Chancellor's Honors Banquet

Awards and Nomination Procedures

Below are the awards presented at the Honors Banquet. For more information about each award, including nomination deadlines, click on the name of each award.

• Academic Outreach Awards
  Awarded to a faculty member whose extraordinary contributions to the public have occurred as an outgrowth of academic pursuits and are related to the University's academic mission.
• Alexander Prize
  Awarded to a faculty member who exhibits excellence in teaching and research.
  
• Angie Warren Perkins Award
  Awarded this year to a woman faculty member who is still on a probationary tenure track and who shows outstanding promise of scholarship, teaching, and/or other contributions to campus intellectual life.
• Excellence in Advising Award
  Awarded to full or part-time faculty and advisors exhibiting excellence in advising.
• Excellence in Teaching Award
  Awarded to full or part-time faculty members exhibiting excellence in teaching.
• Extraordinary Academic Achievement
  Awarded to undergraduates who exhibit extraordinary scholarship.
• Extraordinary Campus Leadership and Service
  Awarded to graduate and undergraduate students who have demonstrated exceptional leadership and service to the university.
• Extraordinary Community Service
  Awarded to faculty, staff, student organizations, and students who have demonstrated exceptional community service.
• Extraordinary Contributions to Campus Life
  Awarded to student organizations who have made extraordinary contributions to campus life.
• Extraordinary Customer Service
  Awarded to staff members who excel in their jobs and in their working relationships
• Extraordinary Graduate Student Teaching
  Awarded to outstanding graduate student teachers.
• Extraordinary Professional Promise
  Awarded to undergraduate and graduate students who demonstrate professional promise in teaching, research or other contributions.
• Extraordinary Service to the University
  Awarded to faculty, administrative-professional personnel, clerical-supporting staff, alumni, and friends who have demonstrated extraordinary service to the university.
• Gene Mitchell Gray Pioneer Award
  Awarded to a student who has demonstrated a commitment to the spirit of cultural enrichment and the appreciation of differences on campus.
• Hardy Liston, Jr. Symbol of Hope Award
  Awarded to faculty/staff/alumni who have demonstrated a commitment to the development of individuals in our society through cultivating and enriching the human mind and spirit.
• Jefferson Prize
  Awarded to tenured or tenure-track faculty who have demonstrated excellence in research and creative activity or who have made other significant achievements that might not be recognized in the usual university reward system
• L. R. Hesler Award
  Awarded to faculty with outstanding teaching abilities and  service to the university community
• LGBT Advocate Award
  Awarded to faculty or staff who demonstrate leadership, integrity, and outstanding contributions in the promotion of an inclusive, safe, and respectful climate for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.
• LGBT Student Leadership Award
  Awarded to a student who has made outstanding contributions in educational, social, and/or political activism for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people at the university.
• Macebearer
  The Macebearer is awarded to a faculty member who has exhibited longstanding commitment and service to the university community.
• Notable UT Women Award
  Awarded to women from three rotating categories—administrator, alumnae, faculty and staff—who have made outstanding contributions to the university.
• Professional Promise in Research and Creative Achievement Awards
  Awarded to tenured or tenure track faculty members at the assistant or associate professor rank who have received national and/or international recognition in their fields and show professional promise in their areas of research and creative achievement.
• Ready for the World Award
  Awarded to a faculty member who has worked in exceptional ways to enhance intercultural and international awareness among undergraduates.
• Research and Creative Achievement
  Awarded to tenured faculty who have received national or international recognition in their field.
• Torchbearer
  The highest student honor, the Torchbearer is awarded to seniors who have served their Alma Mater with overall excellence.