Congratulations to UMSON’s December 2025 Faculty and Staff Award Recipients
January 02, 2026

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