TTU System Celebrates Chancellor’s Council Distinguished Teaching & Research Award Winners
May 8, 2023 | Contact: Scott Lacefield
Esteemed faculty from across the Texas Tech University System (TTU System) were celebrated Thursday (May 4) evening at the annual Chancellor’s Council Celebration of Excellence, hosted by Chancellor Tedd L. Mitchell, M.D., and First Lady Janet Tornelli-Mitchell, M.D., at the Buddy Holly Hall of Performing Arts and Sciences in Lubbock.
Tedd L. Mitchell, M.D.Chancellor’s Council Distinguished Teaching and Research Awards recognize academic excellence across the TTU System. The honors are the most prestigious awards granted to faculty by the TTU System.
The awards are funded by gifts to the Chancellor’s Council, a giving society that supports the chancellor’s priorities across the TTU System. Since the honors were established in 2001, a total of 233 faculty have received awards totaling nearly $1.4 million.
“The generosity of our Chancellor’s Council donors provides us the opportunity to recognize and celebrate academic leaders and experts across the Texas Tech University System,” Mitchell said. “I am grateful for each of these dedicated supporters as they help us achieve our educational mission.”
Donors and supporters of the Chancellor’s Council, members of the TTU System Board of Regents and leadership from across the TTU System joined in the event to applaud the accomplished award recipients.
“These awards recognize the best of the best, and I’m extremely honored to recognize our world-class faculty across the Texas Tech University System,” Mitchell said. “Our award recipients have ascended to the top of their areas of study and are leading experts at providing students with an unrivaled educational experience. I congratulate each of our esteemed faculty receiving this year’s teaching and research awards.”
Recipients receive a $5,000 stipend and an engraved medallion.
2023 Chancellor’s Council Distinguished Teaching and Research Awards:
- Weilong Cong, Ph.D., Edward E. Whitacre College of Engineering (Research Award)
- DeLeith Duke Gossett, J.D., School of Law (Teaching Award)
- Nathaniel Hall, Ph.D., Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources (Research Award)
- Sam Jackson, Ph.D., Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources (Teaching Award)
- Mallory Maria Prucha, M.F.A., J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts (Research Award)
- Alexander William Salter, Ph.D., Jerry S. Rawls College of Business (Research Award)
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center:
- Duke Appiah, Ph.D., M.P.H., Julia Jones Matthews School of Population and Public Health (Teaching Award)
- Jen Collins, Ph.D., R.N., C.N.E., School of Nursing (Research Award)
- Amy Stark, M.D., School of Medicine (Teaching Award)
- Dionne Talamantes Bailey, Ph.D., College of Science and Engineering (Teaching Award)
- Bruce E. Bechtol Jr., Ph.D., College of Arts and Humanities (Research Award)
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso:
- Salvador Cruz-Flores, M.D., M.P.H., Paul L. Foster School of Medicine (Teaching Award)
- John E. Martinez, Ph.D., Dillard College of Business Administration (Teaching Award)
- Christina Janise Wickard, Ph.D., Gordon T. & Ellen West College of Education (Research Award)
Texas Tech University (L-to-R): President Lawrence Schovanec, Ph.D., Alexander William
Salter, Ph.D., DeLeith Duke Gossett, J.D., Sam Jackson, Ph.D., Nathaniel Hall, Ph.D.,
Mallory Maria Prucha, M.F.A., Weilong Cong, Ph.D., Chancellor Tedd L. Mitchell, M.D.
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (L-to-R): Chancellor Tedd L. Mitchell,
M.D., Duke Appiah, Ph.D., Jen Collins, Ph.D., R.N., C.N.E., Amy Stark, M.D., President
Lori Rice-Spearman, Ph.D.
Angelo State University (L-to-R): President Ronnie D. Hawkins Jr., Bruce E. Bechtol
Jr., Ph.D., Dionne Talamantes Bailey, Ph.D., Provost Don Topliff, Ph.D.
TTUHSC El Paso (L-to-R): President Richard Lange, M.D., M.B.A., Regent Pat Gordon,
Salvador Cruz-Flores, M.D., M.P.H., Chancellor Tedd L. Mitchell, M.D.
MSU Texas (L-to-R): Chancellor Tedd L. Mitchell, M.D., Christina Janise Wickard, Ph.D.,
John E. Martinez, Ph.D., Interim President Keith Lamb
About the Texas Tech University System
Established in 1996, the Texas Tech University System is one of the top public university
systems in the nation, consisting of five universities – Texas Tech University, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Angelo State University, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso and Midwestern State University.
Headquartered in Lubbock, Texas, the TTU System is a $2.65 billion enterprise focused on advancing higher education, health care, research and outreach with approximately 21,000 employees and 63,000 students, more than 375,000 alumni, a statewide economic impact of $16.4 billion and an endowment valued at $1.7 billion. In its short history, the TTU System has grown tremendously and is nationally acclaimed, operating at 26 academic locations in 22 cities (20 in Texas, 2 international).
In addition, the TTU System is one of only nine in the nation to offer programs for undergraduate, medical, law, nursing, pharmacy, dental and veterinary education, among other academic areas.