Accolades

The Edson College of Nursing and Nursing Innovation is proud to be recognized for our achievements in academics and faculty members.

College Recognition

Ranked #45 for DNP program in the country as ranked by U.S. News & World Report.

Ranked #40 for MSN program in the country as ranked by U.S. News & World Report.

Ranked #46 in Most Social Media Friendly Nursing Schools in the country by GraduateNursingEDU.org

2015 American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Exemplary Academic-Practice Partnership Award for partnership with Mayo Clinic. 

Individual Recognition

National Faculty Awards

Doody's Review Service Perfect Score - 100 points / 5-star review
Leadership in Nursing Practice, Second Edition
Kathy Malloch, PhD, MBA, RN, FAAN

Fulbright Senior Scholar
Pauline Komnenich, 1999

Fulbright Scholar
Elizabeth Reifsnider, 2019

Rosalynn Carter National Leadership Award in Caregiving
David Coon, 2013

Ruth B. Freeman Award from American Public Health Association
Elizabeth Reifsnider, 2013

National Faculty Nursing Awards

American Academy of Nursing Living Legend
Barbara Durand, 2014 – Dean Emerita 
 
American Academy of Nursing Fellows (FAAN)
Johannah Uriri-Glover, 2021
Judith Karshmer, 2015
Katherine Kenny, 2015
Jennifer Mensik, 2014 (former faculty – not emeritus - no longer teaching with us)
Nelma Shearer, 2013 - Emeritus
Shannon Dirksen, 2012 -Emeritus
Debra Hagler, 2012
Marianne McCarthy, 2012 -Emeritus
Cheryl Schmidt, 2012
Colleen Keller, 2011 - Emeritus
Denise Link, 2011- Emeritus
Elizabeth Reifsnider, 2011
Bronwynne Evans, 2010 -Emeritus
Carol Baldwin, 2009 - Emeritus
Kathy Malloch, 2004
Susan Mattson, 2004 - Emeritus
Karen Marek, 2001  in memorium (She passed away in 2020)
Julie Fleury, 1998
Gerri Lamb, 1993
Barbara Durand, 1981 – Dean Emerita 
 
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Fellows (FAANP)
 Angela Chia-Chen Chen  - 2023  (Can’t post this until after she is inducted in June)
Melanie Brewer - 2014 (no longer faculty - is an alum)
Charlotte Thrall, 2018 (No longer faculty - is an alum)
Judith O'Haver, 2017 (No longer faculty - is an alum)
Heather Ross, 2017
Diana Jacobson, 2015 (Emeritus faculty and alum)
Elizabeth Reifsnider, 2014
Katherine Kenny, 2013
Denise Link, 2013
Marianne McCarthy, 2012 –Emeritus
Carol Moffett, 2012
Evelyn Cesarotti, 2011  - Emeritus
Donna Velasquez, 2008 – Alum - retired but not Emeritus
 
National Academies of Practice Fellows (FNAP)
Margaret Yancy, 2015 - Emeritus
Diane Nunez, 2014
Marianne McCarthy, 2010 - Emeritus
Colleen Keller, 2006 - Emeritus
Denise Link, 2005 – Emeritus
 
NLN Academy of Nursing Education Fellows (ANEF)
Karen Saewert, 2010
Debra Hagler, 2009
Bronwynne Evans, 2007 -Emeritus
 
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nursing Fellows
Teri Pipe, 2014 
 
Western Academy of Nurses (WAN)
Pauline Komnenich, 2018
Elizabeth Reifsnider, 2018 
Bronwynne Evans, 2015 -Emeritus
Donna Velasquez, 2014 – Retired – not emeritus 
Shannon Dirksen, 2010 - Emeritus
Gerri Lamb, 2005
Susan Mattson, 2004 - Emeritus
  
Molly Maxwell - Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America  5.2022

American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Book of the Year
Shannon Dirksen, 2014, 2007
Carol Baldwin, 2013, 2011
Julie Fleury, 2012
Denise Link, 2011
Kathleen Malloch, 2010, 2009, 2007, 2005
Johannah Uriri-Glover, 2008