UMSON receives 11 of the 54 awards issued statewide, representing more than a fifth of all ANEC awards conferred this year.
Baltimore, Md. – Eleven University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) faculty members have been recognized with Academic Nurse Educator Certification (ANEC) Awards from the Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC) through the Nurse Support Program (NSP) II. UMSON received 11 of the 54 awards issued statewide, representing more than a fifth of all ANEC awards conferred this year.
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 (CNE) credential, either through initial certification or recertification. The faculty are:
- Susan L. Bindon, DNP ’11, MS ’96, RN, NPD-BC, CNE, FAAN, ANEF, associate professor, associate dean for faculty development, and director of the Institute for Educators
- Naomi Cross, MSN, RN, C-EFM, CNE, clinical instructor
- Amy L. Daniels, PhD ’18, MS ’12, BSN ’89, RN, CHSE-A, CNE, director of clinical simulation and assistant professor
- Malissa da Graça, DNP ’21, MS ’07, RNC, FNP-C, CNE, assistant professor
- Melissa McClean, MSN, ANP-BC, NP-C, ACHPN, CN, clinical instructor
- Sun Young “Sunny” Park, DNP ’22, MS ’17, CNE, FNP-C, CNE, assistant professor
- Mary Grace “Molly” Renfrow, DNP ’18, FNP, CNE, assistant professor
- Ciara Smith, DNP, PMHNP-BC, CNE, assistant professor
- Taylor Jones Swing, DNP ’18, RN, CRNP-PC, CNE, assistant professor
- Cory Stephens, DNP, RN, NI-BC, CPHIMS, FHIMSS, CNE, assistant professor
- Rebecca N. Weston, EdD, MSN, RN, CNE, assistant professor
pictured, top row, l. to r., Bindon, Cross, Daniels, da Graca, McClean; bottom row, l. to r.: Park, Renfrow, Smith, Jones Swing, Weston; not pictured: Stephens