The New Nurse Faculty Fellowship is designed to assist Maryland nursing programs in recruiting and retaining new nursing faculty.
Eight University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) faculty members have been named Maryland state New Nurse Faculty Fellows. These awards are part of the Nurse Support Program II, a statewide initiative funded by the Health Services Cost Review Commission and administered by the Maryland Higher Education Commission.
The New Nurse Faculty Fellowship is for new nursing faculty members and helps cover the expenses of their graduate education. It was designed to assist Maryland nursing programs recruit and retain new nursing faculty, to produce the additional nursing graduates Maryland’s hospitals and health systems need.
pictured, top row, l. to r.: Nicole Akparewa, Caitlin Donis, Angelica Fernandez-Dizon, Kimberly Hampton; bottom row, l. to r.: LaWanda Herron, Martine Kirwin, Kaitlin Shapelow, Cory Stephens