Staff Members Honored At 2014-15 President’s Meritorious Service Awards

Texas A&M University Interim President Dr. Mark A. Hussey ’79 honored staff members at the 28th annual President’s Meritorious Service Awards ceremony on the College Station campus.

The following 15 individual staff members and one team were selected for their meritorious service to Texas A&M:

• Betty Cotton, Biochemistry & Biophysics
• Sarah Edwards, Student Activities
• Sherry Escalante, Office of the Vice Chancellor and Dean of Engineering
• Edie Hammond, Enterprise Information Systems
• Mary Hein, The Bush School of Government & Public Service
• Nick Kilmer, Scholarships & Financial Aid
• Terence Krolczyk, Enterprise Information Systems
• Paulette Lesher, English
• Tawyna Moehlman, Recreational Sports
• Christi (Ramirez) Barrera, Sociology
• Spring Robinson, Marketing, Mays Business School
• Rachael Sears, Veterinary Large Animal Clinical Sciences
• Faith Stringer, College of Architecture
• Alexandra Tomecek, Physics & Astronomy
• Holley Toschlog, Materials Science & Engineering
• University Police Crisis Intervention Team (Team Award): Jonathan Blythe, Josh Deleon, Lee Elkins, Jennifer Enloe, John Kay, Ethan Patton, Adrian Shepherd, and Justin Vykukal

Hussey presented the awards and stated, “Texas A&M is privileged to have so many outstanding employees so worthy of recognition. This institution is sustained by thousands of highly capable staff members, often laboring in obscurity.”

To date, more than 600 staff members have received the President’s Meritorious Service Award. These employees are committed to Texas A&M’s core goals of teaching, research and outreach, say university officials.

The President’s Meritorious Service Awards began in 1986. Awards are presented to recognize 15 outstanding staff employees and one outstanding team for their meritorious service to the university. Nominations are called for during the fall and an anonymous committee appointed by the President selects the recipients.

Each individual recipient receives a $700 cash award, a commemorative plaque and an award lapel pin. The team is recognized with a plaque for departmental display. Each member of the team receives a cash award of $200, a lapel pin and a framed certificate of recognition.

Awards are funded through the generosity of The Association of Former Students and the program is coordinated by Texas A&M Human Resources. Learn more at employees.tamu.edu/pmsa.