Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Award

The Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award is an annual award created to honor the challenging task of further transforming our community into one that not only celebrates TCU’s mission but also creates a world-class university building on a heritage of inclusion.

These individuals will be recognized for providing TCU with the critical voices necessary for change and for their sustained actions to transform TCU by making it an even more diverse, equitable and inclusive learning environment and place of employment. The award recipient is named at Fall Convocation and a photo gallery of recipients will be on display at the Mary Couts Burnett Library.

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Please provide evidence of recent and significant efforts to enhance diversity, equity and inclusion.

Additional materials, if you choose to provide them, should be sent to Sheri Miller s.miller@tcu.edu Thank you for taking the time to honor one of our colleagues with a nomination for this important award.

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To be eligible, nominees must:

Be a three-quarters or full-time employee who has served as a member of the faculty or staff (exempt or non-exempt) for at least three years
Nominee is in good standing at Texas Christian University
Nominee demonstrates commitment that goes beyond job description to diversity, equity and inclusion
Nominee has taken action to address inequality, discrimination and exclusion in localized and/or institutional ways
Demonstrated a sustained practice of cultural change which enhances TCU’s diversity, equity and inclusiveness
Lead on by working collaboratively with others to achieve diversity, equity and inclusion in the TCU educational setting
Chancellor’s Cabinet members, Provost Council members and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award Committee members are not eligible for nomination

Nominations may be made by TCU faculty, staff and students by either:

Filling out the online nomination form or
Mailing the nomination to Sheri Miller, Chancellor’s Associate for Strategic Partnerships, at TCU Box 297080

Nominations may be written in English or Spanish.

Should you be selected as a semi-finalist, these items are required:

a personal statement on diversity, equity and inclusion
diversity, equity and inclusion contributions
letters of recommendation from peers and students
CV or resume

Finalists selected by the DEI Award Committee will be forwarded to the Chancellor, who will select the winner of the DEI Award

Finalists receive a $1,000 award and an invitation to an awards luncheon with other nominees. The overall winner will be announced at TCU Convocation and receive an additional award of $5,000.

Cathan Coghlan, Ph.D., director, Office of Institutional Research
Frank Hernandez, Ph.D., dean, College of Education
Mayme Francyne Huckaby, Ph.D., associate provost faculty affairs
Sheri Miller, chancellor’s associate for strategic partnerships
Aisha Torrey-Sawyer, director of diversity and inclusion programs

Nominations for the 2022 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Award are now open.

Past Recipients

2021 Scott Langston, Ph.D. Instructor; Native American Nations and Communities Liaison AddRan College of Liberal Arts	2020 Ebony Rose Senior Learning and Development Consultant, Leadership & Professional Development Human Resources
2019 Adam McKinney Assistant Professor of Dance College of Fine Arts	2018 Susie Olmos-Soto Senior Learning and Development Consultant Human Resources
2017 Lynn Hampton, Ph.D. Lecturer John V. Roach Honors College