Civitatis Award

The Civitatis Award was established in 1997 to recognize outstanding faculty citizenship. The Civitatis Award is conferred upon a member of the faculty in recognition of dedicated and meritorious service to the University above and beyond the regular expectations of teaching, research, and writing. The award is made by the President upon the recommendation of the Faculty Council Executive Committee.

2007 Recipients

Michael Granof is the Ernst and Young Distinguished Centennial Professor in Accounting and a member of UT’s Academy of Distinguished Teachers. He has taught at the University since 1972 in the School of Business and the LBJ School of Public Affairs. He has served as chair of the Department of Accounting and chair of the Faculty Council, and he now chairs the board of directors of the University Cooperative Society. He has also chaired the University Committee of Counsel on Academic Freedom and Responsibility and has served on other university committees, including the Men's Athletics Council, the Presidential Task Force on Efficiency, the Presidential Committee to Assist K-12 Public Schools with Finances, the UT System Faculty Advisory Committee, and the UT System Audit Committee. Granof has received numerous business and teaching awards, including the Association of Government Accountants’ Cornelius E. Tierney/Ernst and Young Research Award.

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Shelley M. Payne is the Lorene Morrow Kelley Fellow in Microbiology and a member of UT’s Academy of Distinguished Teachers. She has taught at the University since 1980 and served as chair of the Department of Microbiology from 1993-97. She is a former chair of the Faculty Council and has worked to promote gender equality at the University. A respected campus leader, she has chaired a number of committees, including the Intercollegiate Athletics Council for Women, the Institutional Biosafety Committee, and the UT Police Oversight Committee. She has been a faculty adviser in microbiology and has served on the Graduate Studies Committee in Cell and Molecular Biology. She is the recipient of a NIH Merit Award for her research, which focuses on pathogenic bacteria. In 2005, she was appointed to the National Institutes of Health National Allergy and Infectious Diseases Advisory Council.

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Nomination Process

In the spring of each year, the Faculty Council Executive Committee, or a designated subcommittee of the FCEC, will solicit nominations. The Committee may recommend up to three candidates to the President for this honor.

The identification of appropriate candidates is important, and your participation is invited. Please refer to the information for the criteria for the award, the requirements for making a nomination, and the nature of the recognition given to the recipient(s). Also provided is a list of the past recipients.