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Awards > Teaching and Administration
Distinguished Service Award - From time to time, we find someone who was not a UT student but whose service makes a profound and positive difference here. To recognize this remarkable service, the Texas Exes may, by a consensus of past presidents, present a special award in conjunction with the annual Distinguished Alumnus Awards. Texas Exes Teaching Award - The Texas Exes Teaching Awards recognize a professor and a teaching assistant from each of UT’s 14 schools and colleges whose teaching philosophies and approach have had a profound impact on the UT campus. The Association’s Annual Giving Club presents each professor recipient with a $1,000 reward and each teaching assistant with $500, $250 of which is donated from the President’s Office. The nomination and selection process is done solely by students. Texas Exes Teaching Award Former Recipients James W. Vick Award for Academic Advising -The Texas Exes James W. Vick Award for Academic Advising exists to encourage and promote high quality of advising by recognizing individuals whose relationships with students have improved their overall experience at The University of Texas at Austin. Each year the five recipients are awarded $500 and are recognized with an awards ceremony in March. The nomination and selection process is done solely by students. James W. Vick Award Former Recipients Jean Holloway Award for Excellence in Teaching - Created in 1970 with an endowment from past Texas Exes president Sterling Holloway and his wife, Jean Holloway, this annual award is presented to a teacher in either the College of Liberal Arts or Natural Sciences. Recipients must reflect the purpose of the award: “Demonstrates a warmth of spirit, a concern for society and the individual, and the ability to impart knowledge while challenging students to independent inquiry and creative thought, as well as respect for and understanding of the permanent values of our culture.” The award amounts to more than $4,500 annually, and the nomination and selection process is done solely by students. Click here to nominate! Nominations will be accepted through March 31, 2010. Jean Holloway Award Former Recipients Elizabeth Shatto Massey Award for Excellence in Teacher Education - Created in 2003 by John Massey, LLB ’66, in honor of his wife, Elizabeth Anne Shatto Massey, BS ’61. The Massey Award is given annually to one faculty member at UT who is a "teacher of teachers" - someone who is preparing today’s students to become tomorrow’s elementary or secondary school teachers. This year’s 2009-10 Massey award recipient is Dr. Dolly D. Lambdin, a clinical professor in the College of Education’s Department of Kinesiology and Health Education. She receives a $12,000 prize ($6,000 cash, as well as a $6,000 discretionary fund for educational expenses), and a custom-designed medallion. Past recipients of the Massey award are: 2004-05 recipient Dr. Lisa Goldstein, Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education, College of Education; 2005-06 recipient Dr. Robert Duke, Professor of Music and Human Learning, College of Fine Arts; 2006-07 recipient Dr. Jo Worthy, Professor of Language and Literacy Studies, College of Education; 2007-08 recipient Dr. Joan Shiring, Clinical Associate Professor in the Language and Literacy Studies area and coordinator of the Secondary English Language Arts Program, College of Education; 2008-09 recipient Dr. Michael Marder, Professor of Physics, Associate Dean for Science and Mathematics Education and Co-Director of the UTeach Science Program in the College of Natural Sciences. Texas Exes Awards for Outstanding Teachers - Created in 1987, the Texas Exes Awards for Outstanding Teachers bring recognition to exemplary teachers across the state who are inspiringly supportive of their students, who bring credit to the teaching profession, and who are held in the highest regard by their current and former students, fellow teachers, administrators, students’ parents and their community. It is also a way for the university to demonstrate its role in education throughout the state, to raise public awareness of the contributions and impact that teachers make to improve education, and to raise the esteem and influence of the teaching profession. Several hundred teachers are nominated and honored locally each year. The awards have grown from six in 1987 to twelve annually, including two given to elementary school teachers. Recipients receive $2,250 and a custom-designed symbolic sculpture. A total of 227 teachers have been honored. |
