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Faculty awarded funds for completing or renewing their Certified Nurse Educator credential.


Ten University of Maryland School of Nursing faculty members have received Academic Nurse Educator Certification (ANEC) Awards granted by the Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC) through the Nurse Support Program (NSP) 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 (CNE) credential either through initial certification or recertification. The faculty are:

  • Susan L. Bindon, DNP, RN, NPD-BC, CNE, CNE-cl, associate professor and associate dean for faculty development
  • Tolvalyn Dennison, MSN, RN, AGCNS-BC, CNE, clinical Instructor
  • Ann G. Hoffman, DNP, RN, CPN, CNE, assistant professor
  • Maeve Howett, PhD, APRN, CPNP-PC, CNE, professor and associate dean for the baccalaureate program
  • Maranda Jackson-Parkin, PhD, CRNP-BC, ACNP, CCNS, CCRN-K, CNE, assistant professor
  • Tabitha Legambi, DNP, RN, CEN, CNE, assistant professor
  • Sandra Lucci, PhD, RN, CNE, CMSRN, assistant professor
  • Carol A. O'Neil, PhD, RN, CNE, associate professor
  • Tonya Schneidereith, PhD, CRNP, PPCNP-BC, CPNP-AC, CNE, CHSE-A, ANEF, FAAN, associate professor
  • Rebecca Weston, EdD, MSN, RN, CNE, assistant professor

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Top, l to r: Bindon, Dennison, Hoffman, Howett, and Jackson-Parkin. Bottom, l to r: Legambi, Lucci, O'Neil, Schneidereith, and Weston. 

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