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The Minnesota Nursing Student Board (MNSB) received the Tony Diggs Excellence Award for Outstanding Collaboration for its work on Wellness Week.
The MNSB collaborated with six student boards to organize the first Wellness Week in November 2018, highlighting many of the University resources that encourage mental, physical and nutritional wellness and each of the boards hosted activities. The MNSB hosted a Nutrition Day where it provided information about nutrition and made protein bites for students.

Associate Professor Karen Monsen, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAMIA, received two awards at the Midwest Nursing Research Society’s 43rd Annual Research Conference held in Kansas City March 27-30.

Assistant Professor Carrie Neerland, PhD, APRN, CNM, FACNM, was named a finalist for the 2019 Mary Ann Shah New Author Award awarded by the Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health. This award is given to a certified nurse-midwife who publishes for the first time as the primary author of an original research or review article in the journal. Neerland was the primary author of Maternal Confidence for Physiology Childbirth: A Concept Analysis.

Professor Susan O’Conner-Von, PhD, RN, was named a recipient of the 2018-2019 Award for Outstanding Contributions to Graduate and Professional Education by the University of Minnesota. This honor is awarded to exceptional candidates nominated by colleges in their quest to identify excellence in graduate and professional education.

Professor Ruth Lindquist, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN, was inducted into the Academies for Excellence in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Each year the Academic Health Center at the University of Minnesota identifies the most distinguished scientists, educators and clinicians within its ranks to be inducted into the Academies for Excellence.

An exemplary partnership between the University of Minnesota School of Nursing and Fairview Health Services/University of Minnesota Health system was recognized in Washington DC this week by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing for its national leadership and innovation.