Faculty Awards

The C-I Teaching & Service Excellence Award recognizes an individual who, through teaching, research, faculty teaching development, or CxC program efforts, engages and champions C-I pedagogy across campus in an exemplary manner. Any LSU faculty member—tenured, tenure-track, or non-tenure track, full or part-time—actively engaged in the CxC program and C-I teaching and learning, and who has not previously received this award, is eligible. Recipients receive a $1,500 award.

Eligibility

• Any faculty member—tenured, tenure-track, or non-tenure track—who is actively engaged in the CxC program, and who has not previously received this award, is eligible.
• LSU OAA allows faculty to apply for only one of the following awards per year: Lillian Bridwell-Bowles Innovative C-I Teacher Award, C-I Teaching & Service Excellence Award, LSU Distinguished Faculty Award, LSU Alumni Association Faculty Excellence Award, LSU Alumni Association Rising Faculty Research Award, LSU Foundation Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award, H.M. “Hub” Cotton Award for Faculty Excellence, George Deer Distinguished Teaching Award, David J. Kriskovich Distinguished Professorship, Ogden Honors College Outstanding Teaching Award, Brij Mohan Distinguished Professor Award, or Outstanding Service-Learning Faculty Award.
• Individual faculty members, department chairs, or deans may initiate nominations.

Submission Guidelines

• All nominations should be accompanied by a brief biographical sketch highlighting the nominee’s accomplishments (to be used as a citation read for award recipients at the Distinguished Faculty Awards Ceremony).
• All nominations must be channeled through the nominee’s department head to the dean's office. Deans will review all nominations for their faculty members and submit the nominations to the Office of Academic Affairs by February 14, 2025. (Please note that each college may have its own internal deadline for receiving nominations prior to this date.)
• The standard Faculty Award Nomination Form must be used, and all materials must be submitted electronically.

Each nomination should include, in this order:

• Faculty Awards Nomination Form
• A letter of nomination (the nominee may be self- or peer-nominated)
• A statement from the nominee’s department chair or dean, indicating an endorsement of the nomination
• A one- to two-page, single-spaced statement from the nominee detailing their participation in and contributions to the CxC program, including the impact of CxC on their teaching and on student learning. (If self-nominated, this statement serves as the letter of nomination.)
• A resume focused on CxC-related activities
• Optional: no more than three letters of support from students, faculty, or community collaborators

The Lillian Bridwell-Bowles Innovative C-I Teacher Award recognizes, inspires, and continues to support innovation in C-I course/assignment design, teaching, assessment/feedback practices, classroom management, and teaching productivity/efficiency/effectiveness. Any LSU faculty member—tenured, tenure-track, or non-tenure track, full or part-time—who has taught a certified C-I course within the past three semesters and has not previously received this award is eligible. Recipients receive a $500 award. This award is named in honor of Lillian Bridwell-Bowles, an internationally recognized scholar of communication-intensive pedagogy and the founder of LSU’s Communication across the Curriculum program. 

Eligibility

• Any faculty member—tenured, tenure-track, or non-tenure track—who is actively engaged in the CxC program, and who has not previously received this award, is eligible.
• LSU OAA allows faculty to apply for only one of the following awards per year: Lillian Bridwell-Bowles Innovative C-I Teacher Award, C-I Teaching & Service Excellence Award, LSU Distinguished Faculty Award, LSU Alumni Association Faculty Excellence Award, LSU Alumni Association Rising Faculty Research Award, LSU Foundation Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award, H.M. “Hub” Cotton Award for Faculty Excellence, George Deer Distinguished Teaching Award, David J. Kriskovich Distinguished Professorship, Ogden Honors College Outstanding Teaching Award, Brij Mohan Distinguished Professor Award, or Outstanding Service-Learning Faculty Award.
• Individual faculty members, department chairs, or deans may initiate nominations.

Submission Guidelines

• All nominations should be accompanied by a brief biographical sketch highlighting the nominee’s accomplishments (to be used as a citation read for award recipients at the Distinguished Faculty Awards Ceremony).
• All nominations must be channeled through the nominee’s department head to the dean's office. Deans will review all nominations for their faculty members and submit the nominations to the Office of Academic Affairs by February 14, 2025. (Please note that each college may have its own internal deadline for receiving nominations prior to this date.)
• The standard Faculty Award Nomination Form must be used, and all materials must be submitted electronically.

Each nomination should include, in this order:

• Faculty Awards Nomination Form
• A statement from the nominee’s department chair or dean, indicating an endorsement of the nomination
• List of Communication-Intensive course(s) taught
• Answers to the following:
  • Course and Innovation: Briefly describe your Communication-Intensive (C-I) course and highlight a specific assignment or approach that you consider innovative.
  • Communication Skills Integration: Explain how your innovative approach helps students develop communication skills within the context of the course content.
  • Inspiration and Distinction: What inspired your innovative approach, and how does it differ from traditional teaching methods?
  • Methods and Tools: Describe the specific methods, techniques, or tools you use to teach communication skills. How do these approaches help students master these skills?
  • Multimodal Learning: How do you use various communication modes (e.g., writing, speaking, digital communication) to enhance students' understanding of the course material? Provide examples.
  • High Expectations: How do you establish and communicate high expectations for student performance in your C-I courses?
  • Structured Learning: How do you design assignments and activities to support student success? Share examples that promote meaningful communication and collaboration.
  • Diverse Perspectives: Describe assignments or activities that encourage students to engage with diverse viewpoints or unfamiliar situations.
  • Feedback Mechanisms: What methods do you use to provide students with feedback that helps them improve?
    Reflective Learning: How do you encourage students to reflect on their learning and connect communication skills with course content?
  • Practical Application: Provide examples of assignments or projects that allow students to apply their learning in real-world contexts or showcase their communication skills publicly.
  • Impact on Students: In your view, how have your innovative C-I teaching practices influenced your students' learning and development?
• Please include any relevant materials (e.g., syllabi, student work samples, assignment instructions, rubrics) that illustrate your innovative teaching practices.
• Additional materials (optional): course syllabi, C-I assignment details (instructions, rubrics)