UALR will honor its top faculty at the 2012 Faculty Excellence Awards Ceremony at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 12, at the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall in the Fine Arts Building.

The annual event celebrates the excellence of faculty in three categories – teaching, research, and public service. Each UALR college has nominated a faculty member, and an independent selection committee will choose three university-wide winners.

Following the presentation of college-level awards and university winners in the three categories, guests will celebrate the selections at a reception in the Bailey Alumni and Friends Center.

The winner of the Bailey Teaching Award will receive $10,000 from the Bailey Foundation. Winners of the Faculty Excellence in Research and in Public Service will receive $5,000 awards.

The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Marita McNair at 501-569-3204.

The following is a list of the college-level nominees:

TEACHING

• Dr. Radu F. Babiceanu, Donaghey College of Engineering and Information Technology
• Michael Flannery, William H. Bowen School of Law
• Dr. Larry C. Holland, College of Business
• Christy L. Jackson, College of Science and Mathematics
• Dr. James Levernier, College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
• Dr. L. Carolyn Pearson, College of Education
• David Weekley, College of Professional Studies

RESEARCH

• Dr. Laura M. Amrhein, College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
• Dr. Daniel Berleant, Donaghey College of Engineering and Information Technology
• Dr. Jeffrey S. Gaffney, College of Science and Mathematics
• Dr. Nannette Nicholson, College of Professional Studies
• Dr. Ann Robinson, College of Education
• Robert Steinbuch, William H. Bowen School of Law
• Dr. Thomas R. Tudor, College of Business

PUBLIC SERVICE

• Dr. John Burgin, College of Education
• James K. Carr, Donaghey College of Engineering and Information Technology
• Dr. Mark Giese, College of Professional Studies
• Ken Gould, William H. Bowen School of Law
• Dr.  Eric R. Kaufmann, College of Science and Mathematics
• Dr. Lawrence “Lars” S. Powell, College of Business
• Dr. Elisabeth Sherwin, College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences