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Decker College presents awards, holds nursing society induction

More than two dozen graduating students from the nursing and public health divisions in Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences received awards at the college's virtual ceremony in May. Shown are award recipients (top left to bottom right) Gwendolyn Lee, Ivo Kennedy, Dana Strenkova, Alison Wang, Michael Christmas, Jessica Carr, Aysha Bhutta and Moses Reyes. More than two dozen graduating students from the nursing and public health divisions in Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences received awards at the college's virtual ceremony in May. Shown are award recipients (top left to bottom right) Gwendolyn Lee, Ivo Kennedy, Dana Strenkova, Alison Wang, Michael Christmas, Jessica Carr, Aysha Bhutta and Moses Reyes.
More than two dozen graduating students from the nursing and public health divisions in Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences received awards at the college's virtual ceremony in May. Shown are award recipients (top left to bottom right) Gwendolyn Lee, Ivo Kennedy, Dana Strenkova, Alison Wang, Michael Christmas, Jessica Carr, Aysha Bhutta and Moses Reyes.
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Binghamton University’s Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences held its annual, year-end awards ceremony as a virtual event this year: the ceremony was recorded and presented via this video.

The event included awards for undergraduate and graduate nursing students from the college’s Decker School of Nursing, as well as students from the Master of Public Health program in its School of Applied Health Sciences.

In addition, 51 undergraduate and 10 graduate students were inducted into the Zeta Iota Chapter of the Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) Honor Society of Nursing. The chapter also awarded its annual scholarship.

Below is a list of the award winners.

UNDERGRADUATE NURSING AWARDS

• SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence: Alyssa G. Vilda

• Martha Harnick Bress ’69 Nursing Award: Hikari Ochi

• Mary Pillepich Award for Excellence in Nursing Practice: Moses Reyes

• Decker Foundation Award for Clinical Excellence: Megan McWhorter

• Decker Foundation Award for Academic Excellence: Corinna Ridgeway and Christina R. Waite

• Decker School of Nursing Academic Excellence Award: Brianna Boccard, Nadine Brown, Kathleen O’Brien, Leah Shokrian and Anne E. Welte

• Undergraduate Grace L. Penny Memorial Award: Alyssa G. Vilda

• Heidi and Joel Thirer Award for Leadership and Community Service: Alicia A. Hernandez, Rachel Lehman, Gwendolyn X. Lee and Gaylenis Mendez

• Robert Diute Memorial Award: Julia M. Rhodes

• Jessica Mally Memorial Award: Moses Reyes and Megan McWhorter

• Sara Ainspan Memorial Award: James A. Wilkinson

• Dennis Jimenez Memorial Award: Michael Christmas and Alison Wang

• UHS Nursing Practice Award: Brianna Thomas

GRADUATE NURSING AWARDS

• Grace L. Penny Memorial Award: Michelle (Kober) Kessler ’19

• Excellence in Advanced Nursing Practice Award in Adult Gerontological Nursing: Lauren B. Hehir ’17

• Excellence in Advanced Nursing Practice Award in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: Nicholas A. Nowalk

• Excellence in Advanced Nursing Award in Family Nursing: Jessica D. Carr and Heidi J. Roggie

• Excellence in Advanced Nursing Practice Award in Community Health Nursing: Danielle M. Mejias and Dana Strenkova

• Excellence in Advanced Nursing Educator Award: Wendi F. Gallagher ’92, ’94

• Excellence in Nursing PhD Award: Susan Mueller (for fall 2020) and Catherine Rewakowski, MS ’19 (for spring 2021)

MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAM AWARDS

• Academic Excellence in Public Health Award: Tyler Conzone ’19

• Excellence in Public Health Practice Award: Ted Vanluvender ’17

• Excellence in Community Engagement Award: Ivo Kennedy ’19

• Public Health Leadership Award: Aysha Bhutta

• Scholarship in Public Health Award: Cindy Courtney

• Professionalism in Public Health Award: Shaina Wilson

• Advocacy in Public Health Award: Mitchell Brooks

• Public Health Community Service Award: Aaron DeLeon ’19

• Public Health Trailblazer Award: Max Goldfarb ’18

SIGMA THETA TAU

• Sigma Theta Tau Scholarship Award: Michelle (Kober) Kessler ’19

• Sigma Theta Tau inductees:

  • Kate Annesi
  • Lily Balsen
  • Jessica Binkewicz
  • Nadine Brown
  • Marie Cadet-Bouzi
  • Jaira Cantor
  • Whella Carino
  • Erica Carr
  • Ye Seul Chae
  • Josephine Chen-Ying
  • Brianna Chernick
  • Rebbecca Cohen
  • Gabby Cornelious
  • Emily Culbert
  • Gianna Degrezia
  • Jamie DeTingo
  • Colleen Ellis
  • Delaney English
  • Haley Everding
  • Olivia Hardy
  • Dori Hicks
  • Kelly Huang
  • Melissa Isaac-Green
  • Sydney Joseph
  • Madelyn Kapelus
  • Summer Kester
  • Victoria Klarmann
  • Madison Koloski
  • Andrea Kovac
  • Emily Kuehnle
  • Sara Leab
  • Rachel Lehman
  • Katherine Leonard
  • TJ Leong
  • Olivia Lin
  • Amanda Longo
  • Josephine Ma
  • Mia Malandruccolo
  • Megan McWhorter
  • Caitlin Melvin
  • Nicole Metrick
  • Sara Nelson
  • Margaret Olson
  • Clare Pierret
  • Jacqueline Pina
  • Kathryn Podeszwa
  • Melanye Rockwell
  • Allison Roma
  • Hannah Rousell
  • Stephie Safari
  • Leah Shokrian
  • Sydney Sullivan
  • Alyssa Vilda
  • Christina Waite
  • Leah Warth
  • Nadia Wasserman
  • Isabella Weiner
  • Rachel Widrick
  • Sydney Wielstein
  • Sarah Willis
  • Catherine Wong
  • Ruining Xu

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