Congratulations to all of the award recipients who were recognized during our 2019 Annual Awards Ceremony celebrating faculty, student and staff excellence:

Faculty Award Recipients

Kathryn Evans Kreider — Clinical Faculty Practice Excellence Award

Susan Silva — The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nursing Faculty

Haley Humphries — December 2018 Outstanding ABSN Clinical Instructor Award

Staci Reynolds — December 2018 Outstanding ABSN Faculty Award

Julia Walker — Distinguished Teaching Award

Dori Steinberg — Early Career Scientist Award

Barbara Hall — Outstanding ABSN Clinical Instructor Award

Michelle Hartman — Outstanding ABSN Faculty Member Award

Chuck Vacchiano — Outstanding DNP Faculty Member Award

Anne Derouin — Outstanding MSN Faculty Member Award

Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda — Outstanding PhD Faculty Member Award

Ryan Shaw — Outstanding PhD Faculty Member Award

Student Award Recipients

Tina Merrill Buchwalter — Annie Beery Bieber Award for Outstanding Leadership

Breanna Anderson — Bonnie Jones Friedman Humanitarian Award

Kristopher Schneider — The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nursing Students

Zhao Ni — Distinguished Dissertation Award

Kayla Fisk — Outstanding DNP Scholarly Project Award

Staff Award Recipients

Jennifer Meyer Dare — Dean's Commitment to Excellence Award

Karen Jackson — Dean's Commitment to Excellence Award

Katie Harrison — Dean's Commitment to Excellence Award

Raymond Brisson — Dean's Commitment to Excellence Award

Karen Judge — Frances Mauney Community and Collaboration Award

Diane Uzarski — Leadership Award

Danett Cantey — Outstanding Service to Students Award

Jackie Allen — Peer to Peer Award

The following employees were awarded Commitment to Excellence Awards during the year: Raymond Brisson, Thomas "Dinky" Brown, Jennifer Chamberlain, Jeffrey Clark, Angela Goss, Penni Graham, Nora Harrington, Katie Harrison, Karen Jackson, Felicia Jenkins, Libby Joyce, Angie Keith, Michele Kuszajewski, Tina Leiter, Karen Lowdermilk, Doreen Matters, Najla McClain, Maggie McDonough, Nicholas McNeill, Jennifer Meyer Dare, Carla Nichols, Wendy Perry, Jed Poston, Susan Ray, Nanika Rhodes, Fred Riley, Denise Williams, Belinda Wisdom

Sigma Theta Tau International Awards

Blair Collins — Ruby L. Wilson Excellence in Clinical Nursing Award

Bonnie Matthews — Thelma Ingles Excellence in Clinical Expertise and Scholarly Activities Award

Lisa Mansfield — Beta Epsilon Chapter Service Award