Superior Service

Nominees are evaluated based on a balance of their accomplishments for service within the past year to the college and university, the profession and field, and to the community.

☞ Nominations for 2024 have closed. The deadline was March 15, 2024. The cover sheet form (PDF) has instructions. ☜

The College of Education and Health Professions honors faculty and staff members each year for their teaching, research and service to the college and the University of Arkansas. Announcement about the 2023-24 winners.

  • 2023-24 — Brent T. Williams, associate professor of counselor education and supervision
  • 2022-23 — Rhett Hutchins, Associate Teaching Professor, Educational Studies
  • 2021-22 — No award presented
  • 2020-21 — Leslie Jo Shelton, Assistant Professor, Higher Education
  • 2019-20 — Michelle Gray, Associate Professor, Exercise Science
  • 2018-19 — Marcia Imbeau, Professor, Special Education
  • 2017-18 — Peggy Schaefer-Whitby, Associate Professor, Special Education
  • 2016-17 — Leslie Jo Shelton, Assistant Professor, Higher Education
  • 2015-16 — Kenda Grover, Assistant Professor, Adult and Lifelong Learning
  • 2014-15 — Chris Goering, Associate Professor, English Education
  • 2013-14 — Kathleen Barta, Associate Professor, Nursing
  • 2012-13 — Cheryl Murphy, Associate Professor, Educational Technology
  • 2011-12
    • Christian Goering, Assistant Professor, Secondary Education
    • Gary Ritter, Twenty-First Century Chair, Education Policy
  • 2010-11 — Susan Riggs, Instructor, Childhood Education
  • 2009-10 — LaVonne Kirkpatrick, Assistant Professor, Elementary Education
  • 2008-09 — Inza Fort, Professor, Kinesiology
  • 2007-08 — Cheryl Murphy, Associate Professor, Educational Technology
  • 2006-07 — Charles Riggs, Professor, Kinesiology
  • 2005-06 — Inza Fort, Professor, Kinesiology
  • 2004-05 — Linda Morrow
  • 2003-04 — Christy McGee
  • 2002-03 — Jean Hughes
  • 2001-02 — Ro DiBrezzo, Professor, Kinesiology