President's Excellence in Diversity and Equity Award
Past Winners
The President's Excellence in Diversity and Equity Award has been created to recognize annually the efforts of faculty, staff, and students to engage in activities on and off campus that promote the value of diversity and the importance of equity in the University. The awards are based on contributions to Texas Tech that are “beyond the call of duty,” in relation to academic activities and programs that advance the academic and professional climate of diversity and equity.
2011-2012 Award Recipients
Faculty
Comfort Pratt, Ph.D.
Staff
Julia Mainini
Undergraduate Students
Rahel Tekola
Cole Newton
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Faculty Nominees
Joseph Aranha, M.Arch.
Stephen Bayne, Ph.D.
Ximena Bernal, Ph.D.
Costica Bradatan, Ph.D.
Hansel Burley, Ph.D.
Mukaddes Darwish, Ph.D.
Stephen Ekwaro-Osire, Ph.D., P.E.
Tina Fuentes, M.F.A.
Annette Hernandez, Ph.D.
Raegan Higgins, Ph.D.
Miriam Mulsow, Ph.D.
Eugenia Charles-Newton, J.D.
Juliann Scholl, Ph.D.
Christopher Smith, Ph.D.
Sara Spurgeon, Ph.D.
Kent Wilkinson, Ph.D.
Chris Robitschek, Ph.D.
John Gilliam, Ph.D.
Min-Joo Kim, Ph.D.
Staff Nominees
Margie Ceja
Mysti Digby
Jo Moore
Steven Morales
Thomas Reynolds
Student Nominees
John Stanko
Ebenezer Oke
Sara Krueger
Neha Jasani
Mollie Johnson
Jessica Galvan
Akinbobola Akinboro
2010-2011 Award Recipients
Faculty
Yuan Shu, Ph.D.
Staff
Patricia Earl, Ph.D.
Undergraduate Students
Elizabeth Espino
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Faculty Nominees
Hansel Burley
Yvonne Caldera
Jackie Fitzpatrick
Lauren Gollahon
Robert Peaslee
Collette Taylor
Yuan Shu
Staff Nominees
Stephani Biggs
Herb Dillon
Patricia Earl
Karlene Hoo
Jo Moore
Pradip Sahu
Esther Muñoz Salazar
Student Nominees
Karla Cantu
Elizabeth Espino
Michael Lara
Roshan Sharma
2009-2010 Award Recipients
Faculty
Miguel Levario, Ph.D.
Mark Webb, Ph.D.
Staff
Alime Sadikova
Undergraduate Students
Carlos Gutierrez
Evelyn Mitchell
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Faculty Nominees
Curtis Bauer
Narissra Carter
Celine Godard – Codding
Mukaddes Darwish
Amy Heuman
Sarah Kulkofsky
Miguel Levario
Janice Lupton
Sylvia Niehuis
Seshadri Ramkumar
Robert Peaslee
Ethan Schmidt
Yuan Shu
Susan Tomlinson
Mark Webb
Staff Nominees
Joann Altman
Patricia Earl
Jodi Gonzales
Michael Gunn
Heather Martinez
Glenda Jones
Ana Martinez
Susan Polgar
Alime Sadikova
Daniel Sanchez
Student Nominees
Elizabeth Espino
Carlos Gutierrez
Bianca Ibarra
Ana Jarquin
Sylecia Johnston
Evelyn Mitchell
Justin Rivera
Jesse Saldivar
Ricky Waite
Mark Winton
2008-2009 Award Recipients
(L-R) Serkan Balyimez, Orlando Espino, Dr. Jaclyn Cañas
Faculty
Jaclyn Cañas, Ph.D.
Staff
Rosa Gallegos
Students
Serkan Balyimez
Orlando Espino
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Faculty Nominees
Future Akins-Tillet
Minerva Alaniz
Bert Norman
Glen Biglaiser
Lori Boyer
Yvonne Caldera
Dr. Jaclyn Cañas
Patricia Clark
Francisco Delgadillo
Javier Gomez
Amy Heuman
Amy Jarmon
Gunnar Karakurt
Miguel Levario
Miriam Mulsow
Alex Ortiz
Robert Peaslee
Comfort Pratt
Marianida Roncesvalles
Ethan Scmidt
Michael Serra
Yanlin Wang
Mark Webb
Robert Weiner
GROUP NOMINATIONS
Charlotte Dunham
Caryl Heintz
Karlene Hoo
Mary Frances Agnello
Mary Cain Fehr
Staff Nominees
Josh Anderson - Cheer
Joe Arredondo - Art
Barbara Bass - Human Sciences
Sephani Biggs - Classical & Modern Languages & LIteratures
Thomas Deason - Hospitality
Patricia Earl - Women's Studies
Wendoli Flores - Institutional Advancement
Dean Fontenot - Center for Engineering Outreach
Rosa Gallegos - Engineering
Dolores Gonzales - Hospitality
Jodi Gonzales - PEGASUS
Christie Johns - Undergraduate Recruitment & Admissions
Jay Killough - University Career Services
Jerry Perez - High Performance Computing Center
Beverly Pinson - Financial Aid
Sofia Rodriguez - Student Affairs and Enrollment Management
Erin Snyder - Student Counseling Center
Janet Veal - Honors College
Jana Vise - Student Affairs
Student Nominees
Felix Alanis
Tina Arons
Tatiana Artamonova
Mark Cavazos
Hsiang-Ting Chen
Zachary Conley
Liliana Cordero
Jazmine Duncan
Kaylie Jordan Gould
Lingzhi Guo
Elizabeth Kociolek
Erin Kostina-Ritchey
Ebonee McCorvey
Wing Ngan
Valerie Onsurez
Jarett Thompson
Ken Tsai
Darlington Ukwu
2007-2008 Award Recipients
(L-R) President Whitmore, Karla Carlo, Ricky Sherfield, Loretta Bradley and Kerry Hooks.
Faculty
Loretta Bradley, Ph.D.
Staff
Kerry Hooks
Students
Karla Carlo
Ricky Sherfield
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Faculty Nominees
Mary Baker - Engineer
Loretta Bradley - Education
Claudia Cogliser - Business
Dennis Fehr - Art
Colleen Fitzgerald - English
Amy Heuman - Communication Studies
Calvin Lewis - School of Law
Thomas Longoria - Political Science
Dennis Patterson - Political Science
Kirk St. Amant - English
Juliann Scholl - Communications
Gwendolyn Sorell - Human Devel. & Family Studies
Elizabeth Trejos-Castillo - Human Devel. & Family Studies
Mark Webb - Philosophy
Kenton Wilkinson - Mass Communications
Staff Nominees
Laura Calkins - Women's Studies
Shelley Ducatt - Student Disability Services
Joe Gantt - Communication Studies
Kerry Hooks - University Student Housing
Heather Medley - University Parking Services
Dewayne Mounce - University Parking Services
Amanda Cotton - University Parking Services
Jason Finkle - University Parking Services
Michael Mendez - University Parking Services
Jerry Perez - High Performance Center
Daniel Sanchez - Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
Student Nominees
Karla Carlo
Sandeep Chintabathina
Felicia Jaggers
Todd Lindley
Johnny Mendias
Tomas Resendiz
Maanisaad Shahriar
Ricky Sherfield
2006-2007 Award Recipients
(L-R) Juan Muñoz, Raymond Baeza, Kristen Jones, Dianne Crowley, Aretha Marbley and President Whitmore.
Faculty
Aretha Marbley, Ph.D.
Staff
Dianne Crowley
Students
Raymond Baeza
Kristen Jones
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Faculty Nominees
Cherif Amor – Design
Yvonne Caldera - Human Development and Family Studies
Ed Check - Art
Dennis Fehr - Art
Colleen Fitzgerald - English
Ingrid Fry - Classical Modern Language Literature
Calvin Lewis - Law School
Aretha Marbley - Education
Carmen Pereira-Muro - Biological Sciences
Alan Shin - Music
Staff Nominees
Dianne Crowley -Office of Internationall Affairs
Daniel Sanchez - Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Student Nominees
Raymond Baeza
Jazsmine Duncan
Kristen Jones
Meet Shah
2005-2006 award recipients
First Photo (L-R) Bolanle Olaniran and Juan Munoz. Second Photo (L-R) Lori Romero, Crystal Ramirez, President Whitmore, Angelee Bravo and Juan Munoz.
Faculty
Bolanle Olaniran, Ph.D.
Staff
Lori Romero
Students
Angelee Bravo
Crystal A. Ramirez
2005-2006 Nominees
Faculty Nominees
George Cobb – Institute of Environmental and Human Health
Claudia Cogliser – Rawls College of Business
Jacki Fitzpatrick – Department of Human Devel. & Family Studies
A. William Gustafson– Department of Personal Financial Planning
Jorge Iber – Department of History
Karen Meaney – Health Exericise Sport Science
Feisal Mohamed– Department of English
Cynthia Phelps –Department of Sociology, Anthropology & Social Work
Comfort Pratt Department of Classical & Modern Literature
Rosa Hernandez Sheets – Department of Curriculum & Instruction
Richard Wampler– Department of Applied and Professional Studies
Mark Webb – Department of Philosophy
Staff Nominees
Jenny Garcia – College of Education
Jerry Perez – High Performance Computer Center
Janie Landin Ramirez – Collage of Education
Emily Saiz– Department of Plant and Soil Science
Daniel Sanchez– Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Robert Shindell – Rawls College of Business Career Management Center
Cindy Villegas – College of Human Sciences
Djuana Young – Office of Admissions
Student Nominees
Raymond Joseph Baeza
Angelee Bravo
Gregory Dewayne Gonzales
Michael Gonzales
Denise Hinojosa
Jimmy Kelly
Devin Lemons
Melissa Marshall
Bianca Mercado
Martha Mouret-Sanders
Laura Ponce
Crystal Ramirez
Vanessa Rodriguez-Garcia
2004-2005 Award Recipients
(L-R) President Whitmore, Joaquin Borrego, Brenda De La Garza, Sheryl Santos, Kwame Alford, Eric Strong, Valerie Martinez and Juan Munoz.
Faculty
Kwame Alford (honorable mention)
Joaquin Borrego, Ph.D.
Sheryl Santos, Ph.D.
Staff
Eric Strong
Students
Brenda De La Garza
Valerie Martinez
Amy Gutierrez
Melissa Marshall