From Peggy Moore’s perspective, she has the best job on campus.
As director of e-learning, she gets to work across UNMC in cooperation with its array of health care experts and top-quality students. She teams up with the people who know how to deliver an educational lesson. And she leads a staff with the technical skill to make digital projects happen.
Moore is the people person who pulls them all together.
“UNMC has a great reputation, and I get to work with all these people,” Moore said. “I love what I do.”
This June, Moore is earning acclaim as the winner of UNMC’s Gold U Award. She will be recognized at today’s University of Nebraska Board of Regents meeting.
From the perspective of people who work with her – faculty and program directors from across campus, students to top leadership – Moore is an invaluable leader taking UNMC into the new frontier of digital education.
The nominators who backed Moore offered a long list of positive personality traits they appreciate about her – and draw them to want to work with her and the Office of Interactive E-Learning.
Kind. Empathetic. Selfless. Caring. Compassionate. Encouraging.
Moore combines those qualities with high professional standards and a pursuit of excellence. Her colleagues credit Moore with possessing the talent to direct people’s energy into helping a project succeed, respectfully offering her own perspectives and motivating a team to achieve its goals.
Said Moore, “I’m honored and humbled to win the Gold U and be recognized for work that is always collaborative. I am thankful for a great e-learning team and for the hundreds of faculty who have given e-learning a chance to enhance their teaching.”
Moore credits a number of leaders who laid the foundation of e-learning at UNMC, including: Dele Davies, MD, senior vice chancellor for academic affairs; Howard Liu, MD, chair of the UNMC Department of Psychiatry; Linda Love, EdD, director of the UNMC Office of Faculty Development; Betsy Becker, DPT, PhD, chair of the UNMC Department of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences; Tom Birk, PhD, a retired senior educational designer at UNMC; and Dan Moser, PhD, retired director of academic technologies at UNMC.
In nominating Moore, Dr. Davies said, “Peggy is selfless in her care and compassion for her team, as well as the faculty, students and staff who work with her. She is the consummate bridge builder.”
Nominator Kimberly Michael, the Anderson Distinguished Professor in the UNMC College of Allied Health Professions, said Moore’s kind demeanor builds community.
“I look for projects that include Peggy Moore as a team member,” Michael wrote.
Moore said she believes her effectiveness as a leader stems from relating to other people in a way that brings out the best in them, their groups and the organization as a whole.
“I relate to my teammates, leaders and experts in an authentic, courageous and high-integrity manner,” she said. “I want UNMC and our faculty, students and staff to be successful by focusing on whole system improvement, productivity and seeking input and implementing those recommendations on how to improve.”
To Moore, the credit is humbling. She said she’s still reconciling the individual award with what she sees as a group success in elevating UNMC’s e-learning program, which started as a one-person operation – her.
To date, the program has produced more than 400 interactive e-learning modules. Since 2017, the program’s modules have been viewed more than 280,000 times on the UNMC E-Gallery.
Through the office and in partnership with the University of Nebraska at Omaha, UNMC has developed and now is expanding UBeats, a series of digital modules to teach science and health science to sixth through 12th grade.
Under Moore’s direction, UNMC also recently started a new initiative to offer noncredit and microcredential courses online.
Moore said she originally came into her e-learning role promising to build relationships across UNMC. “And that’s what I have done,” she said, by networking, building trust and having “a little fun along the way.”
“E-learning is just a modality,” Moore said. “Students, teachers, faculty, staff — what makes it memorable is the people that you encounter.”
People like Peggy Moore.
Congratulations, Peggy! This is so well deserved.
Congratulations, Peggy!
Congratulations Peggy!!!
Congratulations, Peggy! You’re such a joy to work with and this is well-deserved!
Congratulations Peggy!! So well deserved.
Congratulations, Peggy. This is very well deserved.
Congratulations!
Congrats Peggy!
Congratulations! A well deserved accolade. UNMC is lucky to have Peggy at the helm of E-Learning!
CONGRATULATIONS! Ms. Moore, Well deserved recognition!
Congratulations Peggy, well-deserved! Yes, I realize that your projects are a team effort, but you put that incredible team together and you coordinate the work so it looks seamless to those of us outside. Always love working with you!
Ahhh, Peggy, Congratulations. Your help with Global Center for Health Security Grants, the Interprofessional Academy of Educators, and our Innovations in Health Sciences Education Journal are deeply appreciated. So glad you have received this recognition.
Congratulations, Peggy! Well deserved!
Congratulations to our amazing leader. This is so well-deserved and your team is so proud!
Congratulations Peggy! Well deserved!
Congrats Peggy! Such a well deserved honor.
Peggy! Congratulations! Such a well-deserved honor.
Congratulations! Much deserved honor.
Huge congratulations on this well-deserved honor. Cheers to you!
Congratulations, Peggy!
Well deserved – congrats, Peggy!
Peggy, congratulations! This is a well-deserved honor. The headline is perfect — kind, caring and getting projects done. UNMC is lucky to have you on its team.
A great selection – way to go, Peggy!
Congratulations Peggy!
Congrats Peggy – always a pleasure working with you!
Congratulations, Peggy! So well deserved and we are grateful to have you and your expertise at UNMC.
Congratulations, Peggy! Thank you for all your work.
Way to go, Peggy! Much deserved.
I would give you this and many more awards, Peggy! So well deserved. YOU are UNMC!
This is so well deserved!!!
Well deserved, Peggy. Congratulations!
Congratulations, Peggy! I enjoyed working with you when I was with UNeMed! Well deserved recognition!
It’s hard to believe that it has been a decade since we started taking steps to expand UNMC’s readiness for the digital age. Those early dreams with Dr. Davies, Dr. Liu, Dr. Birk, Dr. Kotcherlakota and so many others are proof positive that good things happen with vision, teamwork, passion, and good ‘ole Nebraska hard work. Onward to the next generation! Congratulations on your success Peggy!
Peggy you have worked hard to establish and maintain a program of excellence that has helped the advancement of E-learning across UNMC. Your vision has helped to create e-learning modules that can be viewed by others throughout the world. Congratulations on this award.
Congratulations Peggy! Such a well-deserved honor. I’m grateful to have worked alongside you.
Wow! Thank you all for your support. Keep making UNMC a great place to be on the team. PM
Fantastic!
Well deserved!
Sorry I am late to the party, Peggy. Congratulations on this well-deserved award! You approach everything with a smile and we all appreciate that so much!
So well-deserved! Congratulations, Peggy!
You are so deserving of this award, Peggy! CONGRATULATIONS!