Award Description
This award recognizes a full-time faculty members for a record of teaching excellence at the University of North Texas for at least a five (5) 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.
Selection Process and Eligibility
All full-time faculty (tenured and professional faculty) 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
Selection criteria, application form, and nomination deadline can be found on the Faculty Senate website.
Award Recipients
| YEAR | FACULTY MEMBER | DEPARTMENT | 
|---|---|---|
| YEARYEAR
                              
                               2024-2025  | 
                           
                           FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER | DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
                              
                               English  | 
                           
| YEARYEAR
                              
                               2024-2025  | 
                           
                           FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER | DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
                              
                               History  | 
                           
| YEARYEAR
                              
                               2023-2024  | 
                           
                           FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER | DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
                              
                               Media Arts  | 
                           
| YEARYEAR
                              
                               2023-2024  | 
                           
                           FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER | DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
                              
                               History  | 
                           
| YEARYEAR
                              
                               2022-2023  | 
                           
                           FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER | DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
                              
                               Women's and Gender Studies, International Studies  | 
                           
| YEARYEAR
                              
                               2022-2023  | 
                           
                           FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER | DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
                              
                               History  | 
                           
| YEARYEAR
                              
                               2021-2022  | 
                           
                           FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER
                              
                               Nora Gilbert  | 
                           
                           DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
                              
                               English  | 
                           
| YEARYEAR
                              
                               2021-2022  | 
                           
                           FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER | DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
                              
                               History  | 
                           
| YEARYEAR
                              
                               2020-2021  | 
                           
                           FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER | DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
                              
                               Political Science  | 
                           
| YEARYEAR
                              
                               2020-2021  | 
                           
                           FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER | DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
                              
                               Instrumental Studies, Woodwinds  | 
                           
| YEARYEAR
                              
                               2019-2020  | 
                           
                           FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER
                              
                               Priscilla Ybarra  | 
                           
                           DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
                              
                               English  | 
                           
| YEARYEAR
                              
                               2019-2020  | 
                           
                           FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER
                              
                               Christopher Fuhrmann  | 
                           
                           DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
                              
                               History  | 
                           
| YEARYEAR
                              
                               2018-2019  | 
                           
                           FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER
                              
                               Elizabeth A. Oldmixon  | 
                           
                           DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
                              
                               Political Science  | 
                           
| YEARYEAR
                              
                               2018-2019  | 
                           
                           FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER | DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
                              
                               Psychology  | 
                           
| YEARYEAR
                              
                               2017-2018  | 
                           
                           FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER
                              
                               Bethany Blackstone  | 
                           
                           DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
                              
                               Political Science  | 
                           
| YEARYEAR
                              
                               2017-2018  | 
                           
                           FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER | DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
                              
                               Mayborn School of Journalism  | 
                           
| YEARYEAR
                              
                               2016-2017  | 
                           
                           FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER
                              
                               Peter Johnstone  | 
                           
                           DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
                              
                               Criminal Justice  | 
                           
| YEARYEAR
                              
                               2016-2017  | 
                           
                           FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER | DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
                              
                               Teacher Education and Administration  | 
                           
| YEARYEAR
                              
                               2015-2016  | 
                           
                           FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER | DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
                              
                               History  | 
                           
| YEARYEAR
                              
                               2015-2016  | 
                           
                           FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER
                              
                               Gopala Ganesh  | 
                           
                           DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
                              
                               Marketing and Logistics  | 
                           
| YEARYEAR
                              
                               2014-2015  | 
                           
                           FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER
                              
                               Manjula Salimath  | 
                           
                           DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
                              
                               Management  | 
                           
| YEARYEAR
                              
                               2014-2015  | 
                           
                           FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER
                              
                               Ruthanne Thompson  | 
                           
                           DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
                              
                               Biological Sciences  | 
                           
| YEARYEAR
                              
                               2013-2014  | 
                           
                           FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER
                              
                               Nicole Smith  | 
                           
                           DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
                              
                               English  | 
                           
| YEARYEAR
                              
                               2013-2014  | 
                           
                           FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER
                              
                               Derrick D'Souza  | 
                           
                           DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
                              
                               Management  | 
                           
| YEARYEAR
                              
                               2012-2013  | 
                           
                           FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER
                              
                               Casey Barrio Minton  | 
                           
                           DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
                              
                               Counseling and Higher Education  | 
                           
| YEARYEAR
                              
                               2012-2013  | 
                           
                           FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER
                              
                               Janice Hauge  | 
                           
                           DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
                              
                               Economics  | 
                           
| YEARYEAR
                              
                               2011-2012  | 
                           
                           FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER
                              
                               Neal Brand  | 
                           
                           DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
                              
                               Mathematics  | 
                           
| YEARYEAR
                              
                               2011-2012  | 
                           
                           FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER
                              
                               Dee Ray  | 
                           
                           DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
                              
                               Counseling and Higher Education  | 
                           
| YEARYEAR
                              
                               2010-2011  | 
                           
                           FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER
                              
                               Donna Ledgerwood  | 
                           
                           DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
                              
                               Management  | 
                           
| YEARYEAR
                              
                               2010-2011  | 
                           
                           FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER
                              
                               Fang-Ling Lu  | 
                           
                           DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
                              
                               Speech and Hearing Sciences  | 
                           
| YEARYEAR
                              
                               2009-2010  | 
                           
                           FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER
                              
                               Margie Tieslau  | 
                           
                           DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
                              
                               Economics  | 
                           
| YEARYEAR
                              
                               2009-2010  | 
                           
                           FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER
                              
                               Haj Ross  | 
                           
                           DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
                              
                               Linguistics and Technical Communication  | 
                           
| YEARYEAR
                              
                               2008-2009  | 
                           
                           FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER
                              
                               Pam Harrell  | 
                           
                           DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
                              
                               Teacher Education and Administration  | 
                           
| YEARYEAR
                              
                               2008-2009  | 
                           
                           FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER
                              
                               Robin Henson  | 
                           
                           DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
                              
                               Educational Psychology  | 
                           
| YEARYEAR
                              
                               2007-2008  | 
                           
                           FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER
                              
                               Yvonne Chandler  | 
                           
                           DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
                              
                               Library Science and Information  | 
                           
| YEARYEAR
                              
                               2007-2008  | 
                           
                           FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER
                              
                               Bert Hayslip Jr.  | 
                           
                           DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
                              
                               Psychology  | 
                           
| YEARYEAR
                              
                               2006-2007  | 
                           
                           FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER
                              
                               Sue Bratton  | 
                           
                           DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
                              
                               Counseling and Higher Education  | 
                           
| YEARYEAR
                              
                               2006-2007  | 
                           
                           FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER
                              
                               Richard Tas  | 
                           
                           DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
                              
                               Hospitality Management  | 
                           
| YEARYEAR
                              
                               2005-2006  | 
                           
                           FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER
                              
                               Duncan Weathers  | 
                           
                           DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
                              
                               Physics  | 
                           
| YEARYEAR
                              
                               2005-2006  | 
                           
                           FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER
                              
                               Joseph Klein  | 
                           
                           DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
                              
                               Music  | 
                           
| YEARYEAR
                              
                               2004-2005  | 
                           
                           FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER
                              
                               Linda Di Fiore  | 
                           
                           DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
                              
                               Music  | 
                           
| YEARYEAR
                              
                               2004-2005  | 
                           
                           FACULTY MEMBERFACULTY MEMBER
                              
                               Jennifer Way  | 
                           
                           DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
                              
                               Art History  |