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2022 Teaching Excellence Awards
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Message from the Vice Chancellor
Presenting our 2022 Teaching Excellence Award recipients.
It is very important to me that we reflect on and recognise outstanding contributions to teaching and learning at Southern Cross– especially in light of the extraordinary challenges that have arisen this year.
These Awards celebrate our academics’ commitment, achievement and contribution to an exceptional student learning experience. These colleagues, as you will see below, have made a genuine and very positive impact on the University.
They are, in every way, outstanding and inspiring educators.
Professor Tyrone Carlin
Our teachers
Southern Cross University teachers are committed to an inspiring student experience. Our teachers make a big impact on students, fostering their yearning for knowing more and a focus on learning for life. They are curriculum innovators, educators and scholars of teaching. 2022 has been a most challenging year, but our teachers continue to inspire and support students.
Outstanding Teaching Awards - 2022
The Outstanding Teaching Excellence Awards are presented to current continuing, fixed-term and casual academic staff from each Faculty and College who are recognised in the top 5% of teachers based on student feedback. These outstanding teachers have received consistently high student feedback across the previous 12 months.
Educational Partnerships Board
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Dr Mo Kader
Educational Partnerships Board
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Sandra Clark
Educational Partnerships Board
Faculty of Business, Law and Arts
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Dr Matt Hill
Faculty of Business, Law and Arts
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Warwick Fisher
Faculty of Business, Law and Arts
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Dr Aidan Ricketts
Faculty of Business, Law and Arts
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Emma Babbage
Faculty of Business, Law and Arts
Faculty of Education
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Stella O'Toole
Faculty of Education
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Patrick Bruck
Faculty of Education
Faculty of Health
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Liddy Harding
Faculty of Health
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Cath Walsh
Faculty of Health
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Dr David Reilly
Faculty of Health
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Donna Wilson
Faculty of Health
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Debbie Procter
Faculty of Health
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Dr Basia Radlinska
Faculty of Health
Faculty of Science and Engineering
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Dr Srikanth Thudumu
Casual Academic (Teaching)
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Dr Shane White
Lecturer and Lead Researcher
Faculty of Science and Engineering
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Dr David Reilly
Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Science and Engineering
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Professor Terry Rose
Professor
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Gnibi College of Indigenous Australian Peoples
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Dhinawan Baker
Casual Academic
Gnibi College of Indigenous Australian Peoples
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Dr Noah Nielsen
Casual Academic
Gnibi College of Indigenous Australian Peoples
SCU College
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Virginia Cook
Casual Academic (Teaching)
SCU College
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Stefanie Kocon
Casual Academic (Teaching)
Stefanie Kocon
Inspiring Educators - 2022
Nominated by the University’s Deans, these select awards of recognition go to our colleagues who stand out and inspire others at Southern Cross for the quality and impact of their teaching.
Faculty of Business, Law and Arts
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Dr Julia Caldicott
Lecturer
Julia Caldicott is an inspiring academic who fosters students’ personal and professional development in their work Integrated Learning (WIL) units. Utilising contemporary research and industry insights, Julia designs curricula so students grow in confidence prior to, and during, their industry internship placements.
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Dr Patrick Gillett
Course Coordinator
Patrick Gillett shows excellent teaching in the Southern Cross Model by promoting educational technologies that enable effective student engagement (e.g. VoiceThread). He also exemplifies the teaching/research nexus through scholarship on teaching presence and assessment feedback.
Faculty of Health
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Dr Kyle Bennett
Faculty of Health
Kyle Bennett led a team to redesign and redevelop the honours course in Health, ensuring the scaffolding of essential research capability and ensure the timely completion. The course design has sparked interest across the University. His leadership of an inexperienced course team was described by the Centre for Teaching and Learning as exemplary.
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Dr Dylan Poulus
Faculty of Health
Dylan Poulus’s enthusiasm is absolutely contagious. Since arriving at Southern Cross, Dylan has received consistently high scores for his teaching and truly outstanding qualitative feedback from students. His dedication to allowing his students to achieve their full potential through contemporary and engaging teaching approaches makes him a valuable asset to the Faculty and this University.
Faculty of Science and Engineering
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Adam Fletcher
Associate Lecturer
Adam Fletcher always receives extremely good student feedback. Focusing on engaging students, he drives teaching innovation in programming and user experience across the Faculty. With a research background in IT education, Adam promotes IT careers to school students through hands-on workshops, and is a great Southern Cross representative.
Faculty of Education
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Katie Hotko
Associate Lecturer
Katie Hotko consistently motivates students and achieves outstanding student feedback in creative and arts education. Katie is highly reflective of her teaching practice. She constantly innovates to ensure optimal student learning outcomes. Her approach to interactive online learning is an inspiration to students and colleagues.
SCU College
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Dr Johanna Nieuwouldt
Associate Lecturer
Johanna Nieuwoudt shows outstanding ability to design innovative and inclusive curriculum that engages and inspires students in their learning. She demonstrates strong leadership ensuring the implementation of quality learning materials and resources across pathway programs.
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Dr Kerrie Stimpson
Associate Lecturer (Teaching Scholar)
Kerrie Stimpson is dedicated and committed to making maths accessible, engaging and relevant to novice, non-traditional students. She demonstrates a high level of innovation and creativity in her curriculum design and pedagogy that encourages students in their maths learning to positive impact.
Gnibi College of Indigenous Australian Peoples
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Kylie Day
Indigenous Research Academic
Kylie Day has consistently delivered high-quality teaching across all of her Gnibi units in 2022. Kylie taught new units in the new Southern Cross Model format at the same time as coming to grips with how to develop new delivery methods. While completing her postgraduate research studies, Kylie has consistently achieved some of Gnibi’s highest feedback scores in 2022.