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

2025-26

Robert J. Pavur

Information Technology and Decision Sciences

2024-25

Jacqueline Foertsch

English

2023-24

William E. Acree

Chemistry

2022-23

Karen Anderson-Lain

Communication Studies

2021-22

Jeffrey J. Rous

Economics

2020-21

Christy Crutsinger

Merchandising & Digital Retailing

2019-20

Clark Pomerleau

History

2018-19

Tracy Everbach

Mayborn School of Journalism

2017-18

Guido Verbeck, IV

Chemistry

2016-17

Brian Lain

Communication Studies

2015-16

John Peters

English

2014-15

James Meernik

Political Science

2013-14

Mark Vosvick

Psychology

2012-13

Marie-Christine Koop

World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

2011-12

James A. Conover

Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Law

2010-11

Michael Nieswiadomy

Economics

2009-10

John Quintanilla

Mathematics

2008-09

Michael McPherson

Economics

2007-08

Richard Wells

Journalism

2006-07

Gloria Cox

Honors College

2005-06

Frances Van Tassell

Teacher Evaluation and Administration

2004-05

Emile Sahliyeh

Political Science