University Awards
Honoring faculty and staff of 香蕉直播
The University Awards honor the remarkable staff and faculty whose work advances 香蕉直播鈥檚 mission, vision, and values, helping us achieve a healthier future with access to quality care for every Texan. These awards celebrate those who demonstrate innovation, integrity, and impact across our campuses and communities.
Through these recognitions, we elevate excellence, highlight collaboration, and honor the people who make 香蕉直播 an extraordinary place to learn, work, and serve.
Nominations open: Oct. 16
Deadline to submit: Nov. 14
University Awards Ceremony: Jan. 22, 2026
Our Awards of Excellence
The University Awards include both individual and team honors recognizing exceptional
contributions, leadership, and dedication to our values. Nominators may select the
award that best fits their nominee鈥檚 achievements.
This award celebrates staff members whose accomplishments have measurably improved the effectiveness, efficiency, or reputation of 香蕉直播. Nominees demonstrate innovation, accountability, and excellence in their work, while connecting their efforts to the University鈥檚 mission, vision, and values.
- Achievements directly improve the effectiveness, efficiency, or reputation of 香蕉直播.
- Contributes meaningfully to projects, initiatives, or services with measurable outcomes.
- Consistently demonstrates innovation and accountability in the role.
- Connects actions to 香蕉直播鈥檚 mission, vision, and values.
- Impact Scope: Demonstrates Unit-level impact or above (e.g., Facilities, Family Medicine Clinic, School of Nursing) or cross-department collaboration.
The Values-Based Leader award honors staff members who consistently lead with 香蕉直播鈥檚 core values. Nominees are recognized for their collaborative leadership, their commitment to developing others, and their ability to create a culture of accountability and excellence within their teams.
- Serves as a role model for leadership aligned with 香蕉直播 values.
- Demonstrates accountability, fairness, and empowerment in leading staff or teams.
- Actively cultivates a culture of collaboration and recognition.
- Provides mentorship and professional development opportunities for others.
- Impact Scope: Demonstrates Unit-level impact or above, building culture and values within a team or unit (e.g., Facilities, Family Medicine Clinic, School of Nursing) or cross-department collaboration.
This award honors interdisciplinary teams whose collaborative efforts have produced outstanding results that advance 香蕉直播鈥檚 mission, vision, and values. Nominees demonstrate effective teamwork across departments, schools, or divisions and achieve outcomes that could not be accomplished individually. Awarded teams model 香蕉直播鈥檚 values through innovation, shared accountability, and respect, resulting in measurable benefits for learners, team members, and patients.
- Demonstrates effective collaboration across departments, schools, or divisions, achieving results not possible individually.
- Achieves measurable outcomes in service, innovation, education, research, or patient care.
- Models 香蕉直播鈥檚 core values as a collective team, showing respect, integrity, and shared accountability.
- Enhances 香蕉直播鈥檚 reputation, effectiveness, or impact through teamwork and innovation.
- Impact Scope: Demonstrates significant unit-level or university-wide impact, benefiting multiple groups (learners, team members, or patients).
The Values Champion Award replaces the Chancellor鈥檚 Award and recognizes individuals who exemplify 香蕉直播鈥檚 mission, vision, and values through their actions, service, and leadership. Honorees consistently demonstrate integrity, service beyond self, and visionary thinking, inspiring others to uphold 香蕉直播鈥檚 values at the highest standard. Their contributions create lasting impact across units, campuses, or communities, strengthening the culture of 香蕉直播.
- Demonstrates consistent and visible commitment to all 香蕉直播 values in their role.
- Serves as a champion for a values-based culture, motivating and inspiring others to uphold values at the same standard.
- Makes significant contributions that reflect one team, kindheartedness, integrity, service beyond self, and visionary thinking.
- Creates a lasting impact on the culture of 香蕉直播, strengthening alignment between daily work and the University's mission, vision, and values.
- Impact Scope: Demonstrates broad University or community impact, often influencing multiple units, campuses, or external partnerships.
This prestigious award recognizes staff whose extraordinary achievements and leadership significantly advance 香蕉直播鈥檚 mission, vision, and values. Nominees demonstrate exceptional innovation, integrity, and impact, with contributions that extend beyond their department to strengthen the University as a whole. (Requires two (2) letters of support.)
- Recognized for extraordinary achievement in advancing 香蕉直播鈥檚 mission, vision, and values.
- Demonstrates leadership, innovation, and integrity in their role.
- Contributions extend beyond their immediate department/unit to benefit the University as a whole.
- Serves as a visible ambassador for 香蕉直播 values.
- Impact Scope: Demonstrates University-level impact that strengthens 香蕉直播 as a whole and raises its profile.
The University Distinguished Staff Award is the highest honor for staff, as it recognizes team members who demonstrate sustained career achievement excellence with dedication to 香蕉直播鈥檚 mission, vision, and values. Honorees possess a sustained record of consistently going above and beyond their job responsibilities, making significant contributions that positively impact learners, team members, or patients. (Requires two (2) letters of support.)
- Demonstrates excellence in job performance and dedication to 香蕉直播鈥檚 mission, vision, and values.
- Provides service and support that goes above and beyond expectations.
- Recognized for significant contributions that positively affect learners, team members, or patients.
- Personification of the 香蕉直播 values consistently and visibly.
- Impact Scope: Demonstrates significant University-wide impact across multiple divisions, schools, locations, or communities.
All regular 香蕉直播 employees are eligible for nomination, regardless of title, role, or campus location.
Nominees must:
- Be in good standing at the time of nomination.
- Have completed at least one year of service at 香蕉直播.
- Not have received a University Award in the same category within the past three years.
Nominees may be considered for only one award per cycle. Teams must include members from at least two departments or schools.
To ensure your nominee receives full consideration:
- Review the award criteria before beginning your submission to choose the most appropriate category.
- Use clear, specific examples that highlight how your nominee demonstrates 香蕉直播鈥檚 values and exceeds job expectations.
- Provide measurable outcomes whenever possible鈥攓uantify the impact of their work or describe how it improved a process, team, or community.
- Collaborate on letters of support early; at least one is required for all awards, and some require two.
- Proofread your narrative before submitting; to ensure your progress saves correctly, always select 鈥淣ext鈥 at the bottom of each page before closing the form.
Tips for Completing the Nomination Form
- You鈥檒l be guided through sections for nominee and nominator details, your narrative, and supporting documentation.
- Narratives should be 1,000鈥1,500 words and describe how the nominee meets award criteria.
- Include 5 summary bullet points highlighting specific actions, facts, and measurable
impacts.
Letters of support must be uploaded as PDFs and may come from supervisors, peers, or learners. - You can also include optional materials like certificates, project summaries, or ACE card recognitions.
- If unsure which award fits best, select 鈥Unsure where my nomination fits鈥 and the committee will review it for placement.
- To ensure your progress saves correctly, always select 鈥淣ext鈥 at the bottom of each page before closing the form.
Preparing and Uploading Letters of Support
- Gather letters before starting your submission, as each must be uploaded within the Qualtrics form.
- Required format: PDF only (max 5 pages per upload).
- One letter should ideally come from a supervisor or leader, with an optional second from peers, faculty, or learners.
- Each letter should describe:
- The relationship to the nominee
- Examples of excellence or leadership
- How the nominee demonstrates 香蕉直播鈥檚 mission, vision, and values
Submission & Review
Submissions are reviewed by the University Awards Committee. Final selections for the President鈥檚 Award and University Distinguished Staff Award are made by the President.
All recipients will be recognized during the University Awards Ceremony, celebrating the outstanding contributions that move 香蕉直播 forward.
For any questions about the nomination process or awards criteria, email HSCDSAwards@ttuhsc.edu

