Award Nominations

4CSD is excited to announce all-new awards for 2023!

We believe these awards reflect the efforts we truly want to encourage and celebrate. We hope these awards highlight practices from which we can all learn and be inspired.

We encourage you to nominate individuals, departments, programs, or campuses/districts in the California Community College system whom you feel are deserving of recognition.

Nominations now due Oct 1, 2023.

The 4CSD Board will review the nominations and announce award winners at the 2023 Conference.

If you have questions about the awards, please contact info@4csd.com.

Please enter nominations below.

Nominator Information

Nominator First Name

Nominator Last Name

Nominator Email

Nominator's College/District/Organization

Bright Idea Award

The Bright Idea Award is a celebration of an idea that your colleagues are excited to replicate. Did someone take a risk? Try something new? Is a promising practice taking shape? Recognize an idea from which we can all learn.

Describe the idea and the impact it had. Please be specific. Please also include the person/people who were instrumental in making the idea come to life. This should include their name(s), title(s) and college/district/organization(s).

Bright Idea Award

AWESOME Award

The AWESOME Award is a loud, emphatic shout-out for something tremendous that was accomplished. It is a recognition of the awe-inspiring efforts of an individual, team, department, or collaborators. It may be something big or (seemingly) small. If it blew you away, recognize it!

Describe the awesomeness and the impact it has on the college/district/system. Please be specific. Please also include the person/people who are responsible for the awesomeness. This should include their name(s), title(s) and college/district/organization(s).

Awesome Award

Measurable Impact Award

The Measurable Impact Award is a recognition of efforts that made a measurable, positive change. It can be a program, committee, initiative, or team. If you have data that shows that a positive impact was made, we want to celebrate it!

Describe the effort and the measurable impact it had. Please be specific. Please also include the person/people who were instrumental in driving this effort. This should include their name(s), title(s) and college/district/organization(s).

Measurable Impact Award

Campus Climate Change Award

The Campus Climate Change Award honors successful efforts to shift campus (metaphorical) climate (not Earth’s climate). The impact can be related to students, Classified, Faculty, Administrators or all of the above. If campus climate improved, it deserves a commendation.

Describe the efforts made and impact it had on campus climate. Please be specific. Please also include the person/people who were instrumental in driving this effort. This should include their name(s), title(s) and college/district/organization(s).

Campus Climate Change Award

Possibility Partners Award

The Possibility Partners award is an opportunity to recognize a successful collaborative effort. Were silos broken down and new ideas born? Did individuals or groups work together in new ways? Were multiple campuses or districts involved? Collaboration deserves celebration!

Describe the collaboration and impact it had. Please be specific. Please also include the person/people who were instrumental in the collaboration. This should include their name(s), title(s) and college/district/organization(s).

Possibility Partners Award

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