Held on the Edinburg Campus, the awards co-sponsored by various divisions/units across the university, highlights significant achievements of UTRGV’s faculty in the 2018 calendar year, and reflects their exceptional efforts and profound commitment to transform communities and the world through an innovative and accessible educational environment that promotes student success, research, creative works, health and well-being, community engagement, sustainable development, and commercialization of university discoveries.
Teaching (Non-Tenure-Track): Samantha Ramirez, lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering. Watch Video.
Tenured/Tenure-Track: Sandra Musanti, associate professor, Department of Bilingual and Literacy Studies. Watch Video.
Research: Gladys Maestre, professor, Department of Neuroscience. Watch Video.
Service: Volker Quetschke, associate professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy. Watch Video.
Service: Maria Trinidad, lecturer II, Department of Health and Human Performance. Watch Video.
Student Mentoring: Thuy Vu, assistant professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, on May 2, 2019. Watch Video.
Sustainability Education: Noe Vargas, assistant professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering. Watch Video.
Community Engaged Scholarship: Sarah Rowe, assistant professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology. Watch Video.
In addition, the School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences received the 2018 Department Excellence Award in Faculty Mentoring for providing generous support for research, scholarly activities, and professional development.
The awards program also honored 30 UTRGV faculty members who were recognized in 2018, including two recipients of The University of Texas System Board of Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Awards, nine recipients of other major external awards and honors, seven faculty who authored and co-authored scholarly books, 12 faculty who were principal investigators on new major grants or other externally funded projects ($500,000 or more) in 2018.
A total of 126 faculty members were also mentioned for their promotions, eight faculty were recognized for their emeriti status, and six faculty who retired during this academic year were highlighted for their many years of service and contributions to UTRGV.