left: Beth Galik accepting Dean Jane M. Kirschling Excellence in Leadership Award from Dean Yolanda Ogbou; right: Ayamba Ayuk-Brown

Congratulations to the UMSON December 2025 award recipients who were honored at the All-School Assembly, Dec. 12.

Awards included:

Staff Excellence

  • Ayamba Ayuk-Brown, MBA, business operations director, Office of Research and Scholarship 

Dean Jane M. Kirschling Excellence in Leadership Award

  • Elizabeth "Beth" Galik, PhD, CRNP, FAAN, FAANP, professor and chair, Department of Organizational Systems and Adult Health

pictured, l. to. r: Galik (left), accepting her award from Yolanda Ogbolu, PhD, NNP, FNAP, FAAN, the Bill and Joanne Conway Dean of the University of Maryland School of Nursing (right), during the All-School Assembly; Ayuk-Brown

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