outstanding faculty and staff honored at geosciences awards ceremonythe jan 10 holiday luncheon and ceremony honored award-winning faculty and staff in the collegejan 31 2020geosciences interim associate dean for research dr ping yang led the ceremony dean dr debbie thomas addressed the ceremony live from the joides resolutionthe college of geosciences at texas a&m university honored several outstanding faculty and staff at its annual holiday luncheon and awards ceremony jan 10 at the annenberg presidential conference center geosciences interim associate dean for research dr ping yang led the ceremony as dean dr debbie thomas was aboard the joides resolution in the southeast pacific ocean serving as co-chief scientist of international ocean discovery program expedition 378 i believe that we are more than an extraordinary faculty and staff at a world-class institution we are truly part of boldly providing solutions to challenges that face the world today and tomorrow not only by educating the future leaders but also in our cutting-edge research inspired teaching and impactful service missions the college gathered to celebrate the end of an amazing year of accomplishments in 2019 as well as the following 2019 award winners association of former students college level teaching awards dr chrissy wiederwohl instructional associate professor of oceanography was honored with a 2019 association of former students college level teaching award dr inci guneralp associate professor of geography was also honored with a 2019 association of former students college level teaching award deans distinguished achievement awards judy nunez director of college recruitment received the deans distinguished achievement award for exemplary service in the staff category theresa morrison business administrator in the department of atmospheric sciences was awarded the deans distinguished award for exemplary service also in the staff category dr david sparks professor of geology received the deans distinguished award for faculty excellence in teaching dr ryan ewing associate professor of geology was honored with the deans distinguished award for faculty excellence in research dr jessica fitzsimmons assistant professor of oceanography received the deans distinguished award for faculty excellence in service dr william lamb professor of geology and geophysics was honored with the deans distinguished achievement award for selfless service in the faculty categoryendowed chairs and professorships holders of endowed chairs and professorships that were awarded or re-awarded in 2019 were also honored at the event: fred chester the david bullock harris chair in geology ping chang the louis elizabeth scherck chair in oceanography ethan grossman the michel t halbouty chair in geology ping yang the david bullock harris chair in geosciences renyi zhang the harold j haynes chair in geosciences service milestones faculty and staff members who had reached significant milestones in their service to texas a&m were also recognized for 20 years of service: theresa morrison kenneth sherar matthew nobles for 25 years of service: martin bohn achim stoessel benjamin giese for 30 years of service: jonathan smith for 35 years of service: william mills bradley julson donald sims rick giardino terry wade jack baldauf photos from the awards ceremony can be viewed at txag/geosawardsjanuary2020 by leslie lee ‘09