{"id":7258,"date":"2025-05-27T15:24:33","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T15:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/hr-new\/?page_id=7258"},"modified":"2026-05-08T13:56:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T13:56:19","slug":"university-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/human-resources\/university-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"University Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#8e7db3\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-x-large-font-size\">Featured Award: Texan Performance Excellence Award<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-tarleton-texan-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9aa30a6f60785eef7607fe925442cecb\">The Texan Performance Excellence Award is designed to recognize and reinforce employee contributions to the University, College, or Department by granting Administrative Leave for excellent performance. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/human-resources\/texan-performance-excellence-award\/\">Visit Award Site<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">University Awards<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Each year we honor outstanding faculty and staff members for making an impact on our students and surrounding community through excellence, innovation, scholarship and service by presenting eleven university awards at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/human-resources\/university-awards\/annual-banquet\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/human-resources\/university-awards\/annual-banquet\/\">Annual University Awards Banquet<\/a> each spring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-columns advgb-columns-wrapper\" id=\"advgb-cols-17cf6755-1e3e-4321-b69b-05aa05e64c2e\"><div class=\"advgb-columns-container\"><div class=\"advgb-columns advgb-columns-row advgb-is-mobile advgb-columns-2 layout-12-12 mbl-layout-stacked gutter-40 vgutter-10\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-column advgb-column\" id=\"advgb-col-90d2a9ef-a242-46f9-89d1-56f118894a03\"><div class=\"advgb-column-inner\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:1px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-button alignnone\"><a class=\"wp-block-advgb-button_link advgbbtn-8798ff26-7413-468d-bf70-96a7b0467e19\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/human-resources\/university-awards\/faculty-awards\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span>Visit Faculty Awards Homepage<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-column advgb-column\" id=\"advgb-col-0f9ed3ca-fcbc-4ee1-b07a-b29900947e58\"><div class=\"advgb-column-inner\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:1px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-button alignnone\"><a class=\"wp-block-advgb-button_link advgbbtn-e22acf35-94cc-4ce3-b752-b4689dff49f4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/human-resources\/university-awards\/employee-recognition-awards\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span>Visit Staff Awards Homepage<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2026 University Awards Winners<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1027\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/human-resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/394\/2026\/05\/University-Awards-Banquet-04.27.26-CW-1586-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Group of people sitting down, smiling at the camera.\" class=\"wp-image-8484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/human-resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/394\/2026\/05\/University-Awards-Banquet-04.27.26-CW-1586-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/human-resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/394\/2026\/05\/University-Awards-Banquet-04.27.26-CW-1586-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/human-resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/394\/2026\/05\/University-Awards-Banquet-04.27.26-CW-1586-1024x411.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/human-resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/394\/2026\/05\/University-Awards-Banquet-04.27.26-CW-1586-600x241.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/human-resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/394\/2026\/05\/University-Awards-Banquet-04.27.26-CW-1586-768x308.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/human-resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/394\/2026\/05\/University-Awards-Banquet-04.27.26-CW-1586-1536x616.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/human-resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/394\/2026\/05\/University-Awards-Banquet-04.27.26-CW-1586-2048x821.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/human-resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/394\/2026\/05\/University-Awards-Banquet-04.27.26-CW-1586-1568x629.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Top Row, Left to Right<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ms. Chandler Guettler &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/university-awards\/staff\/excellence\/\"><u>Excellence Award<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr. Brant Poe &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/university-awards\/faculty\/student-success\/\"><u>Faculty Excellence in Student Success Award<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr. Jean Lonie &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/university-awards\/faculty\/bbthompson\/\"><u>Barry B. Thompson Service Award<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mr. Kirk Wise &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/university-awards\/faculty\/oagrant\/\"><u>Jack and Louise Arthur Excellence in Teaching Award<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr. Austin Loignon &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/university-awards\/staff\/respect\/\"><u>Respect Award<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mr. Eudoro Magana &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/university-awards\/staff\/integrity\/\"><u>Integrity Award<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mr. Andrew Huf &#8211; TAA Distinguished Faculty Member<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mr. Chad Evans &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/university-awards\/staff\/excellence\/\"><u>Excellence Award<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr. Christina Villalon &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/university-awards\/faculty\/scholarship\/\"><u>Faculty Excellence in Scholarship Award<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mrs. Kindall Hurley, First Lady<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr. James Hurley, President<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Bottom Row, Left to Right<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dr. Amanda Brown &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/university-awards\/faculty\/junior\/\"><u>Outstanding Early Career Faculty Award<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mr. Dalton Lawing &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/university-awards\/graduate-award\/\"><u>Graduate Assistant of the Year Award<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ms. Faith Bernard &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/university-awards\/staff\/integrity\/\"><u>Integrity Award<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ms. Semoine Pearson &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/university-awards\/staff\/respect\/\"><u>Respect Award<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr. John Calahan &#8211; Emeritus Award<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ms. Kim Mitchell &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/university-awards\/staff\/presidential-staff\/\"><u>Presidential Staff Award<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ms. Kasenia Hipsh &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/university-awards\/staff\/student-employee\/\"><u>Undergraduate Student Employee of the Year Award<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr. Crystal Rose &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/university-awards\/faculty\/engagement\/\"><u>Engaged Faculty Award<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ms. Alyson Fields &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/university-awards\/staff\/respect\/\"><u>Respect Award<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ms. Shawndi Wilson &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/university-awards\/staff\/excellence\/\"><u>Excellence Award<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Not Pictured: Mr. Kyle Boatright &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/university-awards\/staff\/integrity\/\"><u>Integrity Award<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"contact\">Contact Us<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Faculty Awards Committee<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dr. Aimee Shouse, Chair<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"tel:+12549689598\">&nbsp;254-968-9598<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:ashouse@tarleton.edu\">&nbsp;Email Dr. Aimee Shouse, Chair<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Employee Recognition Awards Committee<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Amy Browder, Chair<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"tel:+12549689599\">&nbsp;254-968-9128<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:employeedevelopment@tarleton.edu\">&nbsp;Email Amy Browder, Chair<\/a><\/p>\n<style class=\"advgb-styles-renderer\">.advgbbtn-8798ff26-7413-468d-bf70-96a7b0467e19{font-size:18px;color:#ffffff !important;background-color:#4f2d7f !important;margin:0px 0px 0px 0px !important;padding:10px 30px 10px 30px;border-width:1px !important;border-style:none;border-radius:0px !important;}.advgbbtn-8798ff26-7413-468d-bf70-96a7b0467e19:hover{box-shadow:1px 1px 12px 0px #ccc;opacity:1;transition:all 0.2s ease;}.advgbbtn-8798ff26-7413-468d-bf70-96a7b0467e19 > i {font-size:30px;color:inherit;float:left;margin-right:7px;}#advgb-col-90d2a9ef-a242-46f9-89d1-56f118894a03>.advgb-column-inner{}@media screen and (max-width: 1023px) {#advgb-col-90d2a9ef-a242-46f9-89d1-56f118894a03>.advgb-column-inner{}}@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {#advgb-col-90d2a9ef-a242-46f9-89d1-56f118894a03>.advgb-column-inner{}}.advgbbtn-8798ff26-7413-468d-bf70-96a7b0467e19{font-size:18px;color:#ffffff !important;background-color:#4f2d7f !important;margin:0px 0px 0px 0px !important;padding:10px 30px 10px 30px;border-width:1px !important;border-style:none;border-radius:0px !important;}.advgbbtn-8798ff26-7413-468d-bf70-96a7b0467e19:hover{box-shadow:1px 1px 12px 0px #ccc;opacity:1;transition:all 0.2s ease;}.advgbbtn-8798ff26-7413-468d-bf70-96a7b0467e19 > i {font-size:30px;color:inherit;float:left;margin-right:7px;}.advgbbtn-e22acf35-94cc-4ce3-b752-b4689dff49f4{font-size:18px;color:#ffffff !important;background-color:#4f2d7f !important;margin:0px 0px 0px 0px !important;padding:10px 30px 10px 30px;border-width:1px !important;border-style:none;border-radius:0px !important;}.advgbbtn-e22acf35-94cc-4ce3-b752-b4689dff49f4:hover{box-shadow:1px 1px 12px 0px #ccc;opacity:1;transition:all 0.2s ease;}.advgbbtn-e22acf35-94cc-4ce3-b752-b4689dff49f4 > i {font-size:30px;color:inherit;float:left;margin-right:7px;}#advgb-col-0f9ed3ca-fcbc-4ee1-b07a-b29900947e58>.advgb-column-inner{}@media screen and (max-width: 1023px) {#advgb-col-0f9ed3ca-fcbc-4ee1-b07a-b29900947e58>.advgb-column-inner{}}@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {#advgb-col-0f9ed3ca-fcbc-4ee1-b07a-b29900947e58>.advgb-column-inner{}}.advgbbtn-e22acf35-94cc-4ce3-b752-b4689dff49f4{font-size:18px;color:#ffffff !important;background-color:#4f2d7f !important;margin:0px 0px 0px 0px !important;padding:10px 30px 10px 30px;border-width:1px !important;border-style:none;border-radius:0px !important;}.advgbbtn-e22acf35-94cc-4ce3-b752-b4689dff49f4:hover{box-shadow:1px 1px 12px 0px #ccc;opacity:1;transition:all 0.2s ease;}.advgbbtn-e22acf35-94cc-4ce3-b752-b4689dff49f4 > i {font-size:30px;color:inherit;float:left;margin-right:7px;}#advgb-cols-17cf6755-1e3e-4321-b69b-05aa05e64c2e{}@media screen and (max-width: 1023px) {#advgb-cols-17cf6755-1e3e-4321-b69b-05aa05e64c2e{}}@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {#advgb-cols-17cf6755-1e3e-4321-b69b-05aa05e64c2e{}}#advgb-col-90d2a9ef-a242-46f9-89d1-56f118894a03>.advgb-column-inner{}@media screen and (max-width: 1023px) {#advgb-col-90d2a9ef-a242-46f9-89d1-56f118894a03>.advgb-column-inner{}}@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {#advgb-col-90d2a9ef-a242-46f9-89d1-56f118894a03>.advgb-column-inner{}}.advgbbtn-8798ff26-7413-468d-bf70-96a7b0467e19{font-size:18px;color:#ffffff !important;background-color:#4f2d7f !important;margin:0px 0px 0px 0px !important;padding:10px 30px 10px 30px;border-width:1px !important;border-style:none;border-radius:0px !important;}.advgbbtn-8798ff26-7413-468d-bf70-96a7b0467e19:hover{box-shadow:1px 1px 12px 0px #ccc;opacity:1;transition:all 0.2s ease;}.advgbbtn-8798ff26-7413-468d-bf70-96a7b0467e19 > i {font-size:30px;color:inherit;float:left;margin-right:7px;}#advgb-col-0f9ed3ca-fcbc-4ee1-b07a-b29900947e58>.advgb-column-inner{}@media screen and (max-width: 1023px) {#advgb-col-0f9ed3ca-fcbc-4ee1-b07a-b29900947e58>.advgb-column-inner{}}@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {#advgb-col-0f9ed3ca-fcbc-4ee1-b07a-b29900947e58>.advgb-column-inner{}}.advgbbtn-e22acf35-94cc-4ce3-b752-b4689dff49f4{font-size:18px;color:#ffffff !important;background-color:#4f2d7f !important;margin:0px 0px 0px 0px !important;padding:10px 30px 10px 30px;border-width:1px !important;border-style:none;border-radius:0px !important;}.advgbbtn-e22acf35-94cc-4ce3-b752-b4689dff49f4:hover{box-shadow:1px 1px 12px 0px #ccc;opacity:1;transition:all 0.2s ease;}.advgbbtn-e22acf35-94cc-4ce3-b752-b4689dff49f4 > i {font-size:30px;color:inherit;float:left;margin-right:7px;}<\/style>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Featured Award: Texan Performance Excellence Award The Texan Performance Excellence Award is designed to recognize and reinforce employee contributions to the University, College, or Department by granting Administrative Leave for &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7258","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/human-resources\/author\/kyle-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3\/","display_name":"kyle"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 12 months ago","modified":"Updated 2 weeks ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on May 27, 2025","modified":"Updated on May 8, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on May 27, 2025 3:24 pm","modified":"Updated on May 8, 2026 1:56 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","featured_img":false,"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7258"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8495,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7258\/revisions\/8495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}