award for Extension, Outreach, Continuing Education & Professional Development
The Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Award for Graduate Mentoring
The Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Award for Individual Student Engagement
The Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Award for Research
The Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Award for Staff
- Colonel Gerald "Jerry" L. Smith '82, USMC (Ret.)
- Jennifer Ford
The Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Award for Teaching
- Barry Boyd
- Catharina Laporte
- Verity McInnis
- Christina Wiederwohl
- Daniel Conway
- Emily Cantrell
- Michelle Kwok
- Michelle Diaz
- Debra Ellis
- Jayne Reuben
The Association of Former Students Distinguished Graduate Student Award
- Excellence in Research
- Rachel Busselman
- Sambandh Dhal
- Wenliang He
- Nirmitee Mulgaonkar
- Tejaswini Reddy
- Kara Thomas
- James Tronolone
- Ruida Zhou
- Excellence in Teaching
- Nicholas Bradley
- Catherine Brooks
- Abigail Clevenger
- Delaney Couri
- Carla de Loera
- Avi Kister
- Virginia Redwine Johnson
- Xiaoyu Su
The Texas A&M University System Regents Professor
- Ann Bowman
- Satish Bukkapatnam
- Noah Cohen
- Dilma Da Silva
- Kim Dooley
- Stephen Maren
- Jon Skare
- Michael Waters
- Thomas Welsh, Jr.
Presidential Professor for Teaching Excellence
University Professorships for Undergraduate Teaching Excellence
Chancellor's Academy of Teacher Educators of the Texas A&M University System
SEC Faculty Achievement Award
Learn more about university awards at Texas A&M University.