Faculty and Staff Brags
This is not an exhaustive list of the many distinguished awards received recently by TCC faculty & staff. Please submit your awards to TCC.Brags@tccd.edu.
A’lisha Malone
Speech Instructor
Northeast Campus
Cindy O’Neil
Associate Professor of Dental Hygiene
Northeast Campus
Leigh-Anne Regenold
Assistant Professor of Government
Northeast Campus
Linda Braddy
Vice President for Academic Affairs
Northeast Campus
Raymond Nelson
Support Technician
Northeast Campus
Recipients of the 2017 John & Suanna Roueche Excellence Award.
Alison Hodges
Instructor of Culinary Arts
Southeast Campus
Regional semi-finalist for the American Culinary Federation’s 2018 Pastry Chef of the Year Award. Won Pastry Chef of the Year at the Texas Chefs Association June 2017 meeting in Dallas.
Alison Hodges
Instructor of Culinary Arts
Southeast Campus
Katrina Warner
Coordinator/Instructor of Culinary Arts
Southeast Campus
Demonstrated recipes for WFAA Channel 8’s Midday News and on the Celebrity Chef’s Stage at the State Fair of Texas.
Allison Gillies
Adjunct—Art
Northwest Campus
Created graphite drawing chosen for cover of science-fiction novel, Gallantry in Action, by John Spearman.
Amy Jennings
Associate Professor of Dance
Northwest Campus
Brandy Niccolai-Belfi
Associate Professor of Dance
Southeast Campus
Performed for the Fort Worth Fall Gallery Night at the dead WEST: GALLERY AND STUDIO.
Anne Boleyn Hampton
Administrative Assistant
Northwest Campus
Elected interim state director for the SkillsUSA Texas College Postsecondary Board.
Bill Coppola
President
Southeast Campus
Chosen to serve on the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on Dual Credit Course Limitations.
Brian Johnson
Professor of Government and History
South Campus
Named chairperson of the Tarrant Regional Transportation Coalition.
Building Services Department & Student Activities Department
Southeast Campus
Campus won Mayor’s Award at the Arlington 4th of July Parade for designing a Texas-style float.
Cara Walker
Coordinator of Student Activities
Northeast Campus
Named officer-at-large for Clayton Youth Enrichment’s Board of Directors.
Communications, Public Relations & Marketing Department
District
Received Gold for What’s Stopping You? Bus Bench Ad from the Collegiate Advertising Awards; Gold for both Economic and Workforce Development Electronic Advertising and REACH Magazine (Digital Version) from the Educational Digital Marketing Awards; Gold for REACH Magazine (both Print and Digital Versions) from the MarCom Awards.
Cynthia Hurt
Professor of Art, Drawing and Painting
Northeast Campus
Invited to jury the 12th Annual Visual Arts Society of Texas 125-Mile Exhibition.
Cynthia Savage
Assistant Professor of Mental Health
Northeast Campus
Named Professional of the Year by the Fort Worth Chapter of the Texas Association of Addiction Professionals.
D. E. Staats
Academic Advisor
Northwest Campus
Brewer High School named their GRIT scholarship for Staats, who is a Brewer High School alumni.
Des Robinson
Associate Professor of Psychology/Behavioral and Social Sciences Department Chair
Southeast Campus
Selected to serve on National Committee for the American Psychological Association’s Division 2–Society for Teaching Psychology for re-envisioning “Introduction to Psychology”.
Eddie Brassart
Assistant Director for Student Development Services
Trinity River Campus
Selected to participate in the 2017 Walter G. Bumphus Leadership Institute, sponsored by the National Council on Student Development.
Fred Spaulding
Associate Professor of Art
Northwest Campus
Trish Igo
Associate Professor of Art
Northwest Campus
Exhibited with other artists in Barbara Koerble’s curatorial project, “Recombinant Abstraction,” at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center.
Janice Smith
Divisional Dean of Mathematics & Sciences
Northwest Campus
Elected as chair-elect for the Consortium Leadership and Renewal Academy Advisory Council.
Jo Klemm
Director of Library Services
Southeast Campus
Selected to participate in the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on Open Educational Resources.
John Hartley
Associate Professor of Art
Northwest Campus
Artwork featured in a number of exhibitions: “Once Upon a Time,” a solo exhibition featuring 17 paintings at Artspace 111; “Preservation is the Art of the City,” invitational exhibition with two of his paintings at The Community Arts Center; Faculty Show, faculty exhibition with one of his paintings and “Forged Paint,” curated paintings by Lee Hill shown at Gallery 14.
Jonathan Perez
Coordinator, Intercultural Student Engagement & Academic Success
South Campus
Received the 2018 Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education (TACHE) Distinguished Community College Staff Award.
Joshua Goode
Art Department Chairperson
Northwest Campus
Participated in group art exhibition titled, “Good Morning Tis of Thee.” The exhibit hosted more than 65 artists from around the United States at DEMO Gallery; work featured in a solo exhibition, “Pegasus Armor,” at Ro2 Art Gallery in Dallas.
Joshua Tarbay
Kinesiology Department Chairperson
Northwest Campus
Elected as Texas Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation & Dance College Administrators Division Chair.
Julie Lantrip
Government Professor
Northwest Campus
Elected to the board of the Southwest Association of Pre-Law Advisors.
Karen Hutto
Child Center Administrator
Northeast Campus
Michelle Walsh
Child Center Teacher
Northeast Campus
Received Spirit Awards from TCC Trinity River for their work with students touring the Children’s Center.
Karmien Bowman
Associate Professor of Arts, Ceramics
Northeast Campus
Artwork included in the Lewisville Medical Center Grand Gallery “Fall 2018 Cross Timbers Artists Guild Exhibition” and the Texas Association of Schools of Art (TASA) “One Foot Exhibition.”
Kelly Ingleright-Telgenhoff
Adjunct—Art
Northwest Campus
Artwork in two shows at the Fort Worth Community Art Center: “Art in the Metroplex” and “Women Only Texas Artists Coalition.”
Laura Escamilla
Coordinator, Transfer Center
Trinity River Campus
Selected for the inaugural Texas Christian University Counselor of the Year Award after being nominated by the TCU Office of Admissions.
Mark Hicks
Computer Science Instructor
South Campus
Won first place at the Hackathon Competition sponsored by Cisco Academy.
Mary Cinatl
Instructor/Coordinator, ESOL Program
Southeast Campus
Nominated as a 2018 Piper Professor by Southeast Campus faculty.
Oscar Dressler
Music Professor
South Campus
Invited to perform as a soloist and collaborate with other musicians in a celebration of the 500 years of the Reformation.
Patricia Richards
Associate Professor of Photography
Northeast Campus
Work featured in “Culture/Nature” at the Amon Carter Museum of Art; “Urban,” Lastriko and Alchimia Club, Poland. Work to be published in Urban Unveils the City and Its Secrets, Vol. 3.
Roger Shewmake
Adjunct—Kinesiology,
Northwest Campus
A fellow of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, he was honored by the Research Grant Awards Initiative Program peer reviewers for volunteering his time to support the grant review process at the American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation. Featured in an article in The Educator’s Resource Fall 2017 issue, highlighting his work in the field of nutrition as a member of the Nutrition Education for Health Professionals and as an instructor at TCC.
Sean Madison
President
Trinity River Campus
Elected to the board of March of Dimes, Fort Worth. Selected to participate in Leadership North Texas, Class 9.
Sharron Crear
Director, TRIO Programs
South Campus
Invited to serve on the Education for Reach Texans Leadership Board.
Sin (Amy) Wan
Dietetic Learning Lab Manager
Southeast Campus
Demonstrated “Sweet Potato Hash” recipe on WFAA.
Steve Gomez
Adjunct—Law Enforcement
Northwest Campus
Performance as an instructor in the academy recognized by U.S. Peace Officer Academy Class 183 cadets with the Nick Fowler Award.
Suzanne Groves
Executive Director of Communications, Public Relations & Marketing
District
Won Platinum for “Everyday Heroes” video; Platinum for both the “Mouths of Babes” radio spots and the “Mouths of Babes–Debt” television spot and Gold for both the “Mouths of Babes–Expensive” and “Mouths of Babes–Bad Choices” television spots from the AVA Digital Awards. Won Gold for both the “Mouths of Babes–Bad Choices” television spot and “Mouths of Babes–Expensive” radio spot from the Educational Advertising Awards.
Trish Igo
Associate Professor of Art
Northwest Campus
Sculpture chosen for the juried exhibition, “eerie, creepy, scary, spooky,” in Las Laguna Gallery in Laguna Beach, Calif.
Vanessa Steinkamp
Adjunct—Government
One of only five people appointed by Governor Greg Abbott to the State of Texas Task Force for Academic Credit and Industry Recognition.
Wafeeq Sabir
Assistant to the President
Trinity River Campus
Elected president of the Tarrant County Chapter of Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher Education.
Web Communications Department
District
Received Platinum for Tarrant County College Website Redesign from the MarCom Awards.
Chancellor’s Employee Excellence Awards
At the annual recognition event, faculty and staff were honored for their dedication and commitment to their students and to TCC’s institutional excellence.
Exemplary Teacher Awards
Receiving recognition for the Chancellor’s Employee Excellence Awards were:
Kihyoung Choi
Northeast Professor of Dance
Ramiro Thomas Sosa
Northwest Associate Professor of Biology
Yolanda Parker
South Professor of Mathematics
Christina Liew-Newville
Southeast Instructor of Dietetics
Janet Piedra Rodriguez
Trinity River Instructor of Spanish
Employee Excellence Awards
Receiving recognition for the Chancellor’s Employee Excellence Awards were:
Northwest’s Back2School Team
for Service to the Community
Southeast’s New Mathways Project Team
for Forward Thinking
TCC’s Human Resources Team
for Innovation & Creativity
Trinity River’s Student Accessibility Team
for Access & Diversity
Trinity River’s Veteran Week Team
for Student Success