JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (August 25, 2023) — Dr. Jessica Burchette, Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice, earned the University’s Distinguished Faculty Award for Teaching at Faculty Convocation this morning. It is the highest honor given to an ETSU professor. Each honoree receives a one-of-a-kind hand-blown glass piece and $7,500 provided by the ETSU Foundation.
Dr. Jessica Burchette, a pharmacist and associate professor at ETSU Bill Gatton College
of Pharmacy, received the university’s Distinguished Faculty Award for Teaching.
“Dr. Burchette is a standout faculty member in the Department of Pharmacy Practice
at the GCOP,” wrote Burchette’s nominator. “She is a gifted teacher, who, despite
the number of accolades she has already received, is committed to continuing to improve
the learning experience for her students.”
Burchette was a member of the Gatton College of Pharmacy’s inaugural Class of 2010. She completed her pharmacy practice residency at the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville, and afterward returned to Gatton for her internal medicine residency.
She joined the college as an assistant professor in 2012, specializing in pulmonary
disorders and basic critical care concepts.
When it comes to the classroom, Burchette’s teaching philosophy is all about meeting
the students where they are.
“Every student comes to us with a different background, and each class has a different
personality and really a way that they look for things to go,” Burchette said. “My
job is to really get to know them as people and to try to use that interpersonal relationship
to be able to bring them along in their pharmacy education.”
In addition, Drs. Victoria Palau and David Roane, both Professors of Pharmaceutical Sciences, received Faculty Emeritus honors. Dr.
Roane served as founding Chair of Pharmaceutical Sciences since 2006. Dr. Palau was
part of the college's inaugural faculty in 2007.