Faculty & Staff Recognition Awards
The Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts offers six annual faculty awards: the Excellence in Teaching Awards, the Excellence in DEIA Award, The Daum Professorship award, the Daum Mid-Career award, the Popiden Service Award, and the DEIA award for Departments and Programs. As a liberal arts college, we recognize Faculty who engage the intersections of disciplinary & interdisciplinary learning, value high impact practices, engaged learning, and recognize the power of diversity, equity and inclusion in our classrooms. Awards are given on an annual basis to eligible faculty members.
Please read the instruction for eligibility and application instructions
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Date Available: December 2024
Deadline: January 2025
Teaching as transformation sits at the heart of the liberal arts and Jesuit education. BCLA honors the work of its faculty in the classroom and in related co-curriculum learning. As a liberal arts College, we elevate teaching that engages the intersections of disciplinary & interdisciplinary learning, values high impact practices, engaged learning and recognizes the power of diversity, equity and inclusion in our classrooms. The BCLA Dean’s office is pleased to announce the annual BCLA Excellence in Teaching Award. One awardee will receive $5000.
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Date Available: March 2025
Deadline: April 2025
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Date Available: February 2025
Deadline: March 2025
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Date Available: January 2025
Deadline: February 2025
The Popiden award was created in memory of Associate Dean and Professor of Theological Studies John Popiden.
This award honors a BCLA fulltime tenured faculty member who has given outstanding service to the College, University and the community. Many of our faculty are lauded for their academic scholarship, but rarely are they recognized for their efforts “above and beyond” which yield numerous positive effects and a stronger community. BCLA faculty who contribute their professional talents and expertise to support the mission of the University and the vision of the College can be recognized for their service which includes but is not limited to: excellence in undergraduate or graduate student advising; participating in the recruitment and professional placement of students; serving on university committees and councils; providing the benefits of one’s expertise to community organizations; making public professional appearances or performances; consulting with government agencies, civic or business or education or arts organizations; and serving as an officer or committee member in organizations related to the area of professional expertise. The award includes a certificate and a stipend of $5,000. -
Date Available: November 2024
Deadline: January 2025
Winners Announced at Spring College Assembly
The BCLA Dean’s office is pleased to announce the first annual BCLA Excellence Award in DEIA. As a liberal arts college, BCLA values teaching, research, and service that emphasizes the importance of diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism to a liberal arts education. The College understands DEIA as a form of restorative justice—a redressing of historic and contemporary forms of racialized institutional inequality and exclusion. Growing out of BCLA faculty efforts to integrate DEIA into the work that supports LMU’s Mission, and in response to the need to transform LMU into an anti-racist institution, the award has three objectives: 1) to make visible the DEIA work that members of the BCLA community do, 2) to acknowledge and reward the value of DEIA work, and 3) to call every member of our community into responsibility for this work.
The award recognizes a trajectory of excellence in community involvement, professional service, teaching and mentoring, and/or scholarship grounded in intersectional antiracist and justice-driven work otherwise known as DEIA in an institutional context. One awardee will receive $5000.