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College of Nursing Faculty Awards:
***Different from the Collegiate Teaching Award***
Tenure Track Teaching Award, Clinical Track Teaching Award, and Instructional Track Teaching Award
The Faculty Teaching Excellence Award honors a faculty member who contributes to the teaching mission of the College of Nursing by going above and beyond traditional and required teaching responsibilities to engage, coach, and inspire students.
Award criteria and nomination information (pdf)
Current Recipient:
Clinical Track - Ann Weltin
Instructional Track - Jessica Ashlock
Tenure Track - Anna Krupp
Past Recipients:
2022 Clinical Track - Jodi Bloxham
2022 Instructional Track - Lorraine Femino
2021 Clinical Track - Cormac O'Sullivan
2021 Instructional Track - Theresa Bechtel
2021 Tenure Track - Jacinda Bunch
2020 Clinical Track - Virginia Conley
2020 Instructional Track - Kelly Potter
2020 Tenure Track - Catherine Cherwin
2019 Clinical Track - Heather Bair
2019 Instructional Track - Francis Kuehnle
2019 Tenure Track - Patricia Groves
The recipient of the Scholarship Award demonstrates a significant impact on advancing nursing knowledge through distinguished and sustained contributions to nursing and/or healthcare scholarship.
Award criteria and nomination information (pdf)
Current Recipient:
Allison Chi
Past Recipients:
2020 - Emily Sinnwell
The Practice Leadership Award honors a faculty member who demonstrates excellence in patient-centric clinical or professional practice that enhances scholarship and education.
Award criteria and nomination information (pdf)
Current Recipient:
Emily Sinnwell
Past Recipients:
2022 - Maria Lofgren
2021 - Tess Judge-Ellis
2019 - Larry Newman
The Professional Service Award is given in recognition of exemplary contributions to institutional and/or professional service that go above and beyond existing faculty expectations.
Award criteria and nomination information (pdf)
Current Recipient:
Heather Bair
Past Recipients:
2022 - Lindell Joseph
2021 - Lisa Segre
2019 - Daniel Wesemann
The Faculty Mentor Award recipient demonstrates a commitment to foster scholarship and ongoing professional development in other members of the faculty through wise counsel, coaching, and facilitating opportunities for achievement. The recipient embraces a senior-to-junior or peer-to-peer supportive relationship to guide, advise and provide feedback.
Award criteria and nomination information (pdf)
Current Recipient:
Karen Dunn Lopez
Past Recipients:
2022 - Julie Stanik-Hutt
2020 - Diane Huber
2019 - Susan Van Cleve
The Dean’s Award recognizes a faculty member that epitomizes the mission and vision of the College of Nursing. The recipient demonstrates exemplary leadership through innovative and impactful education, research, clinical scholarship, service, and professional practice. In addition, the awardee supports the College of Nursing Pillars of Diversity: Awareness, Integrity, Caring, Respect, Learning, Collaboration, and Cultural Humility.
Award criteria and nomination information (pdf)
Current Recipient:
Daniel Crawford
Past Recipients:
2022 - Melissa Lehan Mackin
2021 - Amalia Gedney-Lose
2020 - Emily SInnwell
Student Mentorship Award, Undergraduate/Graduate Students
The recipient of the Student Mentorship Award demonstrates a commitment to foster scholarship and ongoing professional development in undergraduate or graduate students through wise counsel, coaching, and facilitating opportunities for achievement. Separate awards may be given for undergraduate and graduate mentorship.
Award criteria and nomination information (pdf)
Current Recipient:
Undergraduate - Sarah McVeigh
Graduate - Larry Newman
Past Recipients:
2022 Undergraduate - Jan Miller
2022 Graduate - Daniel Crawford
2021 - Andrea Achenbach
2020 - Stephanie White
The Innovation Award honors a faculty member who demonstrates a commitment to innovation by re-envisioning traditional models, approaches, concepts, or methods. The awardee exhibits a forward-thinking approach that stimulates, inspires and challenges the status quo.
Award criteria and nomination information (pdf)
Current Recipient:
Theresa Bechtel
Past Recipients:
2022 - Krista Ford
2020 - Amany Farag

Nomination Deadline
Nominations are closed. Please check back in spring 2024. Reach out to Molly James, molly-james@uiowa.edu, with questions.