Service Award Recipients
Jodi Thomas, PT, DPT, DHSc
School of Occupational Therapy
Service Award Recipient: 2024
Dr. Thomas provides pro-bono services to the international service organization, Hearts in Motion, bringing students for hand- and hearts-on learning experiences, and is a current APTA representative.
School of Occupational Therapy
Service Award Recipient: 2023
Dr. Sit serves Texas occupational therapists at the AOTA representative assembly and is the 2022 Texas Occupational Therapy Association Roster of Merit recipient.
“People will forget what you said, but people will never forget how you made them feel through your service.” - Dr. Sit’s motto
Claudette Fette, PhD, OTR, CRC
School of Occupational Therapy
Service Award Recipient: 2022
Dr. Claudette Fette provided direct service and consultation to the Denton Community Health Clinic and Denton County MHMR. She organized volunteers to develop trauma training with OT students and faculty at a Dallas shelter to appraise the needs and advocated for activities for at risk youth.
Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences
Service Award Recipient: 2021
Dr. Kathleen Davis was the Co-Lead for Eat Well to help build the Health and Wellbeing Initiative, and worked with the library to develop Health and Wellbeing book collection for the library. She advocated for students nutritional education and food security.
Carolyn Moore, PhD, RDN, LD
Department of Nutrition Food Sciences
Service Award Recipient: 2019
Dr. Carolyn Moore collaborated with the Houston Food Bank (with Deb Unruh, Houston Student Life Director) to receive food twice a month for food insecure students. Dr. Moore served the community on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors for Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston.
Bettye Myers, PhD
Department of Kinesiology
Service Award Recipient: 2010
Dr. Bettye Myers was the founding president of Faculty Senate and a leader in the TWU Alumnae Association. In 2016, upon her retirement, the TWU Butterfly Garden was dedicated to her because of the “indelible mark [left] on peoples hearts.”
2018: Tina Fletcher, EdD, MFA, OTR - School of Occupational Therapy
2017: Rupal Patel, PT, PhD - School of Physical Therapy
2016: Sarah Wainscott, PhD, CCC-A, CED - School of Communication Sciences and Dental Hygiene
2015: Kimberly Parker, PhD - Department of Health Studies
2014: Nancy DiMarco, PhD, RD/LD - Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences
2013: Cynthia B. Gill, Ed.D - School of Communication Sciences and Dental Hygiene
2012: Christine French Beatty, RDH, PhD - School of Communication Sciences and Dental Hygiene
2011: Mary Thompson, PT, PhD, GCS - School of Physical Therapy
2010: Bettye Myers, PhD - Department of Kinesiology
2010: Martha Rew, MS, RDN, LD - Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences
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