ACC Annual Awards Celebration
Each year, the Austin Community College (ACC) Chancellor and the Board of Trustees honor outstanding ACC faculty and staff who have been selected for Leadership and Teaching Excellence Awards. Congratulations to the 2024 Award Recipients!
The Awards Celebration will be held on Friday, April 26th at the Hyatt Regency Hotel from 6:00 pm – 9:00 p.m.
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2024 Award Recipients
The Leadership Awards
ACC celebrates outstanding Staff who demonstrate strong leadership and who have gone above and beyond the duties listed in their job description for the ACC community.
Administrator of the Year
Dr. Susan Warner-Sanchez
Associate Vice Chancellor, Teaching & Learning Excellence Division (TLED)
Classified Employee of the Year
Jennifer Garcia
Assistant III, Administrative, Campus Manager, Rio Grande Campus
Faculty Leader of the Year
Dr. Wendy Elle
Professor, English and Dept. Chair, Composition and Literary Studies, Liberal Arts Humanities & Communications Division
Professional-Technical Employee of the Year
Matthew Evins
Director, Academic Technology, Teaching & Learning Excellence Division (TLED)
Chancellor’s Leadership Excellence Awards
Tracie German
North Regional Director, Campus Operations
Jessica Hejny
Associate Professor, Sonography Department
Travis Jackson
Executive Assistant, Chancellor’s Office
Geneva Monroe
Regional Coordinator, Student Life
Teaching Excellence Awards
The ACC Teaching Excellence Awards honor one full-time and one adjunct faculty member who promotes special learning opportunities, student interaction, depth/breadth of knowledge in a subject area, and innovation. Nominations are made by students, faculty and staff, and the honorees. Recipients are selected by a committee and presented with an award and a $1000 cash prize.
Louisa Spaventa
Adjunct Faculty, Composition & Literary Studies
Melissa Vetter
Professor, Dental Hygiene
DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nursing Faculty
The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nursing Faculty honors nursing faculty who inspire their students to remember that nursing is more than tasks and technology. The DAISY nurse faculty is one who ensures that both the art and science of nursing are brought to every patient experience. This award celebrates nursing faculty for their inspirational influence on the nurses of today and tomorrow.
Tenea Harvey
Professor, Professional Nursing
eFaculty of the Year Award
This award recognizes an outstanding ACC Faculty member who has creatively utilized appropriate Internet-based technologies to teach online and/or hybrid courses at ACC. The recipient must have designed and taught one or more online or hybrid courses with an imaginative approach, well-designed course materials, instructional strategies, and a demonstrated rapport with the course participants.
Dr. Daira Wilson
Professor, Professional Nursing
NISOD Excellence Awards
The National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) has emphasized the importance of teaching and leadership excellence in institutions of higher education. Recipients of the NISOD Excellence Award are recognized at the annual International Conference on Teaching and Leadership Excellence, and this award honors the world’s best in higher education. Please join us in congratulating the following ACC faculty and staff members receiving the NISOD Excellence Award.
Dr. LaKisha Barrett
Professor, Biology
William Coode
Adjunct, History
Frank Curry
Professor, Photography
Daniel Dewberry
Adjunct, Professor, Management
Vincent Foster
Adjunct Faculty, Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration
Theodore Krause
Professor, Architectural & Engineering CAD
Joseph Martinez
Professor, Mathematics
Dr. Steven Sodders
Professor, Music
The Piper Professor Nominee Award
The Piper Professor Nominee Award is a statewide award that recognizes outstanding full-time faculty in the teaching profession. Higher education institutions must be invited to submit a nominee and only ten professors are selected to receive this award each year. Awards of $5,000 are given to those selected for their superior teaching at the college level.
Dr. Sadaf Sajjad
Provost Allyship Fellow, Psychology
The League Excellence Awards
In recognition of the long tradition of excellence in community college teaching and leadership, the League Excellence Awards (formerly Roueche Award) celebrate outstanding contributions and leadership by community college faculty and staff. Selected by a committee, recipients will be recognized at an awards celebration at ACC and have the opportunity to attend the League for Innovations Conference in the spring.
- Dr. Susan Warner-Sanchez, Associate Vice Chancellor, Teaching & Learning Excellence Division – Administrator of the Year
- Louisa Spaventa, Adjunct Faculty, Composition & Literary Studies – Teaching Excellence Award
- Tracie German, North Regional Director, Campus Operations – Chancellor’s Leadership Excellence Award
- Travis Jackson, Executive Assistant, Chancellor’s Office – Chancellor’s Leadership Excellence Award
- Melissa Vetter, Professor, Dental Hygiene – Teaching Excellence Award
- Jessica Hejny, Associate Professor, Sonography Department – Chancellor’s Leadership Excellence Award
- Geneva Monroe, Regional Coordinator, Student Life – Chancellor’s Leadership Excellence Award
Contact
Please contact the Office of Faculty Development at facdev@austincc.edu, if you have any questions.