UT Southwestern’s strength is rooted in its people – individuals who embody our core values of excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion and make a meaningful difference in the lives of others. The first annual UT Southwestern Pinnacle Awards recognize and celebrate staff who exemplify these characteristics.
Award Categories
Distinguished Service Award
The award honors an outstanding individual who has built a distinguished track record of success throughout their career at UTSW by consistently going above and beyond to further our mission to educate, discover, and heal by living out the UT Southwestern core values in their everyday work.
- Award Eligibility Criteria: Full-time or part-time Classified or Administrative and Professional (A&P) employee with a minimum of 10 years of UT Southwestern service.
Spirit of UT Southwestern Award
Recognizes an employee who serves as a role model and brand ambassador for UT Southwestern through their loyalty, advocacy, service, mentorship, enthusiasm, and camaraderie, both within the UTSW internal community and beyond.
- Award Eligibility Criteria: Full-time or part-time Classified or A&P employee with a minimum of five years of UT Southwestern service.
Pinnacle Award for Excellence
Recognizes an employee who most contributes to UT Southwestern’s commitment to the highest standards of clinical excellence, educational distinction, research integrity, or administrative quality in all they do. They are unequivocal in their commitment to ongoing improvement through a project or initiative that has a positive and significant impact on their function, department, or the institution overall.
- Value-based Award Eligibility Criteria: Full-time or part-time Classified or A&P employee with a minimum of two years of UT Southwestern service.
Pinnacle Award for Innovation
Recognizes an employee or team who created or contributed to development of a new technology, scientific discovery, launched or improved products or services, simplified complex tasks and processes, or creatively solved problems in service of our mission.
- Value-based Award Eligibility Criteria: Full-time or part-time Classified or A&P employee with a minimum of two years of UT Southwestern service.
Pinnacle Award for Teamwork
Recognizes an employee or team who work collaboratively and promote teamwork to gather input from colleagues and stakeholders across functions and groups to solve problems, improve processes, and provide excellent service.
- Value-based Award Eligibility Criteria: Full-time or part-time Classified or A&P employee with a minimum of two years of UT Southwestern service.
Pinnacle Award for Compassion
Recognizes an employee who embodies the values of UT Southwestern and has gone above and beyond to foster an environment of exemplary service in which internal colleagues or patients are treated with respect, dignity, and kindness in every encounter, every day.
- Value-based Award Eligibility Criteria: Full-time or part-time Classified or A&P employee with a minimum of two years of UT Southwestern service.
Nominations
Please submit nominations for colleagues who exemplify the quality and accomplishments these awards seek to celebrate. Nominations will be accepted from March 12 through April 8.
Awards Ceremony
The inaugural UT Southwestern Pinnacle Awards ceremony will be held on June 17 at 4:30 p.m. in Tom and Lula Gooch Auditorium.
Contact Us
Please contact Suzanne J. Farmer, Ph.D., or Talent Development team by hr@utsouthwestern.edu.