End of Year Faculty and Staff Awards 2023

Jennifer Truax, center, an instructor of clinical nursing, received the 2023 Outstanding Faculty Colleague Award.

Susan Blaakman, Professor and Director of the Family Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program, received the 2023 Professional Advancement Award.

Clinical Site & Preceptor Administrator Karen Kirkey, right, received the 2023 Outstanding Staff Member of the Year Award.

Dean Lisa Kitko presents the Outstanding Staff Colleague Award to Susan Jones, administrative assistant to the accelerated bachelor's program.

Assistant Professor Chen Zhang recieved the 2023 Mary Dombeck Diversity Enhancement Faculty Award.

Tara Serwetnyk received an award from the Pamela & Jeremy A. Klainer Entrepreneurship Fund in support of her research.

The 2023 Staff Super Hero Award was presented to Education Systems Administrator Jennifer Taranto.

Lisa Norsen, Chief Wellness Officer for the Center for Employee Wellness, was recognized with the 2023 Most Outstanding Scholarly Practitioner Award.

Assistant Professor Caitlin Dreisbach received the 2023 Most Promising New Investigator Award.

Chen Zhang received an award from the Pamela & Jeremy A. Klainer Entrepreneurship Fund in support of her research.

The Dean's Appreciation Award was presented to the team that coordinated the School of Nursing's Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education reaccreditation visit and materials: Katie Helbig, Margaret Carno, Jennifer Taranto, Lisa Brophy, and Lydia Rotondo.