The 22nd annual Faculty Excellence Award Banquet will be at 6:30 p.m. Friday, April 30 in the Donaghey Student Center. The UALR Foundation Fund Board in 1988 instituted annual awards to recognize and reward faculty excellence in three specified areas of performance: teaching, research or creative endeavors, and public and professional service. Within each college and school, an annual winner is chosen in each of the three categories. Then the records of the college/school winners are forwarded to a national panel that selects the three University winners. Each award consists of a framed certificate and a cash gift: $1,000 at the college/school level and $5,000 or $10,000 at the University level.

Tickets are $15. For more information, call 569-8734.