{"id":62,"date":"2011-11-17T13:28:40","date_gmt":"2011-11-17T17:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newwww.kzoo.edu\/news\/?p=62"},"modified":"2022-03-25T15:26:51","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T19:26:51","slug":"thinking-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/thinking-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Alum Vicky Minderhout Receives &#8220;Professor of the Year&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Vicky Minderhout \u201972<\/strong>, a professor of chemistry at Seattle University, was named the State of Washington\u2019s \u201cProfessor of the Year\u201d by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. She was one of 27 state-level winners in 2011; four others were national-level winners. Minderhout was cited for her innovations in teaching, particularly biochemistry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer research in Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning as applied to biochemistry has been a national model for many years now,\u201d said Associate Professor of Chemistry\u00a0<strong>Laura Furge<\/strong>,\u201cI have met Vicky many times, and always introduce my students to her when we see her at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology meetings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ASBMB\u2019s newsletter,\u00a0<em>ASBMB Today<\/em>, published an\u00a0interview\u00a0with Minderhout in which she was questioned about teachers who influenced her classroom methods. In her answer she describes a quantum mechanics class that was taught by Associate Professor of Chemistry\u00a0<strong>Ralph Deal<\/strong>. She also cites the enthusiasm that characterized Professor of Chemistry\u00a0<strong>Kurt Kaufman<\/strong>\u2019s interactive lectures. King TV in Seattle did a\u00a0feature story\u00a0on Minderhout\u2019s Socratic style that includes the voices of many of her students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vicky Minderhout \u201972, a professor of chemistry at Seattle University, was named the State of Washington\u2019s \u201cProfessor of the Year\u201d by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. She was one of 27 state-level winners in 2011; four others were national-level winners. Minderhout was cited for her innovations in teaching, particularly biochemistry. \u201cHer research [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[232],"tags":[31,30,50,24],"post_formats":[],"class_list":["post-62","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alumni","tag-alumni","tag-awards","tag-chemistry","tag-sciences"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Alum Vicky Minderhout Receives &quot;Professor of the Year&quot; - News and Events<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Vicky Minderhout \u201972, a professor of chemistry at Seattle University, was named the State of Washington\u2019s \u201cProfessor of the Year\u201d by the Carnegie\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/thinking-coach\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Alum Vicky Minderhout Receives &quot;Professor of the Year&quot; - News and Events\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Vicky Minderhout \u201972, a professor of chemistry at Seattle University, was named the State of Washington\u2019s \u201cProfessor of the Year\u201d by the Carnegie\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/thinking-coach\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"News and Events\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KalamazooCollege\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-11-17T17:28:40+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-03-25T19:26:51+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jim Van Sweden\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@kcollege\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@kcollege\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jim Van Sweden\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/thinking-coach\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/thinking-coach\/\",\"name\":\"Alum Vicky Minderhout Receives \\\"Professor of the Year\\\" - News and Events\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-11-17T17:28:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-03-25T19:26:51+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/33b812ef7fd17031ab566856049c97af\"},\"description\":\"Vicky Minderhout \u201972, a professor of chemistry at Seattle University, was named the State of Washington\u2019s \u201cProfessor of the Year\u201d by the Carnegie\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/thinking-coach\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/thinking-coach\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/thinking-coach\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Alum Vicky Minderhout Receives &#8220;Professor of the Year&#8221;\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/\",\"name\":\"News and Events\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/33b812ef7fd17031ab566856049c97af\",\"name\":\"Jim Van Sweden\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/25d851921c00e5d3b76e386535f86c38?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/25d851921c00e5d3b76e386535f86c38?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jim Van Sweden\"},\"description\":\"Director, College Communications\"}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Alum Vicky Minderhout Receives \"Professor of the Year\" - News and Events","description":"Vicky Minderhout \u201972, a professor of chemistry at Seattle University, was named the State of Washington\u2019s \u201cProfessor of the Year\u201d by the Carnegie","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/thinking-coach\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Alum Vicky Minderhout Receives \"Professor of the Year\" - News and Events","og_description":"Vicky Minderhout \u201972, a professor of chemistry at Seattle University, was named the State of Washington\u2019s \u201cProfessor of the Year\u201d by the Carnegie","og_url":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/thinking-coach\/","og_site_name":"News and Events","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KalamazooCollege","article_published_time":"2011-11-17T17:28:40+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-03-25T19:26:51+00:00","author":"Jim Van Sweden","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@kcollege","twitter_site":"@kcollege","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jim Van Sweden","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/thinking-coach\/","url":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/thinking-coach\/","name":"Alum Vicky Minderhout Receives \"Professor of the Year\" - News and Events","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-11-17T17:28:40+00:00","dateModified":"2022-03-25T19:26:51+00:00","author":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/33b812ef7fd17031ab566856049c97af"},"description":"Vicky Minderhout \u201972, a professor of chemistry at Seattle University, was named the State of Washington\u2019s \u201cProfessor of the Year\u201d by the Carnegie","breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/thinking-coach\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/thinking-coach\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/thinking-coach\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Alum Vicky Minderhout Receives &#8220;Professor of the Year&#8221;"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/#website","url":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/","name":"News and Events","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/33b812ef7fd17031ab566856049c97af","name":"Jim Van Sweden","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/25d851921c00e5d3b76e386535f86c38?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/25d851921c00e5d3b76e386535f86c38?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jim Van Sweden"},"description":"Director, College Communications"}]}},"featured_image_src":" ","featured_image_src_square":" ","author_info":{"display_name":"Jim Van Sweden","author_link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/author\/jvsweden\/"},"guten_post_layout_featured_media_urls":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"ab-block-post-grid-landscape":false,"ab-block-post-grid-square":false,"pl-blogpost-landscape":false,"pl-blogpost-square":false,"guten_post_layout_landscape_large":false,"guten_post_layout_portrait_large":false,"guten_post_layout_square_large":false,"guten_post_layout_landscape":false,"guten_post_layout_portrait":false,"guten_post_layout_square":false,"campus-posts-thumbnail":false,"gform-image-choice-sm":false,"gform-image-choice-md":false,"gform-image-choice-lg":false},"category_info":"<a aria-label=\"archive of category Alumni\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/category\/alumni\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Alumni<\/a>","tags_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/tag\/alumni\/\" rel=\"tag\">alumni<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/tag\/awards\/\" rel=\"tag\">awards<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/tag\/chemistry\/\" rel=\"tag\">chemistry<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/tag\/sciences\/\" rel=\"tag\">sciences<\/a>","social_share_info":"<a data-share=\"facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/thinking-coach\/\" class=\"pl-facebook-share social-share-default pl-social-share\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook-f\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><a data-share=\"twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/thinking-coach\/\" class=\"pl-twiiter-share social-share-default pl-social-share\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fab fa-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><a data-share=\"linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?url=https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/thinking-coach\/\" class=\"pl-linkedin-share social-share-default pl-social-share\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fab fa-linkedin-in\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>","wordExcerpt_info":"<p><strong>Vicky Minderhout \u201972<\/strong>, a professor of chemistry at Seattle University, was named the State of Washington\u2019s \u201cProfessor of the Year\u201d by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. She was one of 27 state-level winners in 2011; four others were national-level winners. Minderhout was cited for her innovations in teaching, particularly biochemistry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer research in Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning as applied to biochemistry has been a national model for many years now,\u201d said Associate Professor of Chemistry\u00a0<strong>Laura Furge<\/strong>,\u201cI have met Vicky many times, and always introduce my students to her when we see her at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology meetings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ASBMB\u2019s newsletter,\u00a0<em>ASBMB Today<\/em>, published an\u00a0interview\u00a0with Minderhout in which she was questioned about teachers who influenced her classroom methods. In her answer she describes a quantum mechanics class that was taught by Associate Professor of Chemistry\u00a0<strong>Ralph Deal<\/strong>. She also cites the enthusiasm that characterized Professor of Chemistry\u00a0<strong>Kurt Kaufman<\/strong>\u2019s interactive lectures. King TV in Seattle did a\u00a0feature story\u00a0on Minderhout\u2019s Socratic style that includes the voices of many of her students.<\/p>\n","comment_info":"No Comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12949,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62\/revisions\/12949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62"},{"taxonomy":"post_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_formats?post=62"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}