(April 16, 2018) – UTSA faculty and staff members are invited to the 2018 University Excellence Awards Ceremony at 2 p.m., Thursday, April 19 in the H-E-B Student Union Ballroom (HUC 1.104) on the Main Campus. Additionally, the ceremony will be broadcast live to the Meeting/Assembly Room (BVB 1.338) in the Buena Vista Street Building at the Downtown Campus.
The ceremony will include a presentation of the University Excellence Awards, President’s Distinguished Achievement Awards, President's Distinguished Diversity Awards, Richard S. Howe Excellence Awards, and the inaugural Regents' Outstanding Employee Awards. In addition, 2017 service milestones and retirees will be recognized.
President Taylor Eighmy will open the program followed by Jude Valdez, vice president for community services, who will recognize retirees and those with five or more years of service.
Sam Gonzales, vice president for student affairs and Bernard Arulanandam, interim vice president for research will present the awards.
Refreshments will be available immediately following the ceremony.
UTSA President's Distinguished Achievement Awards 2018
coordinated by the Office of the Senior Vice Provost for Academic & Faculty Support
President’s Distinguished Achievement Award for Teaching Excellence
President’s Distinguished Achievement Award for Core Curriculum Teaching
President’s Distinguished Achievement Award for University Service
President’s Distinguished Achievement Award for Community Engagement
President’s Distinguished Achievement Award for Research Achievement
President’s Distinguished Achievement Award for Performance, Creative Production, or Other Scholarly Achievement
President's Distinguished Achievement Award for Advancing Globalization
UTSA President's Distinguished Diversity Awards 2018
coordinated by the Office of the Senior Vice Provost for Academic & Faculty Support
Faculty/Staff category
Student category
Richard S. Howe Excellence Awards 2018
coordinated by the Office of the Senior Vice Provost for Academic & Faculty Support and the Office of the President
Howe Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award
Howe Excellence in Service to Undergraduate Students Award
UTSA University Excellence Awards 2018
coordinated by the Office of Human Resources
Rising Star Award
Leadership Award
Team Spirit Award
Extra Mile Award
Order of the Roadrunner Award
UT Regents' Outstanding Employee Awards 2018
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