Help with audio clean-up

I'm new to STP and need a little help as it has many filters, etc., that are new or different to me. I use a Samson C01U USB mic to record normal conversation at 44,100 at 16 bits directly into STP. The audio comes in great and has noise that shows a rather steady hiss with a max -51.4 dB (I do not have an ideal recording room).
I wish to get rid of the noise and normalize the audio without altering the voices and have been trying out Noise Gate, Normalize, Reduce Noise... Is there a "best" order to do this in? Are there any "start here and work this way" settings? Should I be using different effects?
The end product will be used as audio for dialogue in a short animated film used for a language class.
Thanks

Select (highlight) a selection of the recording that contains only the noise you want to reduce. Go to Process->Set Noise Print. Once the noise print is made, select the entire clip and go to Process->Reduce Noise. A control panel will open and allow you to set the parameters that suit your taste. When you have the settings as you need, click the Apply button.
-DH

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