In Focus: Inspiring Teachers

Photo: Here, Dr. Jason Dechant and BSN student Salina Smialek discuss a slide in the School’s anatomy and physiology lab, one of three teaching labs in the School of Nursing.  A teaching awards winner and recipient of ringing student endorsements, watch Dr. Dechant as he uses new teaching technologies to support his work. Salina was recently inducted into the Sigma Theta Tau, (Eta Chapter), the national Honor Society of Nursing.

Widely recognized by colleagues and students for his expertise in anatomy and physiology as well as his creative approach to teaching, Jake Dechant was honored with the Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award in 2012. Chancellor Nordenberg complimented Dr. Dechant saying “as is evident from your excellent student evaluations, you have that rare ability to engage each student in a class and to adapt your teaching style to optimize student learning in the classroom.”

Dechant also won the Dean’s Distinguished Teaching Award in light of his creative approach to teaching a core set of subjects: anatomy and physiology.

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Previous winners of the Dean’s Distinguished Teaching Award