| Kay Wilson Shurden Selected as the 2008 Oates Award Recipient |
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Early
in Dr. Shurden’s career she spent two years working with Dr. Wayne
Oates as a
Post-Doctoral Fellow in Community Psychiatry at the University of
Louisville
Medical School where she trained as a Family Therapist.
After
earning Clinical Membership in the American Association for Marriage
and Family
Therapy, she had a private counseling practice in Louisville. In September, 1983, she joined the faculty at
the University of Louisville Medical School in the departments of
Family
Medicine, and later in Psychiatry, to teach medical students and
residents
about the importance of family emotional health in treating patients.
Dr.
Shurden retired from Mercer Medical School in June, 2000 in order to
devote her
time to a small private practice, several writing projects, and a
speaking
ministry to groups on topics related to spiritual growth and family
dynamics.
While
at the medical school, Dr. Shurden helped establish and taught in the
Masters
program in Marriage and Family Therapy, conducted an extensive clinical
practice, wrote a regular column for The Macon Telegraph on
“Family
Matters,” and spoke widely in churches and to civic groups. As an
Approved
Supervisor with the American Association for Marriage and Family
Therapy, she
supervised the clinical training and licensure for students in the
program, as
well as taught courses on Family Systems and Spirituality. At her
retirement, her
family and friends established “The Kay Wilson Shurden Outstanding
Marriage and
Family Therapy Student Award” that is presented annually to a student
at Mercer
Medical School.
Dr.
Shurden has met
the award criteria through her demonstration of the healing,
sustaining,
guiding, and reconciling aspects of Pastoral Care in both her personal
and
professional roles. She has contributed to
the field of Pastoral Care through education, the creation of programs,
and
through her writing, and she has demonstrated longevity, excellence and
faithfulness to individuals, institutions, faith groups and
professional
organizations; including the demonstration of personal integrity.
In
2006 Dr. Shurden co–authored the book, CALL WAITING and she
edited the book
WOMEN ON PILGRIMAGE (1983). Both
books deal with vocation at different stages of life.
Dr.
Kay Shurden and her husband, Walter Shurden, Callaway Professor of
Christianity
and executive director of the Center for Baptist Studies at Mercer
University,
have three married children and six grandchildren.
The Wayne Oates Award was established in 1989 by the Long Run Baptist Association in Louisville, Kentucky and has continued as an annual recognition since its beginning. In 2003 the Oates Institute became a joint sponsor of this award and is committed to help continue this tradition and promote it nationally.
Previous Wayne Oates Award Recipients Include:
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