Category Archives: Awards & Kudos

Meet the 2021 Helene Fuld Health Trust scholars who are changing careers to change lives as nurses. An educator from a low-income immigrant family. A private pilot. An NCAA soccer standout. These are some of this year’s Helene Fuld Health Trust scholars who are now called to care for others. Thanks to the generosity of […]

Dr. Elizabeth Kinchen honored for outstanding contributions to holistic nursing The Global Academy of Holistic Nursing has inducted Elizabeth (Lisa) Kinchen, PhD, RN, AHN-BC into its inaugural class of scholars. Scholars were recognized during a virtual ceremony of the academy on June 26, 2021. Kinchen was honored as a Scholar of the Global Academy of […]

This past Saturday at the UCF College of Nursing 40th Anniversary Virtual Gala, 40 outstanding Knight nurse alumni were honored for their contributions to the profession. Awardees are shining bright and reaching for the stars to positively impact the health of their communities as practitioners, leaders, entrepreneurs, educators and researchers. Meet the Awardees

Congratulations to the three College of Nursing faculty who were honored by UCF with 2021 research and teaching incentive awards. This year’s award recipients from the College of Nursing are: Research Incentive Award Mindi Anderson, PhD, APRN, CPNP-PC, CNE, CHSE-A, ANEF, FAAN Ladda Thiamwong, PhD, RN Teaching Incentive Program Award Mindi Anderson Stephen D. Heglund […]

Syretta Spears, assistant director of the UCF Simulation, Technology, Innovation and Modeling (STIM) Center in the College of Nursing, is among the world’s first 25 professionals to receive the advanced certified healthcare simulation operations specialist (CHSOS-A) designation from the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. In addition, in other related news, the College of Nursing’s Healthcare […]

Five College of Nursing faculty members and one undergraduate student were among the honorees at this year’s event, which recognizes outstanding academic achievements. On April 7, UCF celebrated the outstanding academic achievements of faculty members and students at the annual Founders’ Day Honors Convocation. Among the Founders’ Day Awards recipients recognized at this year’s virtual […]

Burnett Honors College scholar and BSN student Sadie Richards is among 23 recipients of this year’s Order of Pegasus, the university’s most prestigious student award. “I am passionate about education and I hold myself to high standards,” says Sadie Richards, a senior in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program and 2021 recipient of […]

Fellowship honors outstanding leadership and achievements in the profession   The National Academies of Practice (NAP) has inducted Veronica Decker, DNP, MBA, APRN, PMHCNS-BC, FNAP, assistant professor in the UCF College of Nursing, in the Class of 2021 Distinguished Fellows (FNAP). Fellows were recognized in a virtual induction ceremony during the NAP Annual Meeting & […]

Professor Mindi Anderson, inaugural director of UCF’s Healthcare Simulation graduate program in the College of Nursing, today was named 2020 Educator of the Year by the international Society for Simulation in Healthcare. In addition to her accomplishments and research, Anderson’s “growing national and international reputation as an independent investigator and major contributor in advancing the […]

UCF has named 23 students as recipients of the Order of Pegasus, the university’s most prestigious student award. Among this year’s award recipients is Sadie Richards, a College of Nursing undergraduate and Burnett Honors College student. The winners will be honored at a ceremony March 26. Read More