Teddie
Potter
May 2019
Teddie
Potter
University of Minnesota School of Nursing
Minneapolis
,
MN
United States
Teddie speaks passionately regarding communities in need, and she causes us to engage our hearts and intellects to address the needs of these communities.
I have known Teddie, for decades, since the time of her studies with us in our Master’s Program. Thus, I believe that I know her well. From her Curriculum Vitae, it is clear that she has devoted much of her time to bringing forward to our awareness some very hard social issues. She has taken a leadership role in giving voice to challenging matters related to all manner of diversity considerations, rankism, poverty, and planetary health, to name a few of the many issues that she talks, writes, and brings to the forefront in discussions and forums. She is indeed a vocal advocate for those who have no voice.
While I have little information about the classroom teaching of the issues among our graduate or pre-licensure students, she often hosts panels and seminars with articulate speakers to enlighten interdisciplinary audiences; these venues are open to students, faculty, and the public alike. What I want to focus on in this nomination is her teaching and modeling of social engagement to the faculty and staff in the SoN. Not only does she organize forums and presentations on social issues for us to attend, but she speaks passionately about these issues at every staff/faculty meeting. We cannot miss the import of the issues which she consistently and relentlessly raises to our awareness along with her persuasive “call to action.” She partners well with other experts and activists to create a virtually seamless progressive stance to address hard issues. When I think of the “All are Welcome Here” signs, I think of Teddie. She lives this out and models this for us daily.
Teddie speaks passionately regarding communities in need, and she causes us to engage our hearts and intellects to address the needs of these communities. She invites us to support activism and to get involved in becoming part of the solution for poverty, injustice, and decay in the quality of our environment. I believe that Teddie’s leadership has undeniably made a difference at the School of Nursing, and we are better-poised and more engaged to make that difference with our heightened social engagement..
While I have little information about the classroom teaching of the issues among our graduate or pre-licensure students, she often hosts panels and seminars with articulate speakers to enlighten interdisciplinary audiences; these venues are open to students, faculty, and the public alike. What I want to focus on in this nomination is her teaching and modeling of social engagement to the faculty and staff in the SoN. Not only does she organize forums and presentations on social issues for us to attend, but she speaks passionately about these issues at every staff/faculty meeting. We cannot miss the import of the issues which she consistently and relentlessly raises to our awareness along with her persuasive “call to action.” She partners well with other experts and activists to create a virtually seamless progressive stance to address hard issues. When I think of the “All are Welcome Here” signs, I think of Teddie. She lives this out and models this for us daily.
Teddie speaks passionately regarding communities in need, and she causes us to engage our hearts and intellects to address the needs of these communities. She invites us to support activism and to get involved in becoming part of the solution for poverty, injustice, and decay in the quality of our environment. I believe that Teddie’s leadership has undeniably made a difference at the School of Nursing, and we are better-poised and more engaged to make that difference with our heightened social engagement..