Message from the Vice Chancellor

Professor Tyrone Carlin

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
Dr Mo Kader

Dr Mo Kader

Educational Partnerships Board

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Sandra Clark

Educational Partnerships Board

Faculty of Business, Law and Arts
Dr Matt Hill

Dr Matt Hill

Faculty of Business, Law and Arts

Mr Warwick Fisher

Warwick Fraser

Faculty of Business, Law and Arts

Mr Aiden Ricketts

Aidan Ricketts

Faculty of Business, Law and Arts

Emma Babbage

Emma Babbage

Faculty of Business, Law and Arts

Faculty of Education
Ms Stella OToole

Stella O'Toole

Faculty of Education

Mr Patrick Bruck

Patrick Bruck

Faculty of Education

Faculty of Health
Liddy Harding

Liddy Harding

Faculty of Health

Cath Walsh

Cath Walsh

Faculty of Health

Dr David Reilly

Dr David Reilly

Faculty of Health

Donna Wilson

Donna Wilson

Faculty of Health

Debbie Procter

Debbie Procter

Faculty of Health

Dr Basia Radlinska

Dr Basia Radlinska

Faculty of Health

Faculty of Science and Engineering
Dr Srikanth Thudumu

Dr Srikanth Thudumu

Faculty of Science and Engineering

Dr Shane White

Dr Shane White

Faculty of Science and Engineering

Dr Hanabeth Luke

Dr Hanabeth Luke

Faculty of Science and Engineering

Dr Terry Rose

Professor Terry Rose

Faculty of Science and Engineering

Gnibi College of Indigenous Australian Peoples
Dhinawan Baker

Dhinawan Baker

Gnibi College of Indigenous Australian Peoples

Noah Nielsen

Dr Noah Nielsen

Gnibi College of Indigenous Australian Peoples

SCU College
Virginia Cook

Virginia Cook

SCU College

Stefanie Kocon

Stefanie Kocon

SCU College

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
Dr Julia Caldicott

Dr Julia Caldicott

Faculty of Business, Law and Arts

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.

Dr Patrick Gillett

Dr Patrick Gillett

Faculty of Business, Law and Arts

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
Dr Kyle Bennett

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.

Dr Dylan Poulus

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
Adam Fletcher

Adam Fletcher

Faculty of Science and Engineering

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
Katie Hotko

Katie Hotko

Faculty of Education

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
Dr Johanna Nieuwouldt

Dr Johanna Nieuwouldt

SCU College

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.

Kerrie Stimpson

Dr Kerrie Stimpson

SCU College

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
Kylie Day

Kylie Day

Gnibi College of Indigenous Australian Peoples

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.

 

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