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Community Engagement


Questions? Email facultyawards@utsa.edu.

TWO AWARDS:

  • One award for tenure/tenure-track faculty
  • One award for fixed-term-track faculty

Purpose of Award

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching describes community engagement as, “the collaboration between institutions of higher education and their larger communities for the mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources in a context of partnership and reciprocity.”

This award is to recognize, encourage and reward those faculty who are exemplary in their service and civic scholarship outside of the university, providing leadership and making significant contributions to the public good. This award recognizes the importance of continuous contributions to the external community that create sustainable connections with the university, elevate the civic mission of the institution and provide measured impacts on community needs.


Eligibility

Faculty nominated must have taught at least four consecutive long semesters (Fall-Spring) at UTSA. The awards are based on performance for the calendar year of the award. Priority will be given to candidates who have not previously won the award. Previous recipients of the President’s Distinguished Achievement Award for Community Engagement will be eligible for nomination after seven years.


Criteria

The selection committee will consider the following criteria in selecting winners:

  • Evidence of exemplary service and civic scholarship outside of the university, providing leadership and making significant contributions to the public good.
  • The scope, intensity, and degree of sustained contributions to the external community that create sustainable connections with the university, elevate the civic mission of the institution and provide measured impacts on community needs.

Nomination Materials

A selection committee composed of faculty will review nomination packets. The nomination packet for this award will consist of only the following, assembled into a single PDF file in the order indicated:

  1. Complete award nomination form
  2. Recent letter of support/nomination from a peer faculty colleague, department chair, or college leader
  3. Self-statement of engagement in the community (not to exceed 2 pages). The statement should speak to:
    • The nature and quality of your community engaged research and/or contributions to the community
    • How your community engagement has enhanced connections between the community and the university and built sustainable partnerships with measured impacts
  4. CV of nominee

No additional materials should be submitted.

Each dean’s office should upload completed nomination packets by the deadline.

Previous recipients of the President’s Distinguished Achievement Award for Excellence in Community Service/Engagement are ineligible for nomination for this award.

Each college may submit a maximum number of three nominees (1 Tenured, 1 Tenure-Track, 1 Fixed-Term Track).

SEE TABLE BELOW

College Maximum Number of Nominees
CEID 3
ACOB 3
COEHD 3
COLFA 3
COS 3
HCaP 3
University College 3
Honors College 3

Past Recipients

2023

Roger Enriquez, HCAP
Claudia Treviño Garcia, Education and Human Development

2022 

Dr. Neda Norouzi, Architecture

2021

Liset Vasquez, HCAP
Michael Cepek, Liberal and Fine Arts

2020

Catherine Nolan-Ferrell, Liberal and Fine Arts
Mel Webb, Honors College

2019 

David Bojanic, Business

2018 

Gary Mabry, Liberal and Fine Arts
Derek Plantenga, Public Policy

 

2017 

Sue Ann Pemberton, Architecture, Construction and Planning
Mehdi Shadaram, Engineering

2016 

Jill Fleuriet, Liberal and Fine Arts

2015 

William McCrary, Liberal and Fine Arts

2014 

Gregory B. White, Sciences

2013 

Francine Romero, Public Policy

 

2012 

Eugene Dowdy, Liberal and Fine Arts

2011 

Christine Moseley, Education and Human Development

2010 

Turgay Korkmaz, Sciences

2009 

Roxanne Henkin, Education and Human Development

2008 

Weldon Hammond Jr., Sciences