Galen Leaper, BSN, RN

He inspires his students daily. He truly cares for patients and encourages students to step out of their comfort zones to develop therapeutic relationships with them, and he role-models empathy for us every day. He wakes up every day happy to be a teacher and truly cares for his students. He reaches out to us to wish us well if we are sick or out of clinical for any reason. He gets excited to share content knowledge with us and make connections from the textbook to real life. He encourages us, even on our bad days, to push forward and keep pursuing our dreams.