Several prestigious awards were presented during the UTexas@118 program, on Sept. 21 in Jessen Auditorium.

The honors, given as part of a celebration commemorating the university’s 118th birthday, included the Civitatis Award to Waneen Spirduso, Ed.D., of the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education. The Civitatis Award is conferred upon a faculty member who has shown exemplary campus citizenship throughout a career of service at the university.

The Presidential Citation was presented to Peter T. Flawn, president emeritus of The University of Texas at Austin; Harry J. Middleton, director of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum; and Larry E. Temple, an attorney and distinguished alumnus.

Award recipients must have achieved distinction in their fields of endeavor and be people of such integrity, stature, demonstrated ability and renown the university community will take pride in and be inspired by their recognition. Recipients also must have provided service that has made a profound and positive difference in the achievement of the university's mission.

Provost Sheldon Ekland-Olson recognized new members of the Academy of Distinguished Teachers. The academy is intended to recognize and enhance teaching, particularly at the undergraduate level.

New members of the Academy of Distinguished Teachers include:

• James B. Ayres, Ph.D., Department of English
• Anthony Bedford, Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
• Mia E. Carter, Ph.D., interim director of the Center for Asian American Studies
• Katherine M. Davis, Ph.D., Department of Mathematics
• Ross Jennings, Ph.D., Department of Accounting
• Robert D. King, Ph.D., Department of Linguistics
• Rebecca R. Richards-Kortum, Ph.D., Department of Biomedical Engineering
• David M. Rabban, J.D., School of Law
• Nancy L. Roser, Ed.D, Department of Curriculum and Instruction
• Harvey M. Sussman, Ph.D., Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders

Other recipients of awards and recognition during the program included:

• The 2001 Joe and Bettie Branson Ward Excellence Award for Research, Teaching or Demonstration Activities that Contribute to Changes of Positive Value to Society — Loriene Roy, Ph.D., a professor in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science.
• President's Associates Teaching Excellence Awards, 2000-2001 — David P. Birdsong, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of French and Italian; David M. Buss, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Psychology; Carol H. MacKay, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of English; and S. Martin Shankland, Ph.D., associate professor in the Section of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology. The award recognizes excellence in undergraduate teaching.
• Chancellor's Council Outstanding Teaching Award, 2000-2001 — Leon E. Long, Ph.D., Department of Geological Sciences.