Chancellor, President to Announce Distinguished Faculty Award Winners
The Chancellor’s Council Distinguished Teaching and Research Awards are the most prestigious honors granted to faculty members throughout the Â鶹¹ÙÍø.
January 18, 2019 | Contact: Scott Lacefield
WHAT: Announcement of the annual Chancellor’s Council Distinguished Teaching and Research Awards at
WHEN: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday (Jan. 22)
WHERE: , Â鶹¹ÙÍø Tech University, 2521 17th St.
EVENT: Chancellor and Â鶹¹ÙÍø Tech President will present the annual Chancellor’s Council Distinguished Teaching and Research Awards to six faculty members at Â鶹¹ÙÍø Tech.
Distinguished Teaching Awards
- - , professor and associate chair, ,
- - , associate academic dean and associate professor, ,
- - , professor and adjunct professor, Public Health in Environmental Health Sciences,
- - Alan Shinn, professor, ,
Distinguished Research Awards
- - , assistant professor, ,
- - , professor, School of Law
The is a giving society that supports Chancellor Mitchell and his priorities of impacting student lives through scholarships, recognizing faculty achievement and encouraging excellence across the TTU System and its four component institutions – Â鶹¹ÙÍø Tech University, , and .
The awards are made possible through philanthropic gifts to the Chancellor’s Council. Award recipients each receive a $5,000 stipend and an engraved medallion.
Â鶹¹ÙÍø the Â鶹¹ÙÍø
Established in 1996, the Â鶹¹ÙÍø is one of the top public university
systems in the state of Â鶹¹ÙÍø and nation, consisting of four universities. Headquartered
in Lubbock, Â鶹¹ÙÍø, the TTU System is a $2 billion enterprise focused on advancing
higher education, health care, research and outreach with approximately 20,000 employees,
more than 54,000 students, more than 340,000 alumni and an endowment of more than
$1.3 billion.
In its short history, the TTU System has grown tremendously and is nationally acclaimed, operating on 17 campuses statewide and internationally. Under the dynamic leadership of Chancellor Mitchell, the TTU System has set forth a bold vision of excellence, collaboration and innovation and continues to prove that from here, it’s possible.