News & Announcements from CxC
LSU Launches Digital Badges for Two Flagship Student Recognition Programs
LSU has launched digital badges for recipients of two university student recognition programs: the LSU Communicator Certificate and the LSU Distinguished Communicator Medal. Both programs and these digital badges are administered by LSU Communication Across the Curriculum.
Two Engineering Faculty Members named Summer 2026 C-I Teaching Fellows
In support of the Geaux Communicate initiative, LSU's Communication-Intensive (C-I) Teaching Fellows program is pleased to announce the Summer 2026 C-I Teaching Fellows in the College of Engineering, Sumit Libi and Dr. Andrew Becnel.
209 Students Earn the LSU Communicator Certificate in Spring 2026
The certificate recognizes undergraduate students who have demonstrated competency in written, spoken, visual, and technological communication within their disciplines.
LSU Celebrates 85 Distinguished Communicators during May 2026 Commencement
Eighty-five graduates crossing the stage during May Commencement will do so wearing something most of their peers won't: the LSU Distinguished Communicator Medal. Spanning nine colleges across campus, this exceptional cohort represents the best of what Geaux Communicate looks like in practice--writers, speakers, and visual thinkers who have spent their undergraduate careers proving that communication isn't a soft skill. It's the skill.
Vince Wilson, 2026 C-I Teaching & Service Excellence Award recipient
Vince Wilson has spent more than three decades helping students find their scientific voice—in the classroom, in front of their peers, and eventually, in the careers that follow.
Yao Wang, Lillian Bridwell-Bowles Innovative C-I Teacher Award recipient
For Yao Wang, a landscape architecture student's education isn't complete until they've stood at a farmers market booth, maps spread across a folding table, explaining flood dynamics to a stranger who has never heard the word "hydrology."
Nick Totaro, Lillian Bridwell-Bowles Innovative C-I Teacher Award recipient
For Nick Totaro, Senior Instructor in LSU's Department of Biological & Agricultural Engineering (BAE), teaching engineering means teaching students that their work has to reach someone.
Nihar Sreepada, Lillian Bridwell-Bowles Innovative C-I Teacher Award recipient
From the first week of the semester, Nihar Sreepada tells students something that reframes everything that follows: when they walk into his class, they are not students. They are professionals.
Roxanne Dill, 2026 C-I Teaching & Service Excellence Award recipient
For Roxanne Dill, teaching mass communication has never been just about the craft of writing—it's about preparing students to communicate with confidence in a world that keeps changing the rules.
2026 C-I Teaching Award Recipients
Recipients of these awards represent the commitment, dedication, and excellence that define and enable the LSU CxC program to transform teaching, learning, and ultimately, student success.