Colleagues,
I am happy to announce the recipients of the 2023 Vice Chancellor’s Awards in Excellence! Established in 1980, this awards program recognizes the commitment and outstanding contributions of faculty, staff and students across Texas A&M AgriLife. Awards will be presented on January 11, 2024, during Texas A&M AgriLife Connect to the following individuals and groups:
- Academic Professional Track Teaching: Leslie Winemiller
- Administration: Leland Pierson
- Administrative or Programmatic Staff: Donna Witt
- AgriLife Professional Service Units Staff: Helen White
- Business Operational Staff: Lori Martin
- County Agent: Shane McLellan
- Diagnostic Services: Martin Ficken
- Early Career Research: Daniel Spalink
- Extension Specialist/Program Specialist/Extension Associate Serving State or Region: Jourdan Bell
- Graduate Student Research: Morgan Thompson
- Graduate Student Teaching: Morgan Powers
- International Involvement: Urs Kreuter
- Mid-Career Research: Nithya Rajan
- Partnership: Dallas Extension and Research Collaboration on Family Health (Paula Butler, Jacob Szeszulski, Julie Gardner, Alexandra MacMillan Uribe)
- Public Service in Forestry: Donna Work
- Research: Muthukumar Bagavathiannan
- Special Services: Ray Riley
- Student Success and Relations: Jessica Light
- Team: Healthy Texas Unit (Luisa Gonzalez-Colin, Rusty Hohlt, David Leal, Elaine Montemayor-Gonzalez, Erica Reyes, Julia Tijerina, Amy Valdez, Carissa Wilhelm)
- Technical and Programmatic Staff: Katrina Horn
- Tenured/Tenure Track Teaching: Juliana Rangel Posada
We hope you will join us in person or virtually at AgriLife Connect to hear more about their exceptional work. RSVP here to help the organizers plan.
Please join me in congratulating the award winners!
Jeffrey W. Savell
Vice Chancellor and Dean, Agriculture and Life Sciences