{"id":88358,"date":"2022-08-11T13:48:54","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T19:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/healthsciences\/?p=88358"},"modified":"2024-06-21T15:15:36","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T21:15:36","slug":"gehrke-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/nursing\/2022\/08\/11\/gehrke-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Gehrke Hall: School of Nursing honors retiring professor"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-image wp-image--no-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-88372 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/healthsciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2022\/08\/Gehrke-Hall-1-1300w.jpg\" alt=\"A plaque reads &quot;Gehrke Hall&quot; opposite an open door to into a lecture hall.\" width=\"650\" height=\"434\" \/><\/figure><p>When students return to the School of Nursing this fall, they may notice a shiny silver square outside of room 431 and the absence of a familiar and friendly face.<\/p>\n<p>The fourth floor lecture hall was officially (and affectionately) named Gehrke Hall this past May. It honors Pamela Gehrke, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/nursing\/2022\/04\/21\/college-of-health-sciences-celebrates-long-time-and-retiring-faculty-members-who-represent-big-bronco-and-health-care-history\/\">recently-retired<\/a> associate professor and director of the doctor of nursing practice program.<\/p>\n<p>Gehrke (pronounced yer-key) was awarded emeritus status at the conclusion of the 2021-2022 academic school year. It was her 35th year with the School of Nursing. Beginning as an adjunct professor, she progressively grew in leadership throughout her tenure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe has been a role model for students and faculty for the School of Nursing for decades.\u201d said Anne Payne, former department chair of the School of Nursing. \u201cPam was known by students to be an admired, insightful and brilliant community health expert.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-image wp-image--no-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-87998\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/healthsciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2022\/04\/9910-005_001.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white image of Pam Gehrke at her computer in her office in the 1990's\" width=\"500\" height=\"330\" \/><\/figure><p>Gehrke received her doctorate of education in curriculum, instruction and foundational studies from Boise State. She was instrumental in developing nursing policy courses, and she impressed upon her students the importance of using their voices in the community.<\/p>\n<p>She also designed and taught the College of Health Sciences\u2019 very first online course in 1998.<\/p>\n<p>Pam Springer is a former associate dean of the College of Health Sciences and director of the School of Nursing. She knew Gehrke during Springer\u2019s entire 25 years at Boise State. \u201cPam held her students to a very high standard and motivated them and assisted them to reach those goals,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>But Gehrke\u2019s impact stretches beyond her own classroom. A rigorous scholar and trusted confidant, Gehrke regularly shared her vast nursing and institutional knowledge. She often modeled both formal and informal peer mentoring.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have had the joy of hearing from healthcare leaders, higher education leaders and faculty who were her students,\u201d said Shelle Poole, divisional dean of the School of Nursing. \u201cThey all say the same thing: she left an indelible mark on them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The engraved plaque outside room 431 is more than just an homage to a department icon. It stands to remind all who visit the School of Nursing of Gehrke\u2019s legacy and inspire them to similar excellence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When students return to the School of Nursing this fall, they may notice a shiny&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3526,"featured_media":194178,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4072,361],"tags":[4091],"class_list":["post-88358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cohs-news","category-son","tag-faculty"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.2 (Yoast SEO v28.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Introducing Gehrke Hall: School of Nursing honors retiring professor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The engraved plaque outside room 431 is more than just an homage to a department icon; 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