page_title: Adena Williams Loston
section_title: Awards and honors
hierarchical_section_title: Adena Williams Loston / Awards and honors
caption_attribution_description: English: Dr. Adena Williams Loston opening the fall 2015 President's Lecture Series and introducing special guest Jim Avila on October 1, 2015.
context_page_description: Adena Williams Loston is the 14th president of St. Philip’s College. She was installed as the new president in ceremonies on March 1, 2007. St. Philip’s College, located in San Antonio, Texas, is the only historically Black college and Hispanic-serving institution in the United States.
context_section_description: Loston has been recognized with several awards, including:
  • Texas Diabetes Institute: Wall of Honor Inductee 2019 -- Heart of Care;
  • Outstanding Leadership Medal, from the National Aeronautics & Space Administration;
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Exceptional Achievement Medal from the Goddard Space Flight Center;
  • Group Achievement Award, Educator Astronaut Program, National Aeronautics & Space Administration;
  • Group Achievement Award, NASA Explorer Schools Program, National Aeronautics & Space Administration;
  • Group Achievement Award, NASA’s Centennial of Flight Team, National Aeronautics & Space Administration;
  • Honorary Doctor of Science from Wiley College;
  • W.E.B. DuBois Higher Education Award from the National Alliance of Black School Educators;
  • Leadership Award from the Higher Education Commission of The National Alliance of Black School Educators;
  • Outstanding Women in Action Education Award from the La Prensa Foundation;
  • Les Dames d'Escoffier Legacy Award;
  • Alcorn State University Metro-Jackson Alumni Chapter - Leadership Legends Award;
  • University Health Systems - 2019 Wall of Honor Inductee, Heart of Care Award;
  • The CPS Energy Amazing Energy Award;
  • San Antonio Women's Hall of Fame Inductee;
  • The Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society’s Shirley B. Gordon International Presidential Award of Distinction;
  • Educator's Hall of Fame from the National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, Inc.;
  • The NAACP Daisy Bates Education Advocacy Award;
  • The Accomplished Graduate Award from Bowling Green State University;
  • The Strong-Turner Alumni Chapter and Arkansas State University Award for Outstanding Leadership;
  • The Education Technology Think Tank (ET3) Tec Champion Award;
  • The Distinguished Alumni Award, Alcorn State University, Dallas Alumni Chapter;
  • The Distinguished Alumni Award, Alcorn State University, Washington D.C.;
  • Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher Education Presidential Award 1997 and 2007
caption: Dr. Adena Williams Loston opening the fall 2015 President's Lecture Series and introducing special guest Jim Avila on October 1, 2015.
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