SCHOOL NEWS
BRIEFLY New associate dean for research named
Spillane receives advocacy award
Professor Diane TreatJacobson, PhD, RN, FAAN, was named the School of Nursing’s associate dean for research, beginning in July. Professor Ann Garwick, PhD, RN, LMFT, LP, FAAN, the current senior executive associate dean for research, began a two-year phased retirement in January.
School receives PracticePartnership award The American Association of Colleges of Nursing selected the University of Minnesota School of Nursing and Fairview Health Services/University of Minnesota Health to receive the 2017 AACN Exemplary Academic-Practice Partnership Award. The award is in recognition of the accomplishments of the Nursing Collaboratory, which is a partnership of the three organizations recognized by a memorandum of understanding.
School earns diversity award The School of Nursing was awarded the 2017 Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine. This is the second time the school has received this award, which recognizes schools with an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion.
John Spillane, of Wayzata, received the school’s Richard Olding Beard Award. The award recognizes a non-nurse whose foresight, wisdom and advocacy for the nursing profession have led to better health care for all. Spillane, a School of Nursing Foundation Board member and business executive, has served as a tireless advocate and volunteer helping the school remain at the forefront of nursing education. His work with the school began with the establishment of the Elva Walker Spillane Leadership and Innovation Fund in honor of his late wife.
Visiting scholars from Taiwan, South Korea Bi-Lian Chen joins the school as a visiting scholar from Taiwan. She is an informatics nursing specialist at the Taichung Veterans General Hospital Nursing Department and a PhD candidate at the National Yang-Ming University Institute of Nursing. While at the School of Nursing, she is engaged in the project Prediction Inpatient Re-admission on Discharge Plan and Nursing Care Plan. Yeoungsuk Song joins the school as a visiting scholar from South Korea. Song is an associate professor at Kyungpook National University College of Nursing and will work to advance her research and scholarship in the areas of cardiovascular nursing and complementary therapies.
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