Nominations will open Jan. 25 and run through March 5 for the Michael R. Ferrari Award, an award recognizing exemplary service and leadership by a faculty or staff member at TCU. The recipient is awarded $5,000 at the university’s opening luncheon for faculty and staff in August.

“Strengthening the TCU workforce is one of our primary objectives,” said Chancellor Victor J. Boschini, Jr. “Awards such as this lift up our faculty and staff to one another, as well as to the community. This award in particular—honoring service, integrity and leadership—displays the values we celebrate at TCU.”

As described in the nomination criteria, the award is intended to address situational leadership accomplishments that go above and beyond job expectations. Examples given include solving a substantial challenge, successfully managing a major project, creating a new initiative, improving the quality of an area at TCU or improving the campus or city significantly through service. The nominee must have been an employee for at least five years.

Peter Worthing, professor of history and associate dean for Graduate Studies and Research in Academic Affairs, was the 2019 recipient. 

“It is an honor, but it makes me remember all of the people I have worked with in my time at TCU,” Worthing said. “The Ferrari Award recognizes an individual, but the reality is that we rarely if ever accomplish things without collaborating with others. I have had the good fortune to work with many people on a number of projects that hopefully contributed to moving TCU forward.”

Ferrari was the ninth chancellor of TCU, holding the position for five years starting in 1998. The TCU Board of Trustees created the award to honor his leadership, particularly in his efforts to involve the city of Fort Worth in the TCU Commission on the Future. A professor of management, he was focused academically on university strategic planning, information technology, revitalization and economic development partnerships.

The Ferrari Award carries with a prize of $5,000, which is awarded to the winner by the Chancellor at the University’s Opening Luncheon in August. A photo gallery of recipients is on display on the second floor of the Mary Couts Burnett Library.

Past recipients, process and nomination criteria, as well as the nomination form, can be found on the chancellor’s website.