University hosts Phenomenal Women of Texas Tech event
Women of various backgrounds serving in roles across the Texas Tech community were recognized during the Phenomenal Women of Texas Tech ceremony on Monday in the Student Union Building Ballroom. The event was hosted by the office of Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
This was the third annual ceremony, which honored and awarded many women at Texas Tech including faculty members, staff and students.
"This event is hosted to commemorate Women’s History Month by acknowledging phenomenal women at Texas Tech who are redefining what it means to be a woman in Texas," said Kaylee Sexton, a student and Founder of the Texas Women's Alliance who is also President of the Student Intersectional Leadership Council. "We facilitate this event with the purpose of celebrating the women who defy statistics, who are gradually chipping away at the long road to achieving gender equality, whether purposefully or not. It gives us an opportunity to let the women around us know that they are appreciated, their work is celebrated, and they are phenomenal."
The ceremony was a perfect way to close out what the department called "Women's Herstory Month" on campus by celebrating all that women do for Texas Tech, said Carol Sumner, Vice President of the Division of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.
Faculty members who were honored were:
Dr. Brandy Pina-Watson
Dr. Carmen Pereira-Muro
Dr. Julie Wilett
Dr. Leslie C. Sotomayor II
Dr. Stefanie Borst
Staff members who were honored were:
Amy Prause
Cari Moye
Dr. LaTricia Phillips
Sandra Addo
Sharon Gonzalez
Lastly, students that were honored were:
Ellie Mae Fisher
Jadyn Owens
Kinyata Cooper
Klarriza Carillo
Trinity Shipp
"We wouldn't be here without women lifting us up and not apologizing for who they are," Katie Rose Jenson, a student at Texas Tech. "It encouraged all of us, of any identity, to uplift and appreciate the women around us as well as push forward ourselves."
This article originally appeared on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: University hosts Phenomenal Women of Texas Tech event
