Awards and Honors

Clinical Assistant Professor Linnea Benike, DNP, RN, PCCN, CNE, earned certification through the National League for Nursing as a Certified Nurse Educator (CNE).

Professor Donna Bliss, PhD, CCRN, was appointed to the Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research Board of Directors. The two-year term will begin Jan. 1, 2023.

Assistant Professor Cynthia Bradley, PhD, RN, CNE, CHSE, will be inducted into the prestigious Academy of Nursing Education by the National League for Nursing.

Clinical Assistant Professor Joanne Donnelly, DNP, APRN, CRNA, was elected to the Board of Directors for the Minnesota Association of Nurse Anesthetists.

Clinical Professor Cheri Friedrich, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC, FNAP, is serving as president of the Association of Faculties of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners.

Clinical Associate Professor Lisa Martin, PhD, RN, PHN, AHN-BC, FAAN, was named a Global Health Scholar. Her area of interest as a global health scholar is a scoping review of the literature/state of science on global Indigenization research and its application to nursing curricula.

Christine Mueller, PhD, RN, FGSA, FAAN, professor and senior executive associate dean for academic programs, served on the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Committee on the Quality of Care in Nursing Homes. Mueller was also appointed by Gov. Tim Walz to the Minnesota Board on Aging.