2024 Award Recipients

Follow the link for each award to learn more about this year’s recipients.

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African American Hall of Fame Award

• Steven Waller

Alexander Prize

• James S. Plank

Angie Warren Perkins Award

• DeLisa Hawkes

Chancellor’s Leadership Medallion

• Mark Hancock

Charles R. Burchett Extraordinary Contributions to Campus Life Award

• MSL Diversity Educators

Commission for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Research or Teaching Award

• Qi Sun

Commission for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Staff or Faculty Community Building Award

• Rachel Rui

Commission for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Student Community Building Award

• Chang Gao

Commission for Disability Advocate Award

• Allie Hicks

Commission for Disability Undergraduate Student Award

• Sarah Fisher
• Evan Shannon

Dr. Marva Rudolph Diversity and Inclusion Unit of Excellence Award

• Tombras School of Advertising and Public Relations

Excellence in Academic Outreach

• Jon Shefner

Excellence in Advising

• Melinda C. Crecelius-Lanham
• Chris King
• Lisa Y.F. Parker
• Vladimir Sobes

Excellence in Teaching

• Becky DeBolt
• Alex Feldt
• Annachiara Mariani
• Michael Ross

Extraordinary Campus Leadership and Service Award

• Emily Bengyak
• Summer Bryant
• Lindsey Campbell
• Gracie Margaret Chiampas
• Josie Drumwright
• Tyler Johnson
• Alay Mistry
• Marissa Trobl
• Grace Woodside

Extraordinary Community Service Award (Faculty / Staff)

• Janine Al-Aseer
• Lynne Miller

Extraordinary Community Service (Students and Student Organizations)

• Msgana Araya
• Nicole Carvagno
• Callie Tucker
• SLOPE

Extraordinary Customer Service Award

• Tim Woods

Extraordinary Graduate Student Teaching

• Jacob T. Buller-Young
• Andrew T. Langbehn
• Hayden S. McKee-Zech

Extraordinary Service to the University Award

• Erin Hardin

Gene Mitchell Gray Pioneer Award

• Amy Kurr

Global Catalyst Teaching and Service Award

• Karen Lasater

Hardy Liston Jr. Symbol of Hope Award

• Thura Mack

Jimmy and Ileen Cheek Graduate Student Medal of Excellence

• Katherine Cook

L. R. Hesler Award for Excellence in Teaching and Service

• Teri Dobbins Baxter

LGBT+ Student Leadership Award

• Tucker Mountain

Macebearer

• Wesley Hines

Notable UT Woman Award

• Deborah Welsh

Professional Promise in Research and Creative Achievement

• Lauren M. Cunningham
• Olivia Feldman
• Tian Hong
• Sindhu Jagadamma
• Chuanren Liu
• Joshua Rosenberg

Research and Creative Achievement

• Adam Cureton
• James Fellenbaum
• Kai Sun
• Scott E. Crouter

Rising UT Woman Award

• María Martínez

Success in Multidisciplinary Research

• Thomas B. Gill
• Mingzhou Jin
• Frank E. Löffler
• Joe Zhuang

Tammy Kay Renalds LGBT+ Communities Advocate Award

• Jeremy Mobley

Thomas Jefferson Prize

• Paul Harrill

Torchbearers

• Jack Duncan
• Carragan Fields
• Sarah Lange
• Anny Ann Ramsey
• Alvin Robertson
• Harrison Van Eaton
• Rylie West

Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year

• David P. Harper

Undergraduate Researcher of the Year

• Joesph Duane Beller
• Kennedy S. Hill
• Lauren H. Malone

Volunteer Spirit

• Renee Thomas