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The George W. Jalonick III and Dorothy Cockrell Jalonick Centennial Lectureship

About the Lectureship

The George W. Jalonick III and Dorothy Cockrell Jalonick Centennial Lectureship recognizes excellence in organized classroom teaching by professional-track faculty.

Deadline

Nominations closed. This award will open for nominations during spring semester.

Number of Nominations

TBD

Nominee Qualifications and Evaluation Criteria

Eligible faculty applicants must:

  • Be a full-time mid-career professional-track faculty member who must
    Be in the instruction, clinical, lecturer or practice titles, and who must
  • Teach organized, formula-funded courses (i.e., not Option III courses) with large student enrollments
  • Hold an appointment at the associate or full professor rank or senior lecturer or Distinguished Senior Lecturer rank at the time of application
  • Have served a minimum of three (3) full academic years as 100% teaching FTE professional-track faculty member at UT Austin at time of application
  • Hold a full-time teaching faculty appointment in both fall and spring semesters of award year (2026–27).
  • Not concurrently hold another major endowment in the same academic year as the Jalonick Centennial Lectureship
  • Not be a prior holder of the Jalonick Centennial Lectureship in any of the previous three (3) academic years (i.e., a recipient in 2025–26 is not eligible to hold the lectureship again until 2029–30)
  • Not hold a primary appointment in Dell Medical School


The faculty member who has met all eligibility criteria must have demonstrated evidence of excellence in their teaching of formula-funded (non-Option 3) organized courses at UT Austin. Teaching of large-enrollment organized courses will be prioritized.

Nomination Materials

Faculty must be nominated for the endowment by their supervisor (chair, director, or dean)

Supervisor (materials provided separately by supervisor):

  • Nomination form and
  • Narrative of support (up to 500 words maximum)

Nominee (materials provided separately by nominee):

  • Nominee form,
  • CV (4-page maximum), and
  • Nominee statement (2-page maximum) 

Award Amount

$5,000 salary supplement* and Jalonick Centennial Lecturer designation during the academic year of the award
*amount may vary based on endowment income