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Awards and Recognition

Dean's Dozen Award

Recognizes thirteen students for their service to programs or departments within the Office of the Dean of Students, and for positive contributions they have made to our campus community. The Dean's Dozen Award celebrates graduating seniors, master’s or doctoral students who are committed to and involved in enhancing the quality of The University of Texas at Austin student experience.

The 2013 Dean's Dozen recipients are:

  • William “Wills” Brown
  • Caroline Calderon
  • Henry “Hank” Dugie, Jr.
  • Matthew Godfrey
  • Jesus “Jesse” Hernandez
  • David Kerr
  • Staphany Lopez
  • Katherine “Katie” Massey
  • Michael Morton
  • Damilola “Lola” Olatayo
  • Christina Ramirez
  • Michael Redding
  • Kayla Riggs

Swing Out Awards

Coordinated by the University of Texas Leadership and Ethics Institute to recognize outstanding student organizations. Awards are presented in nine primary categories: Academic/Departmental, Cultural, Political/Activist, Professional, Recreational, Artistic, Service, Social, and Spirit. In addition, there are three Special Categories: Best New, Most Improved and Greenest.

The 2013 Swing Out Awards recipients are:

  • Best Academic/Departmental Organization: Natural Science Council
  • Best Artistic Organization: University Fashion Group
  • Best Cultural Organization: Indian Cultural Association
  • Best Political/Activist Organization: Hook the Vote
  • Best Professional Organization: Hispanic Business Student Association (HBSA)
  • Best Recreational Organization: Punjabbawockeez
  • Best Service Organization: Best Buddies
  • Best Social Organization: Texas Lassos
  • Best Spirit Organization: Orange Jackets
  • Best Graduate Organization: Alexander Hamilton Society - Texas Chapter
  • Best New Organization: Collegium Musicum
  • Best Organizational Ethics: Queer Student Alliance
  • Best Safety Program: Texas 4000 for Cancer
  • Most Improved Organization: Biomedical Engineering Society
  • Outstanding Advisor: Undergraduate Business Council
  • Greenest Organization: UT Solar Vehicles Team

Evening of the Stars Awards Celebration

An annual event held to highlight and honor student leadership and the more than 1,000 student organizations represented on The University of Texas at Austin campus. Each year, recipients of various awards and scholarships coordinated by the Office of the Dean of Students are announced and celebrated at the Evening of the Stars event for the achievements and contributions they have made to UT Austin and the Austin community. Student organizations at UT Austin and the students involved in these organizations enrich the lives of others by fostering a sense of community, a volunteer spirit and an activist approach.

Pillars of the Forty Acres

Created to highlight the missions and activities of student organizations that exemplify the Core Values of The University of Texas at Austin. Student organizations demonstrate the importance of co-curricular involvement and provide opportunities for all students to extend their learning beyond the classroom. Through the Pillars of the Forty Acres, the Office of the Dean of Students recognizes student organizations whose activities embody the Core Values of Learning, Discovery, Freedom, Leadership, Individual Opportunity and Responsibility.

The 2013 Pillars of the Forty Acres recipients are:

  • The Project | Distinguished: Learning
  • Omega Phi Alpha National Service Sorority | Distinguished: Learning

Glenn Maloney Endowed Memorial Scholarship

Awarded in memory of Glenn W. Maloney, who served students at The University of Texas at Austin for 19 years, the last seven as Associate Dean of Students. The Glenn Maloney Memorial Scholarship was established to memorialize Glenn's countless contributions to UT Austin by recognizing excellence in student leadership. Through this scholarship, Glenn's enduring legacy will be to continue helping the students whose lives he enriched.

The 2013 Maloney Scholarship winners are:

  • Alyssa Davis
  • Jesus Hernandez
  • Michael Ugeo Williams

Maralyn S. Heimlich Scholarship

As assistant dean of New Student Services for many years, until her untimely passing from cancer in 1996, Maralyn Heimlich touched the lives of thousands of students at UT Austin. This scholarship is given in her memory and recognizes orientation advisors who best exemplify Maralyn's dedication and service to the new student orientation program, as well as her generosity of spirit and passion for student life.

The 2013 Maralyn S. Heimlich Scholarship winners are:

  • Andy Do
  • Staphany Lopez
  • Ali Raza
  • Janet Solis
  • Kelsey Lauren Thompson
  • Michael Ugeo Williams
  • Julius Roux Zerwick

Tejas Club Scholarship

Through the Tejas Club, members live a more complete life by sharing their personalities, abilities, and commitment to good fellowship and a high standard of conduct in order to encourage loyalty and usefulness to our school and further good scholarship. This scholarship recognizes members whose service to UT Austin, the Tejas Club and the Austin community best demonstrates the application of these ideals.

The 2013 Tejas Club Scholarship winners are:

  • C. Thomas Behrman/Tejas Scholarship: Tien Van Nguyen
  • David L. Shull Memorial Scholarship: Collin Wesley Gonzalez
  • David L. Shull Memorial Scholarship: Britton Blake Marlatt
  • David L. Shull Memorial Scholarship: Kevin Michael Warren
  • Dean Byron Fullerton/Tejas Scholarship: Winston Brooks Barr
  • Dean Byron Fullerton/Tejas Scholarship: Evan Michael Rowley
  • Fleming Fellowship Scholarship: Andrew Vincente Coulter
  • Fleming Fellowship Scholarship: Marcelo Jose Flores
  • Fleming Fellowship Scholarship: Alexander J. Ramirez
  • Fleming Fellowship Scholarship: Ahmed Hazem Zifzaf
  • Fleming/Tejas Scholarship: Brian Timothy O’Connor
  • Fleming/Tejas Scholarship: Kornel George Rady
  • Fleming/Tejas Scholarship: Steven Patrick Schultz
  • Gregory E. Lucia/Tejas Scholarship: Braydon Kyle Jones
  • Gregory E. Lucia/Tejas Scholarship: Michael Ugeo Williams
  • Jim Fenner Fund Scholarship “Fenner Scholar”: Benjamin Behnoud Nia
  • Jim Fenner Fund Scholarship “Fenner Scholar”: Nathan Evans Roberts
  • Jim Fenner Fund Scholarship “Fenner Scholar”: Stephen Michael Vincent
  • Judge Harley Clark/Tejas Scholarship: Seth L. Snyder
  • Judge Harley Clark/Tejas Scholarship: William Macon Vining
  • Judge Harley Clark/Tejas Scholarship: Kenton Bruce Wilson
  • Judge Royce C. Lamberth/Tejas Scholarship: Alejandro Jose Flores
  • Judge Royce C. Lamberth/Tejas Scholarship: Robert Charles Svoboda
  • Judge Zeke Zbranek/Tejas Scholarship: Barron Whitney Peper
  • Judge Zeke Zbranek/Tejas Scholarship: Tyler J. Perry

Hyperion Awards

These awards honor sorority and fraternity members who work diligently to improve the community and for their unselfish contributions to their chapters and councils.

The 2013 Hyperion Award recipients are:

  • Kelly Gilles
  • Morgan Grevey
  • Kyle Harlan
  • Diana Lee
  • Edgar Ramirez
  • Kayla Riggs
  • David Rivera

Sorority and Fraternity Awards

Each year, Sorority and Fraternity Life and Order of Omega recognize outstanding organizations and members of the sorority and fraternity community.

The 2013 Sorority and Fraternity Awards recipients are:

2013 Organization Recipients

  • Outstanding Service Award — Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
  • Scholastic Achievement Award — Delta Gamma
  • Community Building Award — Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
  • Leadership Award — Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

2013 Individual Recipients

  • Outstanding Service Award — Aisha Begum, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
  • Scholastic Achievement Award — Michael Cramer, Phi Delta Theta
  • Community Building Award — Alexius Thomas, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. | Ben Burgess, Alpha Tau Omega
  • Leadership Award — Krystal Hawkins, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
  • Outstanding Fraternity Member of the Year — Arya Karjooy, Alpha Tau Omega | Hunter Ratliff, Alpha Tau Omega
  • Most Outstanding Sorority Member — LaKeisha Burke, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
  • Outstanding Chapter of the Year — Zeta Tau Alpha
  • Most Outstanding Council — Multicultural Greek Council

SJS/DHFS Case Study on Ethical Leadership Competition

Sponsored by Student Judicial Services in the Office of the Dean of Students and the Division of Housing and Food Service, the Case Study on Ethical Leadership Competition challenges and empowers teams of resident assistants to consider the underlying ethical dimensions of their decisions when working with students in the residential setting. The competition tests a resident assistant’s creativity, strength of character and service to the housing community.

The 2013 SJS/DHFS Case Study on Ethical Leadership Award recipients are:

  • Waller Creek Area Resident Assistants — Jordan Wyatt, Rachel Cohen, Heather Gute