Award Description

The President's Council Service Award recognizes a full‑time faculty member of any rank for a record of outstanding university service at the University of North Texas over at least a five-year period. The distinction includes a $3,000 award.

Selection Process/Eligibility

All full-time faculty (tenured and professional faculty) and all librarians are eligible, but previous recipients of the award are not eligible for nomination for five years following the receipt of the award. Faculty must be nominated by the Personnel Affairs Committee (PAC or LPAC) of a department, division, school or college or by any ad-hoc committee of three or more faculty members self-constituting. Administrators, including those who teach, are not eligible to apply.

Deadline

All completed nomination packets must be submitted to the UNT Faculty Senate. The selection criteria, requirements and application form can be found on the Faculty Senate website.

Award Recipients

YEAR FACULTY MEMBER DEPARTMENT

2024-2025

Jacqueline Foertsch

English

2023-2024

William E. Acree

Chemistry

2022-2023

Karen Anderson-Lain

Communication Studies

2021-2022

Jeffrey J. Rous

Economics

2020-2021

Christy Crutsinger

Merchandising & Digital Retailing

2019-2020

Clark Pomerleau

History

2018-2019

Tracy Everbach

Mayborn School of Journalism

2017-2018

Guido Verbeck, IV

Chemistry

2016-2017

Brian Lain

Communication Studies

2015-2016

John Peters

English

2014-2015

James Meernik

Political Science

2013-2014

Mark Vosvick

Psychology

2012-2013

Marie-Christine Koop

World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

2011-2012

James A. Conover

Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Law

2010-2011

Michael Nieswiadomy

Economics

2009-2010

John Quintanilla

Mathematics

2008-2009

Michael McPherson

Economics

2007-2008

Richard Wells

Journalism

2006-2007

Gloria Cox

Honors College

2005-2006

Frances Van Tassell

Teacher Evaluation and Administration

2004-2005

Emile Sahliyeh

Political Science