Setting the Bar: Meet the 2019 President's Leadership Awards

Every year, a few special students reveal themselves to possess a sense of passion and ambition that turns heads. Whether they’re mentoring peers, creating nonprofits, leading Student Government, or challenging health care policies, there’s a common thread among this year’s crop of Texas Exes President’s Leadership Award recipients: a great sense of self-determination and an innate desire to help others. Created in 1985 with an endowment from the late Frank Denius, LLB ’49, Life Member, Distinguished Alumnus, this award recognizes students who have demonstrated outstanding leadership within the UT Austin community—and for these six high achievers, it’s just the beginning.