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Felan receives Faculty Excellence in Public Service award for College of Business

, associate professor of management, is being honored as the 2020 Faculty Excellence in Public Service award winner for the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock College of Business. 鈥淒r. Felan’s service to the community and his profession have been exemplary,鈥� said Roger Dorsey, associate professor of accounting. 鈥淚n particular, his work with Junior Achievement of Arkansas, the Little Rock Diamond Foundation, the Arkansas College Teachers of Business and Economics, the Venture Center, and the Waters Edge Neighborhood Association has been distinguished and is a model for 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock faculty.鈥� Since joining 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock faculty in 2002, Felan has received two service awards and been named Who鈥檚 Who Among American Teachers. Felan has served on nine education-related committees and on six professional boards. The focus of Felan鈥檚 volunteer activity is on the education of young people. He has served with Junior Achievement of Arkansas since 2005 on its State Board of Directors, as chair of several board committees, and as a classroom volunteer. Thanks in part to Felan鈥檚 fundraising and leadership, Junior Achievement of Arkansas recently offered nearly 600 workforce readiness, financial literacy, and entrepreneurship classes around the state to more than 13,000 students. 鈥淒r. Joe Felan has always shown great passion for our organization, mission, and students,鈥� said Tonya Villines, president of Junior Achievement of Arkansas. 鈥淯nder his leadership, our organization has seen amazing growth both financially and geographically. All of this is due to Dr. Joe Felan’s dedication, commitment, and leadership.鈥� Felan鈥檚 passion for teaching workforce readiness and financial literacy recently extended to a new partnership with James Bobo, Felan鈥檚 former Executive MBA student and president of the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Alumni Board of Directors. Bobo has founded the Little Rock Diamond Foundation, a nonprofit with a compassionate aim of making a positive difference in the lives of underserved youth in central Arkansas. 鈥淪ince I started the Little Rock Diamond Foundation, Joe has been behind us 100 percent,鈥� said Bobo. He stepped right in with great advice on moving our programs forward. He also volunteered to conduct a class for a group of young people ages 13-17, who participated in our 鈥楬uddle Up!鈥� program. The kids fell in love with Joe and had an awesome learning experience in financial management from Joe’s teaching technique.鈥� In 2017, Felan co-founded 鈥淭3鈥� (The Think Tank) with Dr. Joe Bell, associate professor of management, to facilitate discussion among distinguished business leaders and educators about a wide range of topics concerning the community, region, state, and world. T3 discussions at the Venture Center have considered issues such as employment opportunities, entrepreneurship and startups, health care, and community relations. Felan received a Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina, and M.B.A. and B.B.A. degrees from Baylor University.