{"id":280,"date":"2023-09-26T15:55:33","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T20:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/?page_id=280"},"modified":"2025-05-28T08:45:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T13:45:11","slug":"faculty-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/faculty-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>\n.award-content img {\n  max-width:200px;\n}\n\n.award-header .aquaHr {\n  margin-bottom:10px;\n}\n.award-date {\n  color:var(--true-blue);\n  font-weight:400;\n  font-size: 18px;\n  margin-top: -10px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Emerson<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity aqua-hr\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"award-date\">AY2023\u20132024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jessica Van Leer, MSN, RN<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2024\/10\/jessica-van-leer-headshots-129-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Jessica Van Leer portrait\" class=\"wp-image-590\" style=\"width:180px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2024\/10\/jessica-van-leer-headshots-129-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2024\/10\/jessica-van-leer-headshots-129-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2024\/10\/jessica-van-leer-headshots-129-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2024\/10\/jessica-van-leer-headshots-129-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2024\/10\/jessica-van-leer-headshots-129-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2024\/10\/jessica-van-leer-headshots-129-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Jessica Van Leer<\/strong> is an Assistant Professor of Nursing at ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø where she has been teaching eager, young nursing students for nine years now. She holds a master\u2019s degree in nursing education from UMSL and a bachelor\u2019s degree in nursing from Maryville University. Prior to working at ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø, she worked as a pediatric nurse on the medical\/surgical pediatric floor at Mercy Kids in St. Louis. She currently has the pleasure of teaching in all four semesters of the nursing program allowing her to see her students learn and grow throughout the two-year nursing program. Speaking to her teaching abilities, her fellow coworker said this: \u201cI have had the privilege of observing and learning from her remarkable dedication to teaching, mentoring, and commitment to student success. Jessica has consistently demonstrated excellence in teaching through her ability to make complex nursing concepts easy for students to understand. Jessica\u2019s teaching methods have a profound impact on students. Her dedication and mentorship have earned her the respect and admiration of her students, colleagues, and the community.\u201d Jessica was nominated for the Outstanding Young Professionals award in October of 2022, serves as the Student Nurse Organization club advisor on campus, and serves as the Faculty Professional Development Committee chair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a class=\"ecc-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/faculty-awards\/previous-faculty-award-winners\/#emerson\">See Previous Emerson Winners<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MCCA<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity aqua-hr\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"award-date\">AY2024\u20132025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gregory Stotler<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"584\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2025\/05\/greg-stotler-mcca-photo-small.jpg\" alt=\"Greg Stotler portrait\" class=\"wp-image-699\" style=\"width:222px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2025\/05\/greg-stotler-mcca-photo-small.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2025\/05\/greg-stotler-mcca-photo-small-300x292.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Mr. Gregory Stotler<\/strong>\u00a0graduated from Sullivan, MO area schools before attending the University of Missouri-Columbia.\u00a0 There he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in elementary and secondary education after student teaching in Mexico, MO, and Columbia, MO, public school districts.\u00a0 Mr. Stotler went on to earn a Master\u2019s degree in Information Science and Learning Technologies and a Specialist\u2019s degree in Educational Technology with an emphasis in Pk-12 School Technologies, also from Mizzou. He spent eleven years teaching in the K -12 environment where he was a library media specialist and computer technology coordinator and taught junior high and high school social studies.\u00a0 He holds lifetime certifications in the State of Missouri as a K-12 Library Media Specialist and 5-9, 9-12 Social Sciences Educator.\u00a0 Mr. Stotler joined ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø in the Fall of 2014, where he teaches foundational teacher preparation courses and coordinates the Teacher Education Program and the Early Childhood Program.\u00a0 In the past he served as President of the Community College Division of the Missouri Association of Colleges for Teacher Education and has served as the Secretary for the\u00a0Missouri<span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 16.799999px; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;\"><\/span>Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators.\u00a0 He has served ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø as the Chair of the Instructional Assessment Committee, Sponsor of the student teacher association on the Union Campus and as a member of the Executive Council of the Faculty Association.\u00a0 He currently is serving as a Director and the Treasurer of the Strain-Japan R-IXV School District Board of Education.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a class=\"ecc-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/faculty-awards\/previous-faculty-award-winners\/#mcca\">See Previous MCCA Winners<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Means Innovation Award<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity aqua-hr\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"award-date\">AY2022\u20132023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lisa Hanneken and Tanner French<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2023\/09\/lisa-hanneken.jpg\" alt=\"Lisa Hanneken\" style=\"width:180px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Lisa Hanneken<\/strong>&nbsp;has been at ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø close to eight years, and her current role is assistant professor for the accounting and business programs. In addition she is the current Vice President of the Missouri Association of Accounting Educators. After attending both ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø and Webster University, Lisa obtained a master\u2019s in business administration with an emphasis in accounting from Maryville University. Prior to entering academia, she held various accounting roles including auditor, regulator, controller, and business owner while accumulating close to 30 years of industry experience. Being at ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø and having the opportunity to pass on her years of real-world experience, as well as technical knowledge, to her students is one of the best jobs she states she has held. Lisa goes on to say \u201cwatching the students develop their own knowledge and then utilize it in their own careers is a very rewarding experience.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2023\/09\/tanner-french.jpg\" alt=\"Tanner French\" style=\"width:180px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Tanner French<\/strong>, CPA is accounting faculty at ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø.&nbsp; Prior to joining faculty at ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø in Fall of 2020, Tanner worked in public accounting as a small business accountant and tax preparer.&nbsp; &nbsp;At ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø, Tanner was involved in developing the Hybrid Flexible modality of courses at ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø and the pilot program of that modality ran in the Accounting\/Business department.&nbsp; Tanner also developed the Business Ethics course, the first CORE-42 course in the Career and Technical Division of Academic Affairs.&nbsp; Tanner is currently serving on the board of the Missouri Association of Accounting Educators (MAAE).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emerson AY2023\u20132024 Jessica Van Leer, MSN, RN Jessica Van Leer is an Assistant Professor of Nursing at ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø where she has been teaching eager, young nursing students for nine years now. She holds a master\u2019s degree in nursing education from UMSL and a bachelor\u2019s degree in nursing from Maryville University. 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