Texas A&M, The Association Of Former Students Announce 2024 Distinguished Achievement Honorees
Texas A&M University and The Association of Former Students have selected 25 outstanding faculty and staff to be honored with the 2024 university-level Distinguished Achievement Awards. Since 1955, the Distinguished Achievement Awards have been granted to those who exhibit the highest standards of excellence at Texas A&M.
The award honors Texas A&M faculty and staff members in teaching, research, individual student engagement, 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 and high regard in which colleagues hold the recipients.
In recognition of their achievements, each recipient will receive a monetary gift, an engraved watch and a commemorative certificate. Recipients will be honored on April 26 at the Faculty Affairs Spring Awards Ceremony in the Student Recreation Center, Room 2229.
The 2024 awardees are:
Administration
- Robert Ahdieh, School of Law
- Thomas McKnight, Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences
Extension, Outreach, Continuing Education, and Professional Development
- William Byrnes, School of Law
Graduate Mentoring
- David Claridge, J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering
- David Russell, Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences
Individual Student Engagement
- Jennifer Rhinesmith-Carranza, Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- Aakash Tyagi, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering
Research
- Haitham Abu-Rub, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University at Qatar
- Rodolfo Nayga, Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- Eric Petersen, J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering
- Lin Shao, Department of Nuclear Engineering, College of Engineering
- Farida Sohrabji, Department of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics, School of Medicine
- David Threadgill, Department of Nutrition, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Staff
- Jennifer Ford, Division of Student Affairs
- Gerald Smith, Division of Student Affairs
Teaching
- Barry Boyd, Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- Emily Cantrell, Department of Teaching, Learning and Culture, School of Education and Human Development
- Daniel Conway, Department of Philosophy and Humanities, College of Arts and Sciences
- Michelle Diaz, James Benjamin Department of Accounting, Mays Business School
- Debra Ellis, Department of Construction Science, School of Architecture
- Michelle Kwok, Department of Teaching, Learning and Culture, School of Education and Human Development
- Catharina Laporte, Department of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences
- Verity McInnis, Department of History, College of Arts and Sciences
- Jayne Reuben, Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Dentistry
- Christina Wiederwohl, Department of Oceanography, College of Arts and Sciences
