Beth Phillips, PhD, RN, CNE, associate professor; has been named director of the Institute of Educational Excellence (IEE), the educational hub for faculty and staff development and new faculty orientation and on-boarding. She has served as interim director since August 2017.

“I am thrilled with the opportunity to continue the work of the Institute for Educational Excellence as the director. I have learned so much as the interim director and have many ideas for enhancing faculty and staff to develop as educators,” she says. “Our goal is to strive for excellence in all we do. The IEE creates and maintains processes and offerings to benefit nurse educators here at DUSON and beyond. I welcome the challenges we face when striving for educational excellence.”

During her term as interim director, she supported teaching excellence across all of DUSON’s academic programs. She established the IEE Educational Research Grant program for faculty, the Teaching Success for Online Faculty model, CNE prep courses for faculty and clinical instructors and established the DAISY Awards – awards that honor academic leaders responsible for preparing the nation's nursing workforce – to name only a few of her many accomplishments.

“I am impressed by the accomplishments of Beth Phillips, which align with the IEE's mission and support excellence in evidence-based teaching strategies for our faculty,” says Valerie Howard, EdD, MSN, RN, CNE, FAAN, associate dean for academic affairs and professor. “Her leadership helps strengthen the educational mission of DUSON.”

The IEE supports a renaissance in the higher education community to create and promote pedagogical scholars, preparation of faculty for the teaching role and the need for evidence-based teaching. The institute prepares nurse educators to be leaders and scholars in nursing education.

About Beth Phillips

While working at the bedside, Phillips started witnessing practice issues in clinical care and decided she could make a difference working with students and faculty at the educational level. Phillips’ teaching career began in 1996 at Vance-Granville Community College after 13 years of clinical nursing practice and administration where she served as director of the associate's degree in nursing and licensed practice nurse programs.

She joined DUSON in 2005 and quickly assumed leadership positions as the first elected ABSN program chair. She fell in love with working with students and was excited to help them see the passion they can bring to a patient’s life understanding new methods. She now currently serves as a member of Duke AHEAD, the School of Medicine’s Curriculum Committee, and as co-chair of the Duke Learning Innovation’s Online Learning Consortium.