Past Winners of the Diana Hacker TYCA Outstanding Programs
2023 Outstanding Program Award Winners
Chattanooga State Community College, Post Master’s Fellowship
Hudson County Community College, La Puerta Dorada/The Golden Door
North Central Texas College, Textbook Project
Yakima Valley College, Antiracist Writing Assessment Ecology
2022 Outstanding Program Award Winners
Reaching Across Borders
Award
The Kingsborough Community College Faculty Initiative on Teaching Reading (Program Statement)
Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, NY
2021 Outstanding Program Award Winners
Reaching Across Borders
Award
Writing Studies Transfer Partnerships
Salt Lake Community College, UT, and University of Utah, Salt Lake City
Fostering Student Success
Award
Rethinking Placement as Part of Redesigning Developmental Literacy: Using Multiple Measures and Directed Self-Placement to Improve Student Success (Program Statement)
Central Oregon Community College, Bend
Fostering Student Success
Honorable Mention
Self-Directed Placement
The Community College of Baltimore County, MD
2020 Outstanding Program Award Winners
Composition Programs and Writing
Award
The Writing Studies’ Professional Writing Certificate
College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL
Fostering Student Success
Award
The Informed Self-Placement Program
Whatcom Community College, Bellingham, WA
Fostering Student Success
Honorable Mention
Writing Center
Cowley College, Arkansas City, KS
2019 Outstanding Program Award Winners
Composition Programs and Writing
Award
Accelerated Learning and Writing
North Central Michigan College, Petoskey
Award
Online + at SLCC
Salt Lake Community College, UT
Honorable Mention
Placement Reform through Rhetorical Analysis
Southwestern Illinois College, Belleville
2018 Outstanding Program Award Winners
Reaching Across Borders
Award
Writing Across the College
Salt Lake Community College, UT
Fostering Student Success
Honorable Mention
Students Working in Interdisciplinary Groups (SWIG)
Queensborough Community College, Bayside, NY
Enhancing Literature and Cultural Arts
Honorable Mention
Midlands Technical College Student English Conference
Midlands Technical College, Columbia, SC
2017 Outstanding Program Award Winners
Reaching Across Borders
Award
The Study of Global Literature for Intercultural Competence: Paid Internship for Graduate Students Cerritos College, Norwalk, CA
Honorable Mention
The English Department Connectivity Committee
Columbus State Community College, Columbus, OH
Fostering Student Success
Award
The Evergreen Valley College Writing Center
Evergreen Valley College, San Jose, CA
Enhancing Developmental Education
Award
Multiple Pathways in Developmental English
Hudson County Community College, Jersey City, NJ
Honorable Mention
UCBA Emporium Model for Basic Writing to Enhance Progress to College Level Writing
University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College, Cincinnati, OH
2016 Outstanding Program Award Winners
Reaching Across Borders
Honorable Mention
Of the Community: Service Learning Integration in Two-Year College English Courses
Howard Community College, Columbia, MD
Enhancing Developmental Education
Award
Triad Model of ALP at Atlantic Cape
Atlantic Cape Community College, Mays Landing, NJ
Honorable Mention
Embedding Developmental in College-level English: Modularization, Instruction, and Assessment
Manchester Community College, CT
Fostering Student Success
Award
The BMCC Teaching Academy
Borough of Manhattan Community College/CUNY, NY
Honorable Mention
Make Learning and Event: Using Campus Partnerships to SCOR with Students
Harrisburg Area Community College, Gettysburg, PA
Honorable Mention
First Year Seminar in the Liberal Arts (Social Sciences and Humanities)
LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York, Long Island City
2015 Outstanding Program Award Winners
Reaching Across Borders
Award
Embracing the Trend: Student Success with Our Adjunct Faculty
Bergen Community College, Paramus, NJ
Honorable Mention
Global Humanities Institute
Montgomery College, Takoma Park, MD
Enhancing Developmental Education
Award
Developing a Cohesive Academic Literacy Program for Underprepared Students in the University of Wisconsin’s Writing Program
University of Wisconsin Colleges, Madison
Fostering Student Success
Award
Thematic 101 Experience (TOEs) Program
Spokane Community College, WA
Honorable Mention
Faculty Professional Learning Community in Rhetoric and Composition
Howard Community College, Columbia, MD
2014 Outstanding Program Award Winners
Reaching Across Borders
Award
Writers’ Community
Aims Community College, Greeley, CO
Fostering Student Success
Award
Developing a Writing Across the Curriculum Program for a Two-Year Nursing College
The Christ College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Cincinnati, OH
Enhancing Developmental Education
Award
Publishing in Developmental Writing
Helena College University of Montana, Helena, MT
Enhancing Literature and Cultural Arts
Award
Writers@Work
Chattanooga State Community College, TN
2013 Outstanding Program Award Winners
There were no winners or honorable mentions selected this year.
2012 Outstanding Program Award Winners
Reaching Across Borders
Award
The Program of Global Distinction
Howard Community College, Columbia, MD & Community College of Baltimore County, MD
Award
Interdisciplinary Service-Learning: Making Connections in Art and Writing for Community Concerns
Kenai Peninsula College, Soldotna, AK
Honorable Mention
Community College—High School Portfolio Connection
Northeast Iowa Community College, Peosta
Fostering Student Success
Award
Increasing Achievement and Program Completion through Curricula Reform
Passaic County Community College, Paterson, NJ
2011 Outstanding Program Award Winners
Reaching Across Borders
Award
The College-Level Writing Collaborative-Navigating the Gap
Johnson & Wales University, Providence, RI
Honorable Mention
Reaching Across Borders: The Benefits of Blending Full and Part-Time Faculty
Madison Area Technical College, WI
Honorable Mention
Service Learning and Learning Service: Technical Writing Classes Partner with Farmers’ Markets
Zane State College, Zanesville, OH
Fostering Student Success
Award
Step UP: Improving Student Success and Retention and Transforming the College Culture
Howard Community College, Columbia, MD
Honorable Mention
Basic Writing/English 100
Whatcom Community College, Bellingham, WA
Enhancing Developmental Education
Honorable Mention
Rural Comp
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, Tifton, GA
2010 Outstanding Program Award Winners
Enhancing Developmental Education
Award
The Accelerated Learning Program (ALP)
Community College of Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD
Honorable Mention
Portfolio Assessment and Mentoring Program
Camden County College, Blackwood, NJ
2009 Outstanding Program Award Winners
Reaching Across Borders
Award
Writing in the Disciplines
Montgomery College, Takoma Park, MD
Award
SLCC Community Writing Center
Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake City, UT
Honorable Mention
Ready or Not Writing
Minnesota State Community and Technical College, Fergus Falls, MN
Special Acknowledgement/Most Unique Initiative
Intercultural Literacy through Reflection: Rural Students Meet the Urban Experience
State Fair Community College, Sedalia, MO
Enhancing Developmental Education
Award
Serving the Literacy Goals of At-Risk Students through an Integrated Approach to Faculty Development and Course Design Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, NY
Honorable Mention
Bursting the Bubble: Using Learning Communities to Create Authentic College Learning and Instruction
Front Range Community College, Westminster, CO
Fostering Student Success
Award
ESSAI The College of DuPage Anthology of Academic Writing Across the Curriculum
College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL
Honorable Mention
Building Community Online: Discussion Boards in a Two-Year College Online Writing Center
Century College, White Bear Lake, MN
Enhancing Literature and Cultural Arts
No Entries
2008 Outstanding Program Award Winners
Reaching Across Borders
Award
The Arts in Ghana with Service Learning
The Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute, Wooster, OH
Honorable Mention
Washington Online Writing Lab (WOWL)
Centralia College, WA
Enhancing Developmental Education
Award
Gateway to Success
Santa Barbara City College, CA
Honorable Mention
The W.R.I.T.E. Brush-up Course Program
Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY
Fostering Student Success
Award
YVCC English Department Mid-Program Assessment
Yakima Valley Community College, WA
Honorable Mention
Increasing Agency and Collaboration through the Merging of SOTL and Assessment
University of Wisconsin Colleges, Waukesha, WI
Enhancing Literature and Cultural Arts
Award
Writing and Literature Program
Borough of Manhattan Community College, New York, NY
Honorable Mention
Women’s Literature Read-In
Lansing Community College, MI
2007 Outstanding Program Award Winners
Reaching Across Borders
Honorable Mention
The Writing Lab and Summer Institute on Writing in the Disciplines
Bristol Community College, Fall River, MA
Fostering Student Success
Award
The New School at Kalamazoo Valley Community College
Kalamazoo Valley Community College, MI
Enhancing Developmental Education
Award
Envisioning Possibilities: A Writing Workshop and Essay Contest for GED Students
Columbus State Community College, OH
Enhancing Literature and Cultural Arts
No Entries
2006 Outstanding Program Award Winners
Reaching Across Borders
Award
Composing Community: Students Write Oral History
Ocean County College, Toms River, NJ
Honorable Mention
Identifying and Supporting College-Ready Writing Skills among High School Students
Minnesota State Community and Technical College, Fergus Falls, MN
Fostering Student Success
Award
American Studies Honors Program
Lee College, Baytown, TX
Honorable Mention
Embracing the First-Year Experience
Howard Community College, Columbia, MD
Enhancing Developmental Education
Award
Academic Fitness
Anoka-Ramsey Community College, Cambridge, MN
Honorable Mention
Developmental English Program
Shoreline Community College, Seattle, WA
Enhancing Literature and Cultural Arts
Award
Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature
Ocean County College, Toms River, NJ
2005 Outstanding Program Award Winners
Reaching Across Borders
Award
Latin American and Latino Studies Program
Wright College, Chicago, IL
Honorable Mention
Linked Class Program
St. Louis Community College, Meramac, MO
Fostering Student Achievement
Award
Developmental Math, English, and Reading Advocacy Center
Northwest Vista College, San Antonio, TX
Enhancing Developmental English
Award
ESL Credit Program
Norwalk Community College, Norwalk, CT
Honorable Mention
Learning In Nurturing Communities (LINC) Program
Brevard Community College, Cocoa, FL
Enhancing Literature and Cultural Arts
Award
Travels through Literature Program
Illinois Central College, East Peoria, IL
Honorable Mention
Mesa Literary Festival
Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ
2004 Outstanding Program Award Winners
Reaching Across Borders
Honorable Mention
Graduate Student Internship Program
College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL
Fostering Student Achievement
Award
Centralia College Writing Center
Centralia College, Centralia, WA
Enhancing Literature and Cultural Arts
Honorable Mention
Building Bridges Between College and Community Through Poetry Program
College of the Desert, Palm Desert, CA
2003 Outstanding Program Award Winners
Reaching Across Borders
Award
The English Language Institute: Dealing with the Growing Demand for Language Competence
Howard Community College, Columbia, MD
Honorable Mention
The Literary Arts Series
Bergen Community College, Paramus, N.J.
Honorable Mention
Project Write
Suffolk County Community College–Ammerman Campus, Selden, NY
Fostering Student Achievement
Award
NOVA Gold: Building Skills for Success
Northern Virginia Community College–Woodbridge Campus, Woodbridge, VA
Honorable Mention
Multicultural English Transfer Program
Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, CA
Enhancing Developmental English
Award
Consortium for Innovative Instruction: Aligning Writing Instruction in Secondary and Postsecondary Institutions
Tidewater Community College, Norfolk, VA
Promoting Technology-Based Instruction
Award
Man and the Machine: An Active Learning Paradigm
Community College of Rhode Island, Warwick, RI
2002 Outstanding Program Award Winners
Reaching Across Borders
Award
Partnership Writing Seminar: Northeast Iowa Community College and High School Writers Collaborate
Northeast Iowa Community College, Peosta
Honorable Mention
The Paul Peck Humanities Institute at Montgomery College
Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
Fostering Student Achievement
Award
The Montgomery Scholars Program
Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
Honorable Mention
Transfer Achievement Program
Fullerton College, Fullerton, CA
Enhancing Developmental English
Award
Bridge to Success
Umpqua Community College, Roseburg, OR
Honorable Mention
Reinventing Basic Skills
Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Promoting Technology-Based Instruction
Award
Verizon Next Step: A Consortium
Westchester Community College for Verizon, Valhalla, NY