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Dean's Monthly Communication: May 2006

Message from Dean Woods
Having just celebrated Administrative Professionals Week, it seems timely for us to launch our electronic newsletter for the School of Nursing and a new program for employee recognition. The Staff Advisory Council (SAC) has recently completed a new Web site dedicated to employee recognition. In addition to updated criteria and new submission guidelines for the Above & Beyond awards, it offers links to other School and University awards and suggestions for other avenues of staff recognition. I would like to thank SAC members for their efforts on this over the past two years, with a special thank you to Linda Burton for keeping the dialogue going. Feel free to send them your comments.
—Nancy Fugate Woods, PhD, RN, FAAN

Faculty
Margaret Heitkemper, professor and Chair of BNHS, was appointed to the National Commission on Digestive Diseases.

Eleanor Bond, professor, Dept. of BNHS, was appointed January 1, 2006, as the Susan and Michael Cummings Term Professor in Nursing.

Marcia Killien, professor, Dept. of FCN, and Martha Lentz, research professor, Dept. of BNHS, were both elected to the Western Academy of Nursing.

Marjorie Muecke, professor, Dept. of PCH, has been appointed to the Global Affairs Retreat Planning Committee by the Provost's Office.

Staff
Mark Squire has been hired as the new BNHS research grant manager. His start date was May 18, 2006. Mark has served as the assistant to the chair, Kristen Swanson, FCN, since April 2001.

Kevin Kovach, administrative coordinator, and Dora Tkach, program coordinator, were recently hired in BNHS. Kevin and Dora work on a variety of research and training grants.

Andrea Perkins, assistant to the Dean, and Mark Squire both received their gold pin for five years of service to the University.

Honors and Awards
Deborah Ward, professor, Dept. of PCH, is this year's recipient of the distinguished Sandy Eyres Staff Advisory Council Faculty Appreciation Award. Ward has been chosen by staff for this award to acknowledge her demonstrated long-standing commitment to the mature, professional, courteous and respectful treatment of staff. Other nominees included: Catherine Carr, Gail Kieckhefer, Carole Schroeder, Elaine Thompson and Joie Whitney.

Deborah Kelly, professor, Dept. of BNHS, is the recipient of the Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award. Other nominees included: Jean Blue, Phyllis Christianson, Mickey Deelstra, Susan Landis, Barbara Waggoner and Juvann Wolfe.

Sarah Shannon, professor, Dept. of BNHS, is the recipient of the Rheba de Tornyay Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. The other nominee for this award was Vicky Hertig.

Karen Schepp, professor, Dept. of PCH, is the recipient of the Sandra Eyres Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching. Other nominees included: Basia Belza, Phyllis Christianson, Betty Gallucci, Carol Landis and Terri Simpson.

Rebecca Kang, professor, Dept. of PCH, is the recipient of the Excellence in Promoting Diversity in Teaching Award. Kang is the first recipient of this award. Other nominees included: Annie Bruck and Karen Schepp.

Gulrose Jiwani, PhD student, has been chosen as the 2006–2007 Magnuson Scholar.

Martina Gallagher, FCN postdoc, received the Best Student Poster Award at the 2006 Western Institute of Nursing Conference. Her poster was based on her excellent qualitative research on child health promotion practices used by mothers of Mexican descent.

Carolyn Chow, director of admissions and multicultural student affairs, was elected president of the national organization of Graduate Nursing Admissions Professionals.

Dean Nancy Woods will receive the Doctor of Philosophy Honoris Causa from the University of Haifa, Israel, on May 21.

SoN in the News
During Dean Nancy Woods's visit to the University of Indiana, she was interviewed for the radio show "Sound Medicine." Listen to it online.

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