When students walk into Room 123 at White Station High School, they are greeted with something different. They are not just high-schoolers anymore. In that space, they are future healthcare professionals. The sound of quiet confidence fills the room as students in scrubs learn the skills, language, and compassion that real caregivers need.
This fall’s Outstanding Teacher in Health Science and Nursing Education, Eno Mkpong-Madu, has built her classroom into a place where knowledge meets purpose. It is more than a room where students study anatomy or take notes. It is where they begin to see what it truly means to care for another person.
Teaching has always been part of Mkpong-Madu’s life. “My mom was an elementary teacher, my dad, a high school principal, and all five of my siblings work in education,” she says. “I tried to resist, but it is who I am.”…