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Nursing Faculty Receive 2022 GVSU Teaching Awards
February 11, 2022
Congratulations to Kirkhof College of Nursing faculty, Dr. Barb Hooper and Dr. Susan Strouse, who received Grand Valley State University-wide recognition for their outstanding teaching. GVSU honors our excellent faculty in a range of areas of accomplishment: faculty who teach in and outside of the classroom, contribute significant scholarship that advances their profession and enriches their teaching, offer inspired mentoring to our students, and provide dedicated service to the campus and community.
The University Outstanding Teacher Award was established to recognize one outstanding teacher each year. Faculty members honored must use multiple approaches in classroom/laboratory instruction and evaluation; stimulate intellectual curiosity in students; show evidence of being current in field/disciple; demonstrate commitment to student learning as instructor, role model, or positive influence on career development of students; and reflect on past teaching experience to improve current practice. In addition, faculty must demonstrate characteristics of outstanding teaching by demonstrating that course expectations have consistently high standards and designing pedagogies to maximize students' engagement in their learning and provide exemplary support so that all students can be successful.
2022 RECIPIENT
Barbara Hooper, D.N.P.
Associate Professor of Nursing
Joined Grand Valley State University in 2008
Barbara Hooper’s portfolio is celebrated for many reasons by her faculty colleagues in the Kirkhof College of Nursing, but her work to create an engaging, inclusive curriculum is a central feature, impacting students and faculty alike. A reflective nursing educator and active scholar, other highlights within her work include a focus on leadership, including disciplinary knowledge, health policy, and evidence-based practices both clinically and in teaching. Using stories, technology, simulation, and purposeful instruction in her teaching and mentoring of GVSU students, nursing practice is elevated in West Michigan. Hooper serves as a role model providing support, guidance, and assistance in the classroom, as well as to struggling former students beginning their careers. “Hooper manifests success everywhere she goes and she truly is the gold standard,” said a GVSU nursing student.
Pew Teaching Excellence Award
The Pew Teaching Excellence Awards offer GVSU faculty an opportunity to celebrate the work of their peers as teachers who inspire our students across the disciplines.
This award honors faculty who inspire intellectual curiosity in their students, demonstrates a commitment to student learning as an instructor, role model, and positive influence on the career development of students, and reflects on past teaching experience or professional practice to improve current practice
Susan Strouse, D.N.P.
Associate Professor of Nursing
Joined Grand Valley State University in 2013
Although we are unable to gather in-person to celebrate the accomplishments of our colleagues, a special video production was created to honor the awardees. The video premiered on Tuesday, February 8, at 12:00 noon.