The University of Central Arkansas hosted its 64th annual Employee Service Awards Tuesday, April 18.
The university presented three awards to outstanding faculty in the following areas:
Taine Duncan, Department of Philosophy and Religion, received the Public Service Award.
![President Houston Davis; Dr. Taine Duncan, Department of Philosophy and Religion, the 2017 Public Service Award recipient; and Dr. Steve Runge, executive vice president and provost](https://uca.edu/bearblog/files/2017/05/taine.jpg)
Charlotte Yates, Department of Physical Therapy, received the Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Award.
![President Houston Davis; Dr. Charlotte Yates, Department of Physical Therapy, the 2017 Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity Award recipient; and Dr. Steve Runge, executive vice president and provost](https://uca.edu/bearblog/files/2017/05/charlotte.jpg)
Melissa Kelley, Department of Chemistry, received the Teaching Excellence Award.
![President Houston Davis; Dr. Melissa Kelley, Department of Chemistry, 2017 Teaching Excellence Award recipient; and Dr. Steve Runge, executive vice president and provost](https://uca.edu/bearblog/files/2017/05/melissa.jpg)
The university awarded the Diversity and Inclusive Excellence Award to Dr. Taine Duncan, Department of Philosophy and Religion.
![President Houston Davis; Dr. Taine Duncan, Department of Philosophy and Religion, 2017 Diversity and Inclusiveness Excellence Award recipient; and Ronnie Williams, vice president for Student Services and Institutional Diversity](https://uca.edu/bearblog/files/2017/05/taine2.jpg)
Staff members recognized were Dr. Shaneil Ealy, Division of Outreach and Community Engagement, as the non-classified Employee of the Year and Thomas Bertram, Schedler Honors College, as the classified Employee of the Year.
![President Houston Davis with Dr. Shaneil Ealy, Division of Outreach and Community Engagement, 2017 non-classified Employee of the Year](https://uca.edu/bearblog/files/2017/05/shaneil.jpg)
![President Houston Davis with Thomas Bertram, Schedler Honors College, 2017 classified Employee of the Year](https://uca.edu/bearblog/files/2017/05/thomas.jpg)
Employees with milestone records of service of at least 25, 30, 35, 40 and 45 years of service were also recognized and recent university retirees were also honored.