Nursing Alumni Awards
The School of Nursing seeks nominations annually for alumni awards. Alumni of our great school are some of the most accomplished nursing professionals in the world, supporting the health of hundreds of thousands of individuals around the globe. The alumni awards program was created as a means to recognize our alumni whose career contributions in nursing or health care have been distinctive for their impact to the profession of nursing and the community in which they serve.
Since 2017, the UMSN Alumni Awards Committee has presented the Distinguished Alumni Award (now named Career Lifetime Achievement Award). Additional awards offered are: the Early Career Achievement Award, the Excellence in Clinical Practice Award, the Excellence in Nursing Research and Scholarship Award, and the Social and Political Advocacy Award.
Nominations for the 2023 year have closed. Nominations for 2024 will open in the spring of 2024.
Previous Alumni Award winners
- 2023 - Dr. Chin Hwa (Gina) Dahlem (MS 2005, Ph.D. 2010) – Excellence in Nursing Research and Scholarship Award
- 2023 – Dr. Suzanne Miyamoto (BSN 2002, MS 2004, Ph.D. 2009) – Social and Political Advocacy Award
- 2023 – Dr. Daniel Pesut ((Ph.D. 1984) – Career Lifetime Achievement Award
- 2022 - Dr. Kristen Choi (BSN '14, Ph.D '17) - Early Career Achievement Award
- 2022 - Dr. Dana Tschannen (BSN '97, MSN '02, Ph.D. '05) - Excellence in Clinical Practice Award
- 2022 - Dr. Doris Grinspun (MSN '91) - Career Lifetime Achievement Award
- 2021 - Dr. Joyce Thompson (BSN '64) - Distinguished Alumni Award
- 2020 - Dr. Linda Everett (Ph.D. '98) - Distinguished Alumni Award
- 2019 - Dr. Jane Barnsteiner (Ph.D. ’84) - Distinguished Alumni Award
- 2018 - Dr. Helen Erickson (BSN '74, MS '76) - Distinguished Alumni Award
- 2017 - Dr. Joanne Disch (Ph.D. '85) - Distinguished Alumni Award
Questions
If you have any questions about eligibility or the nomination process, please contact the U-M School of Nursing Alumni Relations Liaison, Coreen Abston at cabston@umich.edu or 734-647-9474.