Debbie Yaddow’s nomination for Grossmont’s Distinguished Faculty
of the Year arrived at the selection committee on a sea of white caps.
“Debbie was not nominated by one of the faculty members in Nursing,” said Academic
Senate President Chris Hill. “She was nominated by the entire
nursing faculty.”
Hill announced Yaddow’s selection as Distinguished Faculty at the general faculty meeting Aug. 13, and the
selection drew a standing ovation.
The new honor becomes added to a growing list of awards recognizing Yaddow’s commitment to
her twin professions, nursing and teaching. In 2005, she was Grossmont’s commencement
speaker; she was also the recipient of the “Faculty Advisor of the Year” award from the
California Student Nurses Association, for which she was nominated by her students.
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“The fact that the nursing faculty put together
the Distinguished Faculty nomination, with the
assistance of Bob Yarris and other campus faculty, means more to me than words can express,” Yaddow said in accepting the
medallion. “I never thought when I graduated from Grossmont College’s Nursing Program in 1983 that I
would be standing here receiving the Distinguished Faculty award. I am extremely honored.”
Yaddow stepped in to steer Grossmont’s Nursing Program through some perilous months in 2006 when due to faculty
vacancies, the program was unable to go forward with their National League of Nursing Accreditation. She
helped secure a grant from the Grossmont Healthcare District that made it possible to recruit five new
full-time instructors this semester and hire enough adjunct members to fill the department’s staffing
needs. She and the nursing faculty have begun the process to submit for candidacy status with the
National League of Nursing Accreditation Commission. Yaddow notes that “The Grossmont Nursing Program is
consistently approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, and our graduates are all eligible
to apply for State Licensure.”
Along the way, she was selected to serve as the Interim Associate Dean of Health Professions.
“She is a strong advocate for the program and has solutions for every problem,”
said one faculty contributor to Yaddow’s nomination. “Debbie is generous and very
forthcoming with resources and is always ready to intervene on our behalf for any of our needs.”
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Debbie is congratulated by (from left) Dr. Sunita Cooke, Grossmont College President; Chris Hill,
Academic Senate President; and Steve Devan, Vice
President, Grossmont College Foundation.
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Members of Debbie Yaddow’s family
join the celebration
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