Awards

An award-winning HR Team!

UT Dallas won the 2023 CUPA-HR Innovation Award for work on creating the BRIGHT Leaders program. Read more about CUPA-HR and the award UTD received.

Colleen Dutton, the UTD Chief Human Resources Officer, was awarded the 2023 Ogletree Deakins Human Resources Professional of the Year by the North Dallas Chamber of Commerce.

UT Dallas won 1st place in the 2023 Pensions & Investments Eddy Awards, Special Projects category, for work done to make the annual enrollment and benefits fair a virtual event. HR won this award in partnership with our colleagues in the Office of Communications and the Office of Information Technology.

UT Dallas was the 2023 Spring Forward Team Challenge Winner during the spring wellness challenge event hosted by UT System Office of Employee Benefits and Living Well.

UT Dallas won 1st place in the 2022 PSCA Signature Awards, Events and Workshops category, for work done to transform the annual enrollment and benefits fair events to a virtual environment.HR won this award in partnership with our colleagues in the Office of Communications and the Office of Information Technology.

In 2022, Forbes recognized UT Dallas as one of America’s Best-in-State Employers in the state of Texas.

UT Dallas won 1st place in the 2021 Pensions & Investments Eddy Awards, Special Projects category, for work done to make the annual enrollment and benefits fair a virtual event. HR won this award in partnership with our colleagues in the Office of Communications and the Office of Information Technology.

UT Dallas was the 2021 Winner of the Fall Activity Challenge Walktober during the fall wellness challenge event hosted by UT System Office of Employee Benefits and Living Well.

In 2019, UT Dallas won an award for Greatest Increase in Completion Rate and Highest Completion Rate for a Medium-sized Institution during the Living Well Spring Into Motion 2019 Physical Activity Challenge.

During the Living Well Keep UT Active 2019 Fall Wellness Challenge, UT Dallas received an award for Greatest Increase in Registration, Greatest Percentage of Repeaters, and Greatest Percentage of New Registrants for a Medium-Sized Institution.

UT Dallas was the 2017 Winner of the UT System Physical Activity Challenge during the wellness challenge event hosted by UT System Office of Employee Benefits and Living Well.

In 2016, UT Dallas won the MFEA STAR Award in the Events and Conferences category for a campus Retirement event.

During the 2016 Dallas Chapter of the Association for Talent Development AXIS Awards, UT Dallas was awarded 2nd place for the Catch Comet Pride training.