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2023 UCDA Design Awards Judging Dashboard

UCDA DESIGN AWARDS
The UCDA Design Awards recognizes the best of the exceptional design and creative work done by communication professionals to promote educational institutions (secondary, vocational, or higher education) and supports the exchange of ideas and information relating to the unique role of these creatives.

These coveted awards are judged by a hand-picked panel of peer jurors composed of designers, design educators, photographers, and illustrators working in or doing a significant portion of their work for educational institutions—they understand the environments in which you create.

Winning entries will be part of the UCDA Design Show on display during the 52nd annual UCDA Design Conference and become a part of the UCDA Design Collection.

See full bios of all the judges.

QUESTIONS?
Tadson Bussey, Executive Director
Chris Klonowski, Assistant Director
info@ucda.com
615-459-4559 (office)
615-417-1464 (Tadson mobile)
630-302-1495 (Chris mobile)

Gina Gray, UCDA Design Awards Chair
ggray1@udayton.edu

Liz Chrisman, UCDA Design Awards Chair
liz.chrisman@imba.com  

JUDGING ROUND TWO—BEST OF SHOW

Judging is now complete in all competitions. We appreciate your time and expertise getting to this point. We have compiled everyones scores and ranked the entries accordingly. We aim for 15-20% to be winners, and we are right on that mark at 20%—below is the breakdown:

BEST OF SHOW SELECTION
We now are asking each judge (using the same 5 point scale) to review the 12 Gold Award winners across all the competitions to narrow down and select the Best of Show award. We will tabulate the results for final determination.

LINKS:

If you have any issues, please let us know.

Please review and indicate your score no later than Friday, August 4.

JUDGING INSTRUCTIONS

2023 JUDGING OVERVIEW
Recorded June 28, 2023
If you missed the judging overview Zoom session or would like a refresher, feel free to watch this video.

REQUESTED TESTIMONIALS
We are asking each judge to provide us with the following, please keep these questions in mind during yout review process.

  1. What was your overall opinion of the quality of work submitted for the competition?
  2. What trends, if any, did you notice during judging?
  3. What surprised you? 
  4. What disappointed you? 
  5. How do you see the impact of economic, cultural, and social developments reflected in design for education? 
  6. Looking forward, what opportunities do you see for creatives working in and for an educational institution?
  7. Overall comments and why did you choose your judges choice award? (If you are comfortable with being on camera, a video of your answer to #7 would be terrific.)

JUDGING LINKS

DEADLINE FOR ROUND ONE SCORING: JULY 21

PHOTOGRAPHY JUDGES
Matthew Lester, Matthew Lester Photography
Amanda Pitts, Grand Valley State University
Alyssa Stone, Northeastern University

PHOTOGRAPHY LINKS
List of Categories
Judging Guidelines
Image Portal

SCORING DOCUMENTS
Matthew Lester
Amanda Pitts
Alyssa Stone

ILLUSTRATION JUDGES
Catherine A. Moore, Georgia Gwinnett College
Shauna Lynn Panczyszyn
Shan Wells, Fort Lewis College

ILLUSTRATION LINKS
List of Categories
Judging Guidelines
Image Portal

SCORING DOCUMENTS
Catherine A. Moore
Shauna Lynn Panczyszyn
Shan Wells

STUDENT JUDGES
Pierre Bowins, George Mason University
Michael Clayton, University of the Incarnate Word
Misty Thomas-Trout, University of Dayton

STUDENT LINKS
List of Categories
Judging Guidelines
Image Portal

SCORING DOCUMENTS
Pierre Bowins
Michael Clayton
Misty Thomas-Trout

PRINT JUDGES
Marvin Eans, George Fox University
Amy Schuldt, Missouri State University
Lindsay Tyson, Meridian Enterprise

PRINT LINKS
List of Categories
Judging Guidelines
Image Portal

SCORING DOCUMENTS
Marvin Eans
Amy Schuldt
Lindsay Tyson

DIGITAL JUDGES
Meaghan A. Dee, Virginia Tech
Meaghan Milliorn, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Tony Romain, EDOS Digital

DIGITAL LINKS
List of Categories
Judging Guidelines (digital and video share the same guidelines)
Image Portal (digital and video share the same portal)

SCORING DOCUMENTS
Meaghan A. Dee
Meaghan Milliorn
Tony Romain

VIDEO JUDGES
Christina Franusich, Virginia Tech
Adam Perry, DAYSIX OUTDOORS
Ryan Taylor, Arkansas Tech University

VIDEO LINKS
List of Categories
Judging Guidelines (digital and video share the same guidelines)
Image Portal (digital and video share the same portal)

SCORING DOCUMENTS
Christina Franusich
Adam Perry
Ryan Taylor