Due to ongoing inclement weather, the University of Southern Indiana campus will remain closed, and all in-person classes, activities and on-campus events are canceled Monday, January 26. Online classes will continue asynchronously unless students are notified by their professor. Essential personnel only should report to work. If you are unsure of your status, contact your supervisor. More information and updates at USI.edu/emergency.
The H. Lee Cooper Core Curriculum Teaching Award was established in 2000 and honors a USI faculty member whose work in University Core Courses (UCC) has been especially creative and successful in furthering UCC goals. Recipients receive a stipend underwritten by longtime and generous University friends, Ann and H. Lee Cooper III.
| 2025 | Zachary Pilot | Psychology |
| 2024 | Bohan Ye | Economics |
| 2023 | Mark D. Krahling | Chemistry |
| 2022 | Leigh Anne Howard | Communication |
| 2022 | Stephanie L. Young | Communication |
| 2021 | No award given. | |
| 2020 | Jenn Horn | English |
| 2019 | Sakina M. Hughes | History |
| 2018 | Xavia Harrington-Burton | English |
| 2017 | Robert Millard-Mendez | Art |
| 2016 | No award given. | |
| 2015 | Michael Ndemanu | Education |
| 2014 | Aimee Y. Mark | Psychology |
| 2013 | Garret Merriam | Philosophy |
| 2012 | Amie R. McKibban | Psychology |
| 2011 | Steven D. Williams | Sociology |
| 2010 | Mary Lyn Stoll | Philosophy |
| 2009 | Barbara S. Kalvelage | Biology |
| 2008 | Michael D. Dixon | History |
| 2007 | Kent W. Scheller | Physics |
| 2006 | Charles F. Petranek | Sociology |
| 2005 | Susan S. Wolfe | Foreign Languages |
| 2004 | Eric von Fuhrmann | English |
| 2003 | Augustine Jay Fredrich | Engineering |
| 2002 | Hilary A. Braysmith | Art |
| 2001 | Craig McCarron | Mathematics |