Nursing promotions and recognition

Miranda Kliment, PhD

Promotions

The following nursing faculty recently earned promotions:

Kelly Gonzales, PhD, assistant professor to associate professor, effective July 1, 2022

Myra Schmaderer, PhD, from assistant professor to associate professor with continuous appointment, effective July 1, 2022

Leeza Struwe, PhD, from assistant professor to associate professor, effective July 1, 2022

Honors and awards

The UNMC College of Nursing congratulates the following students and faculty on honors earned in the summer and fall of 2022:

Dean Juliann Sebastian, PhD, received the 2022 Extraordinary Achievement in Nursing Award from the Nebraska Nurses Association.

Windy Alonso, PhD, received the American Heart Association’s Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing 2022 Marie Cowan Promising Early Career Investigator Award.

Mariya Kovaleva, PhD, received the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association Foundation’s 2022 Virginia Lee Cora Award, which provides support for her study, “Telehealth Transitional Care for Persons Living with Dementia:  A Feasibility Study.”

Bunny Pozehl, PhD, received the 2022 Kathleen Dracup Distinguished Lecture and Exemplary Career in Mentoring Award from the American Heart Association.

Summer Undergraduate Research Program Poster Session Awardees:

  • Gracie Finn
  • Nicole Hollander
  • Chloe Hammond
  • Sierra Conway

2022-23 Presidential Graduate Fellow:

  • Abbey Klein, PhD candidate in nursing

The Niedfelt Nursing Research Center selected six applicants to the 2022 UNMC CON NNRC/CENTRIC NIH R Series Grantsmanship Training Award. They are:

  • Windy Alonso, PhD
  • Beth Beam,PhD
  • Mariya Kovaleva, PhD
  • Jennifer Miller, PhD
  • Sheri Rowland, PhD
  • Myra Schmaderer, PhD

Interprofessional Academy of Educator inductees:

  • Steph Burgh, DNP
  • Margaret Emerson, DNP
  • Amy Ford, DNP
  • Annette Kasselman
  • Jessica Semin, DNP

Gold U:

Diane Feldman, LRC coordinator, Kearney Division

Amelia Stoltman, administrator

Silver U:

Miranda Kliment, PhD, assistant professor, Lincoln Division