Story Archive

Three nursing students were named recipients of the President’s Student Leadership and Service Award for their exceptional leadership and service to the University of Minnesota and the surrounding community.

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) students Courtney Kenefick, BSN, RN, CPN, and Veronica Callaghan, BSN, RN, were named recipients of the Sandra R. Edwardson Award for Excellence in Post-Baccalaureate DNP Scholarly Project.

The School of Nursing celebrated faculty and staff at the Spring Gala in May.

Clinical Associate Professor Barbara Peterson, PhD, PMHCNS, APRN, FNAP, was inducted into the National Academies of Practice.

Professor Wendy Looman’s abstract Resilience and Wellbeing: Youth Perceptions of Protective Factors During Normative and Non-Normative Stressors was named a Distinguished Abstract among all abstracts submitted for paper presentation to the Midwest Nursing Research Society 2022 Annual Research Conference.

Christine Mueller, PhD, RN, FGSA, FAAN, professor and senior executive associate dean for Academic Programs, received designation as a Distinguished Educator in Nursing from the National Hartford Center for Gerontological Nursing Excellence (NHCGNE). She was also elected to the NHCGNE Board of Directors.