The Maryland Higher Education Commission recognizes excellence in nursing education.
Five University of Maryland School of Nursing faculty members have received Academic Nurse Educator Certification Awards from the Maryland Higher Education Commission through the Nurse Support Program II.
The faculty were each awarded the maximum amount of $5,000 for demonstrating excellence as an academic nurse educator through achieving the National League for Nursing’s Certified Nurse Educator credential either through initial certification or recertification.
The faculty are:
- Andrea Brassard, PhD, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, CNE, associate professor
- Richard P. Conley Jr., DNP ’20, CRNA, CNE, assistant professor and assistant director, Doctor of Nursing Practice Nurse Anesthesia specialty
- Katie McElroy, PhD ’16, MS ’10, RN ’97, CNE, associate professor and vice chair, Department of Family and Community Health
- Patricia Schaefer, DNP, RN, CNE-cl, CHSE, CNE, assistant professor and director of the simulation labs at the Universities at Shady Grove
- Mary Pat Ulicny, MS ’11, MHA, RN, CNE, CHSE, clinical instructor
pictured, l. to r.: top row: Brassard, Conley, McElroy; bottom row: Schaefer, Ulicny