The Faculty Excellence Awards were established in spring, 1996, by the Arkansas Tech University Board of Trustees as part of an effort to continually promote and recognize distinguished service. Full-time faculty, who are tenured and hold the rank of either associate professor or professor, are nominated by their peers for awards in the areas of teaching, scholarly activity, and service. The nominees are given the opportunity to submit portfolios for review by an Excellence Award Committee; after evaluation of the portfolios submitted, the committee selects a faculty member to be recognized for each category. The recipients are awarded a stipend of and a plaque in recognition of their accomplishments during the spring commencement ceremonies. The Excellence Award Committee is composed of seven faculty members: three faculty selected by the Vice President for Academic Affairs who traditionally selects the previous year's three recipients of the excellence awards (the recipient of the teaching award serves as chair); three faculty selected by the Faculty Senate chair; and the Chair of the Faculty Senate.
YEAR |
TEACHING |
SCHOLARSHIP |
SERVICE |
| 1996 | Mr. David Krueger | Dr. Mostafa Hemmati | Dr. Eldon Clary, Jr. |
| 1997 | Mr. Bobby G. Mullen | Dr. David W. Roach | Mr. Bobbie V. Taylo |
| 1998 | Mr. Charles H. Pearson | Dr. Ronald E. McGaughey | Mr. John A. Gale |
| 1999 | Mr. James T. Willcut | Dr. Charles J. Gagen | Ms. Rexann Oller |
| 2000 | Dr. John J. Cadle | Mr. Paul S. Lake | Mr. Kenneth T. Futterer |
| 2001 | Dr. Earl F. Schrock, Jr | Mr. Philip D. Parker | Dr. Gwen Morgan |
| 2002 | Dr. Kenneth A. Rogers | Dr. Thomas A. DeBlack | Dr. Lyman B. Harris |
| 2003 | Dr. Jeff Robertson | Dr. Trey Philpotts | Dr. James Collins |
| 2004 | Dr. Deborah Wilson | Dr. Mostafa Hemmati | Dr. M. Annette Holeyfield |
| 2005 | Dr. Trey Philpotts | Mr. David Mudrinich | Dr. Mostafa Hemmati |
| 2006 | Dr. Cathy Baker | Ms. Laurie Lucas | Dr. Earl Schrock, Jr. |
| 2007 | Dr. Linda Bean | Dr. Micheal Tarver | Ms. Margaret Wilkerson |
| 2008 | Dr. Peter Dykema | Dr. Anwar Bhuiyan | Dr. Penny Willmering |
| 2009 | Dr. Hanna Norton | Dr. Jeffrey Woods | Dr. Linda Bean |
| 2010 | Dr. V. Carole Smith | Mr. Philip Parker | Dr. Shelia Jackson |
| 2011 | Dr. Scott Kirkconnell | Dr. Timothy Smith | Dr. Carey Roberts |
| 2012 | Mr. David Mudrinich | Dr. Daniel Bullock | Dr. Richard Cohoon |
| 2013 | Dr. Paola Gemme | Dr. Jason Ulsperger | Dr. Susan Underwood |
| 2014 | Dr. M. Diane Gleason | Dr. Tsunemi Yamashita | Dr. Jason Warnick |
| 2015 | Dr. Jason Ulsperger | Dr. Jason Warnick | Dr. Julie Mikles-Schluterman |
| 2016 | Dr. Jason Warnick | Dr. Charles Mebi | Dr. Sean Huss |
| 2017 | Ms. Tracy Cole | Dr. Joshua Lockyer | Dr. Johnette Moody |
| 2018 | Dr. Erin Clair | Mr. Neal Harrington | Dr. Loretta Cochran |
| 2019 | Dr. Emily Hoffman | Dr. David Eshelman | Dr. Robin Lasey |
| 2020 | Dr. Patrick Hagge | Mrs. Holly Ruth Gale | Dr. Michael Rogers |
| 2021 | Dr. Hamed Shojaei | Dr. David Blanks | Dr. Alejandra Carballo |
| 2022 | Dr. Joshua Lockyer | Dr. Rajib Choudhury | Dr. Erin Clair |
| 2023 | Dr. Douglas Barron | Dr. Masanori Kuroki | Dr. Sean Reed |
| 2024 | Dr. Peng Huang | Dr. Kelly Jones | Dr. Tennille Lasker-Scott |