Award:
This award was established to recognize full-time, tenured/ tenure-track faculty member for a record of teaching excellence at the University of North Texas for at least a five-year period. The $3,000 award is funded by the President’s Council. The award will be presented at the Salute to Faculty Excellence Dinner and Ceremony in the fall.
Selection Process/Eligibility:
Faculty may be nominated for this award by the Personnel Affairs Committee (PAC) of a department, division, school, or college or by any ad-hoc committee of three or more tenured/tenure-track faculty members. Previous recipients of these awards are not eligible for nomination for five years following receipt of the award.
The selection criteria, requirements and application form can be found at the Faculty Senate website.
Past Recipients:
| Year | Faculty Member | Department |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Elizabeth A. Oldmixon | Political Science |
| 2019 | Shelley A. Riggs | Psychology |
| 2018 | Bethany Blackstone | Political Science |
| 2018 | Thorne Anderson | Mayborn School of Journalism |
| 2017 | Peter Johnstone | Criminal Justice |
| 2017 | Carol Wickstrom | Teacher Education and Administration |
| 2016 | Nancy Stockdale | History |
| 2016 | Gopala Ganesh | Marketing and Logistics |
| 2015 | Manjula Salimath | Management |
| 2015 | Ruthanne Thompson | Biological Sciences |
| 2014 | Nicole Smith | English |
| 2014 | Derrick D'Souza | Management |
| 2013 | Casey Barrio Minton | Counseling and Higher Education |
| 2013 | Janice Hauge | Economics |
| 2012 | Neal Brand | Mathematics |
| 2012 | Dee Ray | Counseling and Higher Education |
| 2011 | Donna Ledgerwood | Management |
| 2011 | Fang-Ling Lu | Speech and Hearing Sciences |
| 2010 | Margie Tieslau | Economics |
| 2010 | Haj Ross | Linguistics and Technical Communication |
| 2009 | Pam Harrell | Teacher Education and Administration |
| 2009 | Robin Henson | Educational Psychology |
| 2008 | Yvonne Chandler | Library Science and Information |
| 2008 | Bert Hayslip Jr. | Psychology |
| 2007 | Sue Bratton | Counseling and Higher Education |
| 2007 | Richard Tas | Hospitality Management |
| 2006 | Duncan Weathers | Physics |
| 2006 | Joseph Klein | Music |
| 2005 | Linda Di Fiore | Music |
| 2005 | Jennifer Way | Art History |