2021 Distinguished Achievement Award Recipients Named
The awards are co-sponsored by Texas A&M University and The Association of Former Students.
The Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Award honors Texas A&M faculty and staff members in the categories of teaching, research, individual student relations, graduate mentoring, administration, staff, and extension/outreach/continuing education/professional development.
The selection process for this award is rigorous, with the recipients chosen by a campus-wide committee composed of faculty, staff, students, and former students. The award is a testimony to the esteem in which colleagues hold the recipients.
In recognition of their achievements, each recipient will receive a cash gift, an engraved watch, and a commemorative plaque.
The 2021 Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Awards are as follows:
Administration
- Joyce Alexander, Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education and Human Development
Extension, Outreach, Continuing Education, and Professional Development
- Larry Stein, Department of Horticultural Science, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
Graduate Mentoring
- Gerard Coté, Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering
- Christine Stanley, Department of Educational Administration and Human Resource Development, College of Education and Human Development
Individual Student Relations
- Krista Bailey, Department of Educational Administration and Human Resource Development, College of Education and Human Development
- Elizabeth Robinson, Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
Research
- José Luis Bermúdez, Department of Philosophy and Humanities, College of Liberal Arts
- Mahmoud El-Halwagi, Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering
- Margaret Ezell, Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
- Beverly Irby, Department of Educational Administration and Human Resource Development, College of Education and Human Development
- Marcia Ory, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health
- Svetlana Sukhishvili, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering
Staff
- Laura Hammons, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
- Melissa Shehane, Department of Student Activities, Division of Student Affairs
Teaching
- Joanna Goodey-Pellois, Department of Chemistry, College of Science
- Gregory Heim, Department of Information and Operations Management, Mays Business School
- Rupak Mahapatra, Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Science
- Ibere Nascentes Alves, Department of Petroleum Engineering, College of Engineering
- LeAnn Rudd, Liberal Arts Program-English, Texas A&M University at Qatar
- Jennifer Strong, Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- Andrew Tag, Department of Biology, College of Science
- Aakash Tyagi, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering
- Andra Voges, Department of Veterinary Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
- Robert Woodward, Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education and Human Development
For more information about this year’s recipients, visit the Dean of Faculties site*.
* This link is no longer active and has been removed.
