Nominations for faculty, staff awards due March 15

Nominations for the Rosalee C. Yeaworth Teaching Excellence Award, as well as other College of Nursing faculty and staff awards, now are open. Dean Yeaworth, pictured, led the College of Nursing from 1979-1994.

Nominations are now being accepted for the annual College of Nursing faculty and staff awards. Criteria and eligibility are different for each award, but all nominations are due by March 15. The awards are:


  • The Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award
  • The Rosalee C. Yeaworth Teaching Excellence Award
  • The Ada M. Lindsey Professional Service Award
  • Kathryn Sandahl Philp Award for Creativity and Innovation
  • The Pennie Z. Davis Faculty Research Award
  • Donna Westmoreland Excellence in Faculty Mentoring Award
  • College of Nursing Spirit of Shared Governance Recognition
  • Distinguished Team Award
  • Staff Excellence Award
  • Staff Leadership Award
  • Staff Spirit Award
  • Ada M. Lindsey Professional Staff Service Award

View the website
for more information, or to nominate someone for an award, or:


  • Go to http://www.unmc.edu/nursing
  • Click on the Faculty & Staff link in the upper right corner
  • Click on the ‘Nominate Now!’ image under ‘2022 Faculty/Staff Award Nominations’
  • Summaries of all 12 awards are displayed including links to detailed pages for each award
  • Each detailed page lists all eligibility and criteria information for that award
  • Completed nominations can be sent to the chairperson of the selection committee whose contact e-mail and mailing address are listed.

Awards will be presented May 11.