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Lamar CISD Community Relations Department |
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LCISD’s Willman recognized by state organization for Professional Achievement |
Lamar CISD Executive Director for Community Relations Christy Willman was honoured by her colleagues with the Professional Achievement Award at the Texas School Public Relations Association’s (TSPRA) annual conference, held February 23-25 in Arlington.
Willman, who served as the Association’s President in 2007-2008, was nominated by her peers for the award. TSPRA rules call for the Award to go to someone who has worked in school public relations “for at least 10 years and during that time exhibited a creative, dedicated and professional approach to school communications.”
Willman has served Lamar CISD as the Executive Director of Community Relations since 2004. She worked as an elementary classroom teacher for 13 years in the Cypress Fairbanks, Austin and Lamar CISD schools before becoming Director of Communications at Lamar in 1996.
She has been an active member of TSPRA since 1997, serving twice as a Conference Day Chair of the association’s convention and as Vice President of the Houston/Beaumont area.
She is also a member of the Houston Area School Public Relations Association and the National School Public Relations Association.
Under her leadership the LCISD Communications department has received seven Crystal Awards and numerous Best of Category, Gold and Silver awards from TSPRA.
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Caption: Lamar CISD Executive Director of Curriculum and Instruction Bonnie Walker, Lamar CISD Superintendent Dr. Thomas Randle, Lamar CISD Executive Director of Community Relations and Lynda Queen, who presented the Professional Achievement Award to Willman at the 2011 Texas School Public Relations Association Conference.
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