Valerie Pennington
ProfessorSchool of Mathematics, Science & Engineering
Professor Pennington has been teaching full-time at SWC since 1996.
Online she's The Penguin Prof 🐧 and you can access all of her social media links as well as her YouTube channel here:
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https://hihello.me/hi/penguinprof-1zh_HQ
Current teaching focus:
- Human Physiology (Bio. 261)
- Human Anatomy & Physiology (Bio. 190)
- General Biology (Bio. 100) asynchronously online
SWC Awards:
- Teaching Excellence Award, 2001
- Faculty Leadership Award, 2021
Memberships:
- SWC Distance Education Task Force
- PRISM founding member (LGBTQIA+ Employee Resource Group at SWC)
- Climate Reality Leadership Corps (educator)
- HAPS (Human Anatomy and Physiology Society)
- NABT (National Association of Biology Teachers)
- ACS (American Cancer Society) outreach and patient advocacy
- Semester at Sea Faculty Alumni Association (Fall 2004 voyage)
- SANCCOB (The South African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds)
- WWF (World Wildlife Fund)
- Global Penguin Society
Other Activities:
Valerie served as the Teaching With Technology Faculty Coordinator during the pandemic (2020 - 2022) and has a great passion for online ed, educational technology and instructional video production.
Her other passions include travel, SCUBA diving, dancing, reading, photography and all things Italian (especially pizza - she has an outdoor wood-fired pizza oven).