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Victoria Mathis, headshot

Victoria Mathis
Kaua‘i

Victoria Mathis is an assistant professor of nursing at Kaua‘i Community College.

Mathis was born and raised in Bolton, Lancashire, England until she emigrated to New Zealand at 17 with her parents. She left home and went back to England at 19 and started her nursing training.

In 1992, she came to Hawai‘i to begin her graduate studies at UH Manoa and earned a masters degree in the Nurse Practitioner program. She will receive a doctorate in clinical practice from UH Manoa in 2015.

After completing graduate school and becoming a Geriatric Nurse Practitioner, she then spent four years in Columbus, Georgia and moved back to Hawai‘i and Kaua‘i in 2005.

Mathis also established Kaua‘i CC’s Medical Assisting Program where students earn a certificate of achievement. She is the program’s coordinator.

The Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Teaching is awarded by the Board of Regents as tribute to faculty members who exhibit an extraordinary level of subject mastery and scholarship, teaching effectiveness and creativity and personal values that benefit students.

Please contact your Campus Chancellor's Office for more information on the application process.

Current Winners
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1965–2014 Honorees
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2015

Brian Cassity, headshot
Brian L. Cassity
Kapi‘olani
Roy Kamida, headshot
Roy Y. Kamida
Leeward
Katie Landgraf, headshot
Katie Landgraf
West O‘ahu
Victoria Mathis, headshot
Victoria Mathis
Kaua‘i
Norman Takeya, headshot
Norman Takeya
Honolulu
Charles Whitten, headshot
Charles Whitten
Windward