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Two University of Minnesota Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) students were elected to statewide leadership positions within the Minnesota Student Nurses’ Association (MSNA). Junior Jon Nghiem was elected MSNA director of communications and sophomore Julianne Pekala was elected Breakthrough to Nursing Committee chair.

Professor Susan O’Conner-Von, PhD, RN, was named a recipient of the 2018-2019 Award for Outstanding Contributions to Graduate and Professional Education by the University of Minnesota. This honor is awarded to exceptional candidates nominated by colleges in their quest to identify excellence in graduate and professional education.

Two School of Nursing faculty are being honored by the Women’s Health Leadership Trust. Professor Carolyn Porta, PhD, RN, SANE-A, FAAN, received the Leadership Award, which recognizes women who are viewed by their peers, superiors and business partners as exceptional leaders by being imaginative, creative, resourceful, encouraging and results-oriented.

Assistant Professor Rozina Bhimani, PhD, DNP, APRN,FNP-BC,  CNE, has been awarded a grant from the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses’ Rehabilitation Nursing Foundation for her research, Effects of Mobilization Patterns on Spasticity Symptom Cluster: Understanding Functional Outcomes.

Nathan Grumdahl’s work at Northeast Middle School in Minneapolis requires more than Band-Aids and ice packs

The eighth edition of Complementary & Alternative Therapies in Nursing won an American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award, placing third in the Adult Primary Care category. The book was edited by Professor Ruth Lindquist, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, FAHA, FAAN, Associate Professor Mary Fran Tracy, PhD, RN, CCNS, and Professor Emeritus Mariah Snyder, PhD, RN.