{"id":19159,"date":"2025-02-18T08:27:23","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T13:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/?p=19159"},"modified":"2025-02-18T14:42:56","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T19:42:56","slug":"elizabethtown-college-school-of-graduate-and-professional-studies-announces-2024-25-faculty-teaching-excellence-award-recipient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/2025\/02\/18\/elizabethtown-college-school-of-graduate-and-professional-studies-announces-2024-25-faculty-teaching-excellence-award-recipient\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabethtown College School of Graduate and Professional Studies Announces 2024-25 Faculty Teaching Excellence Award Recipient"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Elizabethtown College School of Graduate and Professional Studies (SGPS) recently announced the 2024-25 Faculty Teaching Excellence Award recipient is Mike Shook, an Assistant Teaching Professor and the Director of Clinical Training for the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etown.edu\/sgps\/programs\/graduate\/mcp.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology program.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cI was both surprised and humbled to receive this year\u2019s award,\u201d Shook said. \u201cIt is a genuine gift to teach, learn, and grow alongside our Counseling Psychology students, and I am deeply grateful to be honored in this way.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Student nominations commended Shook for his ability to relate course material to real-world examples, making assignments creative, and asking thought-provoking questions. He was also noted for his genuine care for his students and for valuing their perspectives by creating a safe space for them to share their feelings without judgment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cProfessor Shook is not only an exceptional educator but also a true advocate for student success,\u201d Elizabethtown College Dean of the School of Graduate and Professional Studies Marcy McCarty said. \u201cHis dedication to creating a safe and inclusive learning environment is truly inspiring. He consistently seeks ways to enhance the program, always putting students&#8217; needs and well-being at the forefront. His passion for teaching and commitment to his students\u2019 growth are truly appreciated.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>About the SGPS Faculty Teaching Excellence Award<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The annual Etown School of Graduate and Professional Studies Excellence in Teaching Award honors and recognizes an SGPS faculty member who demonstrates excellence in teaching in the online teaching environment based on student nominations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Discover more about Elizabethtown College\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etown.edu\/sgps\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">School of Graduate and Professional Studies.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elizabethtown College School of Graduate and Professional Studies (SGPS) recently announced the 2024-25 Faculty Teaching Excellence Award recipient is Mike Shook, an Assistant Teaching Professor and the Director of Clinical Training for the Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology program. \u201cI was both surprised and humbled to receive this year\u2019s award,\u201d Shook said. \u201cIt is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":19165,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1338,775],"tags":[197,2266,1350,1419],"class_list":["post-19159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics-and-research","category-campus","tag-elizabethtown-college","tag-elizabethtown-college-school-of-graduate-and-professional-studies","tag-etown","tag-sgps","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/140"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19159"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19164,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19159\/revisions\/19164"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}