APRIL 18, 2022 — UTSA has announced the nominees for this year’s University Excellence Awards — the annual event that celebrates the achievements of Roadrunner faculty and staff, including exceptional teaching, innovative research, exemplary team spirit and impactful advocacy.
The pre-recorded ceremony will air from 4 to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, April 26. The event will feature UTSA President Taylor Eighmy, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Kimberly Andrews Espy, Vice President for Inclusive Excellence Myron Anderson, Vice President for Business Affairs Veronica Salazar and Staff Senate Chair Brandy Barksdale.
Roadrunner faculty and staff are invited to attend an on-campus watch party where they can watch the broadcast on a big screen with colleagues. The parties will take place on the UTSA Main Campus in the Business Building, University Room (BB 2.06.04) and the Downtown Campus in the Durango Building, La Villita Room (DBB 1.116). Alternatively, viewers may access the ceremony at utsa.edu/excellence awards to join in the celebration from their home or office.
UTSA’s University Excellence Awards are given in three categories:
Richard S. Howe Excellence in Teaching Award
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Teaching Excellence Award
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Core Curriculum Award
University Service Award
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Advancing Globalization Award
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Innovation & Impact Award (I2)
Community Impact Award
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Research Achievement Award
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Mentoring Award
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Performance, Creative, Production Award
Faculty/Staff (Groups)
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Faculty/Staff (Indivduals)
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Student Organizations
Students (Indivduals)
Richard S. Howe Service to Undergraduate Students Award
Leadership Award
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Rising Star Award
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Extra Mile Award
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Team Spirit Award
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Order of the Roadrunner
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The University of Texas at San Antonio, a Hispanic Serving Institution situated in a global city that has been a crossroads of peoples and cultures for centuries, values diversity and inclusion in all aspects of university life. As an institution expressly founded to advance the education of Mexican Americans and other underserved communities, our university is committed to ending generations of discrimination and inequity. UTSA, a premier public research university, fosters academic excellence through a community of dialogue, discovery and innovation that embraces the uniqueness of each voice.
