Dr. Hussain Al-Rizzo, associate professor of systems engineering in UALR’s Donaghey College of Information Science and Systems Engineering, won the $10,000 Ted and Virginia Bailey Foundation Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching Friday night at the University’s 19th Annual Faculty Excellence Awards ceremony.

Dr. Robert R. Ulmer, professor of speech communications in the College of Professional Studies, won the $5,000 University Faculty Excellence Award for Research sponsored by PepsiAmericas.

Dr. Ashvin P. Vibhakar, professor of finance and director of the Institute of Economic Advancement in the College of Business, won the $5,000 University Faculty Excellence Award for Public Service sponsored by Bank of America.

The awards were announced at the annual banquet – UALR’s premier event honoring the University’s outstanding faculty – in the Donaghey Student Center.

Awards of $1,000 each went to 21 faculty members, including the three big winners, all of whom had previously been selected by their peers as college-level winners for excellence in teaching, research, and public service.

A national panel of judges selected the top three recipients.

For more information on all the winners, visit www.ualr.edu/facultyexcellence.