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For nearly 23 years, Robert Keeley has taught in ������Ƶ’s education department. In recognition for his decades of excellence at the university, Keeley has received the school’s highest teaching honor: the 2020 Presidential Award for Exemplary Teaching. Through his scholarship, service, and teaching, Keeley has been “an outstanding university citizen,” said Arlene Hoogewerf, academic dean. Keeley has served ������Ƶ in many leadership roles, supported his colleagues, and helped to design the Certificate in Bible Instruction, a ������Ƶ Theological Seminary program in partnership with ������Ƶ.

Among the many categories in which he excels, students consistently give Keeley high marks for his enthusiasm in teaching. A former student noted, “Keeley was one of my most favorite professors of my career at ������Ƶ. He is a very forgiving professor and really loves getting to know you as a student.”

Keeley is able to excel in teaching in part because of his own tenacious scholarship of pursuing truth in education and ministry, including authoring Helping Our Children Grow in Faith: How the Church Can Nurture the Spiritual Development of Kids (Baker Books, 2008) and co-authoring three additional books.