Learning Community Awards

This award will honor members of the Iowa State community who have made new and creative contributions to learning communities. The primary criterion for the award is innovation; i.e., the introduction of new developments that have extended the horizons of learning communities at Iowa State and enhanced learning for our students. Areas of innovation might include novel curricular plans, effective cross-disciplinary collaborations, creative integration of students’ social and intellectual lives, imaginative responses to student needs, effective coordination of multiple facets of the learning community experience, or any other contribution that has extended the boundaries of learning communities at Iowa State.
Nominees for the Outstanding Innovation Award may include individuals, specific partners in a learning community, or the entire staff of a learning community. Supporting materials can include course syllabi, promotional materials, summaries of student evaluations, student or colleague commendations, and/or any other evidence that supports the nomination.

Nomination Form

This award will honor an individual or a research team that has significantly contributed to the scholarship of learning communities. Scholarship may include publications that are technical papers, conference proceedings, journal articles, capstones, theses, or dissertations that have been published, accepted for publication, or submitted and in review during the past two years. Awards will be presented to both faculty/staff and graduate students.

Nomination Form

This award will recognize an individual ISU faculty or staff who has demonstrated outstanding performance in learning community coordination early in their professional careers. Eligibility: ISU faculty or staff who have a minimum of two years and not more than five years of work as a learning community coordinator at Iowa State University. Recipients must be working with learning communities at the time of the award ceremony in May. A learning community coordinator may receive this award only once. Self-nominations will be accepted.

Nomination Form

This award will honor an individual who has significantly contributed to the advancement of learning communities at Iowa State University.

Nomination Form

This award will honor an individual in the Iowa State community who has demonstrated the spirit of learning communities through collaboration.

Nomination Form

This award will honor an individual faculty member who has significantly engaged with a learning community at Iowa State University. Examples of engagement might include teaching courses that engage LC students; intentionally linking assignments with LC courses; sponsoring field trips; hosting co-curricular experiences; demonstrated development of community among students; peer mentor development; etc.
Please note that this award is not intended for faculty/instructors serving as primary LC coordinators.

Nomination Form