Distinguished Alumni Awards
The College of Education is grateful to everyone who submitted nominees for the inaugural Distinguished Alumni Awards. These awards celebrate the great accomplishments of our talented alumni who are changing the world in education, health and sport. The nomination period has closed.
Early Career Award
The Early Career Award recognizes COE alumni rising stars who are 39 years old or younger on January 1 of the year the award is presented. Nominees for this award should be inspiring early career professionals who have shown exemplary dedication to create a meaningful impact for children, individuals, schools or communities across Texas and beyond.
Distinguished Career Award
The Distinguished Career Award recognizes the amazing contributions and lifelong achievements of our esteemed COE alumni. Nominees should be respected professionals with a history of notable work in their field. Additionally, they should have previously received recognition for their merits and significant accomplishments from contemporaries or peers.
Dean’s Changemaker Award
The Dean’s Changemaker Award recognizes an individual’s outstanding legacy of changemaking impact in education, health or sport. Nominees should have a lifelong record of achievement and advocacy, peer respect and esteem, and sustained contributions to education and the UT community with a legacy as a transformative leader and changemaker.
Criteria for Nomination
Nominees must be living College of Education alumni whose work has helped advance the mission, vision and values of the college by making a significant impact in one or more of our COE signature impact areas.
Nominees should be people of integrity, demonstrated ability and renown that the faculty, staff, students and alumni of the college will take pride in, and be inspired by their recognition.
Graduates from both the college’s undergraduate and graduate degree programs will be considered.
Selection Process
Nominations will be reviewed by a committee of College of Education students, faculty, staff and alumni. The Review Committee’s recommendations will be submitted to the Dean and recipients will be announced later this fall. Awardees will be honored at a special awards ceremony on Thursday, February 27, 2025.
For more information, please contact COEAlumniAwards@utexas.edu.
