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The is made possible by the Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation and offers faculty members the opportunity to receive $5,000 for superior teaching at the college level. The foundation distributes ten awards to professors from Texas colleges and universities. The UTEP Faculty Senate's Teaching Effectiveness and Development Committee (TEDC) facilitates the internal nomination process and recommends finalists to the Provost's Office. The Office of the Provost will select a nominee from the TEDC's recommendations and will provide the selected faculty member with feedback for a competitive application.

Nominations for the 2024 year have closed. Please check back in August 2025 for the next nomination window.

Previous Award Recipients
Lawrence M. Lesser, Professor of Mathematical Sciences (2016)
Jorge L. Gardea-Torresday, Professor of Chemistry and Environmental Science (2012)
Lawrence Eugene Murr, Professor of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (2010)
James E. Becvar, Professor of Chemistry (2009)
Stephen W. Stafford, Professor of Metallurgical, Materials and Biomedical Engineering (2006)
Kathleen A. Staudt, Professor of Political Science (2003)
Nancy Marcus, Professor of Mathematical Sciences(2003)
Patricia Ainsa, Professor of Education (2000)
William Doyle Smith, Professor of Economics and Finance (1995)
Joan Phelan Quarm, Professor of English (1980)
Charles Leland Sonnichsen, Professor of English (1971)
Clyde R. Nichols, Professor of Engineering (1970)
Anton H. Berkman, Professor of Biological Sciences (1966)
Cecil C. Crawford, Professor of Philosophy (1961) Read More

This award honors a staff member, a faculty member, and an institutional team who have performed outstanding institutional service to students, colleagues, and/or other University stakeholders, transcending job expectations. The staff and faculty award categories are accompanied by a $1000 cash prize and a commemorative plaque. The team award is accompanied by a $1000 prize that will be directed toward a campus program recommended by the winning team.

Nominations for the 2024 year have closed. Please check back in May 2025 for the next nomination window.

Through this fellowship, UTEP aims to enhance existing ties and build new engagement opportunities with Chihuahuan universities in ways that support engaged learning experiences for UTEP students, or advance of faculty scholarly activities and new research, including engaged scholarship.

The application period for the 2025-2026 year has closed. Please check back in spring 2026 for the next opportunity to apply.

Since 2008, the University of Texas System Board of Regents has annually recognized exemplary educators from every UT institution with a Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award. The awards honor extraordinary classroom performance and innovation in undergraduate instruction.

Internal Nomination deadline: April 7, 2025

The UT System Academy of Distinguished Teachers (UTSADT) focuses on a commitment to leadership and mentorship in teaching excellence and student success in the classroom and beyond that is centered on innovation, collaboration, and action-oriented advocacy.

Nominees must be current full-time faculty, who are previous recipients of a Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award (ROTA).

2025 Nomination Deadline: February 23, 2025

The President’s Community Engaged Scholarship Award honors a faculty member who has employed the academic resources of the University to address important public problems and contribute to the public good, and who has disseminated the results of that work in scholarly venues.
2019 Award Recipients:

• Eva Moya, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Social Work

2019 Award Nominees:

• Josiah Heyman, Ph.D., Professor of Anthropology
• Thenral Mangadu, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Public Health Sciences
• Rosa Maldonado, D.Sc., Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
• Ahmed El-Gendy, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Physics

Please check back for future award opportunities.

About the Award and Nomination Process