Adamson principal wins $20,000 scholarship to pursue doctorate

W.H. Adamson High School principal Diana Nunez won a $20,000 scholarship to pursue a doctorate degree from the University of Texas at Austin.

Credit Union of Texas awarded Nunez its William H. Cotton Scholarship, which is given annually to a Dallas ISD teacher or administrator to pursue a master’s or PhD while continuing to serve their DISD school.

“As a bilingual teacher and later as a master principal at the elementary through high school level, Diana’s 20-plus year commitment to Dallas ISD proved to the committee that she would be an outstanding recipient of the 2020 Cotton Scholarship,” says Tory Mathieu, the credit union’s board treasurer and chairman of the scholarship selection committee.

Nunez will use the scholarship to pursue a PhD in the cooperative superintendency program at UT.

Here’s how the credit union describes the award:

CUTX created the scholarship program in 2016 to acknowledge William H. Cotton’s 46 years of dedication and service to DISD and CUTX. He retired as an associate superintendent for DISD and as a board officer for CUTX. Following his retirement, he continued to serve the District in many capacities and garnered numerous awards before passing away in May of 2019 at the age of 85.