Faculty Profile for Di Fontenot

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Di Fontenot
Clinical Assistant Professor — Child Development Center
CDC 100
phone: (512) 245-8705
Awards
Grants
Service

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Kappa Delta Pi. 1925 - Present
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Certificate of Excellence, Texas Child Care Leadership Academy, TOGETHER4CHILDREN. 2021
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Quarterly Team Award, Texas State University. 2020
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Outstanding Team Award, Division of Student Affairs, Texas A&M. 2005 - 2006
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Administrator Award, Texas A&M Women in Progress. 2005

Selected Grants

  • Fontenot, Dienitha M. COVID Child Care Relief Fund, Texas Workforce Commission, Federal, $634691. (Funded: November 2023). Grant.
  • Fontenot, Dienitha M (Other). Arthur and Dorothy McFerrin Endowment (GFT), Endowment for the Becky Gates Children’s Center., $1000000. (Funded: 2008). Grant.
  • Fontenot, Dienitha M. Ray C. Fish Foundation (GFT), Becky Gates Children’s Center Expansion, $250000. (Funded: 2007). Grant.
  • Fontenot, Dienitha M. COVID Child Care Relief Fund, Texas Workforce Commission, $66009. (Funded: 2023 - Present). Grant.
  • Fontenot, Dienitha M. Rural Capital Area Teacher Incentive Award, Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area Child Care, Federal, $2150. (Funded: 2023 - Present). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Participant
CASA of Central Texas, Inc
2022-Present
Faculty Advisor
Student Nonviolent Action Union
January 2025-Present
Other
Texas University and College Child Care Centers
March 2021-Present
Member
Hay County Early Childhood Coalition
September 2016-Present
Participant
Bobcat Build
2019-2025