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 50th 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
615-417-1464 (Tadson mobile)

Matt Krob, Competition Chair
krobml@slu.edu

Julie Choquette, Competition Co-Chair
choquette.julie@gmail.com

 

JULY 14, 2020—UPDATE

VOTING FOR BEST OF SHOW AND MEDAL AWARDS
We have taken the entries that scored an average of 5 points across ALL the design compeittions (a total of 17 entries). From these, please score the entries on the same 5 point scale to determine the Gold and Silver awards. These scores will also be used to determine if there is a "Best of Show" winner.

Best of Show Selection and Medal Awards Portal
Best of Show and Medal Awards Scoring Sheet (all judges are on a single sheet)

JUDGES CHOICE
We have averaged the scores from all the judges for all entries, and have selected the top 22% for inclusion into the UCDA Design Awards Show (a bit higher than our usual 15% based on average scores and cutoffs). Of these selections, we ask that each judges select a single "judges choice" from the categories that they reviewed.

Design Awards—Design Show Portal

REQUESTED TESTIMONIALS
We are asking each judge to provide us with the following:

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.)
   
   

ORIGINAL JUDGING LINKS

 

PHOTOGRAPHY JUDGES
Glenn Asakawa, University of Colorado Boulder
Susan McSpadden, Johnson County Community College
Cydney Scott, Boston University

PHOTOGRAPHY LINKS
List of Categories
Judging Guidelines
Image Portal

SCORING DOCUMENTS
Glenn Asakawa
Susan McSpadden
Cydney Scott

ILLUSTRATION JUDGES
SooJin Buzelli, PLANSPONSOR
Cora Lynn Deibler, University of Connecticut
Pamela Fogg, Pamela Fogg Design

ILLUSTRATION LINKS
List of Categories
Judging Guidelines
Image Portal

SCORING DOCUMENTS
SooJin Buzelli
Cora Lynn Deibler
Pamela Fogg

STUDENT JUDGES
Denise Bosler, Kutztown University
Kelly Salchow MacArthur, Michigan State University
Kevin Smith, Auburn University

STUDENT LINKS
List of Categories
Judging Guidelines
Image Portal

SCORING DOCUMENTS
Denise Bosler
Kelly Salchow MacArthur
Kevin Smith

PRINT JUDGES
Frank Baseman, Philadelphia University
LaDonna Cherry, Georgia Institute of Technology
Michael Hutzel, FoxFuel Creative

PRINT LINKS
List of Categories
Judging Guidelines
Image Portal

SCORING DOCUMENTS
Frank Baseman
LaDonna Cherry
Michael Hutzel

DIGITAL JUDGES
Mark Clifton, Emory University
Tracey Halvorsen, Create Velocity
Sarah Oldenburg, University of California

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
Mark Clifton
Tracey Halvorsen
Sarah Oldenburg

VIDEO JUDGES
Jeff Bagley, University of Utah
Ross Bradley, Rodgers Townsend
Lisa F. Crawford, William & Mary

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
Jeff Bagley
Ross Bradley
Lisa F. Crawford