The Dean is pleased to recognize Deb Douglas as the recipient of this month’s Excellence in Mastering Challenges Continuously (E=mc²) Award! This award was established by Dean Quintanilla to recognize outstanding efforts among full-time staff members within the College of Science and its departments. 
 
“I was surprised and humbled to receive this award!” said Deb. As an Administrative Specialist in Biological Sciences, Deb enjoys collaborating with coworkers and being a part of student success. Her favorite tasks involve is coordinating travel for students and faculty who are attending conferences to present their research and speakers visiting UNT for the department’s BioFrontiers Seminar Series.

 

“Deb has worked hard to learn and streamline the timely processing of travel reporting, bookings, and reimbursements for faculty, staff and student travel,” said a colleague. “She finds ways to help each individual traveler have their travel needs met, whether it is finding and booking air travel, hotel reservations, registering for meeting, or filing reimbursement paperwork. Deb goes beyond the call of duty to make it a wonderful place to work for everyone in the department!”

 

Deb came to UNT two years ago with experience in administration and business coordination in science departments at Texas A&M. She said her favorite time of the year is fall at UNT, when students return to campus for classes.

 

Outside of work Deb enjoys reading, traveling, watching movies, spending time with her family, and taking care of her grand-dog Lucy. She once went on a solo two-week tour of India.