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LCSR Program Director
Dr. Peggy Pittas
Lynchburg College
1501 Lakeside Drive
Lynchburg VA 24501
(434) 544-8652

LCSR Assistant Director
Dr. David Freier
(434) 544-8083

Steering Committee
Peggy Pittas, Director
Lesley Friedman (Philosophy)
Katherine Gray (English)
Maria Nathan (Business)
Sabita Manian (International Relations)
Marleen DeLauder (Nursing)
Jim Owens (History)
Will Briggs (Computer Science)


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LCSR courses meet the following requirements:
  1. The course must include both writing and speaking activities associated with the LCSR readings.

  2. The LCSR assignments must account for at least 20 percent of the final grade, excluding the exam.

  3. Most proposals have at least three LCSR readings. Please note that faculty have the option to substitute one-third of the LCSR readings with material which they see as texts of classical or modern significance. Experience has taught us that this is easy to do as most of the substitutes are obvious choices. Also, there is no difficulty if a faculty member chooses a reading but wants a different passage other than the one in the LCSR readings. Once the work is included, any part is acceptable.

  4. On the application form, the question is asked if the course is "in keeping with the LCSR spirit." This phrase means that the course offers the students opportunity to engage actively in classroom interactions with each other and with the faculty member. This applies not only to the LCSR readings but to other classroom assignments. We often do not approve a course if the only classroom activities are centered around LCSR readings and the rest is straight lecture. In such a plan, students have too little opportunity to practice speaking and writing, and the LCSR component is a simple "add-on" rather than being fully integrated into the course.

  5. All faculty teaching LCSR courses are required to attend the pre-service workshop and are expected to attend the LCSR in-service programs.

Proposal forms for teaching LCSR courses are available from the director of the program. Only faculty who have taken LCSR training are eligible to submit course proposals. Proposals are accepted every semester.  Interested faculty should check with the director for submission details.

Training in LCSR pedagogies is available every spring at the LCSR workshop, offered on campus during the week following graduation. Faculty who take the workshop are eligible for stipends for the workshop and then for teaching their first two LCSR courses. Check with the director for details.

LCSR in-service programs (usually three per semester) are set at the beginning of each semester, usually for lunch or dinner meetings at a campus location. Attendees are guests of  the LCSR program.