College Awards

Johnson Beth-El College of Nursing & Health Sciences

About the Awards

Welcome to the Johnson Beth-El College of Nursing & Health Sciences Awards, where we honor exceptional contributions to research, teaching, service, and staff performance. These awards recognize the hard work and dedication of our community in advancing healthcare education and practice.

Awards

Research, Scholarship, and Creative Work Award

The college Outstanding Research, Scholarship, and Creative Work Awards recognize instructional, research, and clinical faculty, pre-tenured faculty, and tenured faculty who have demonstrated exemplary contributions to their dedicated field of research, scholarship, and/or creative work.

Service Award

The College Outstanding Service Awards honor non-tenure track faculty, pre-tenured faculty, and tenured faculty who have demonstrated exemplary leadership to their department, college, university, and respective professional field.

Staff Award

The College Outstanding Staff Awards honors individuals who are dedicated and make significant contributions to the college mission. 

Teaching Award

The College Outstanding Teaching Awards recognize non-tenure track faculty, pre-tenured faculty, and tenured faculty who have demonstrated exemplary contributions to student learning.

Request for Online Initiative Funds

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Due to temporary (2024-2027) university funding, Johnson Beth-El is offering opportunities for interested faculty to request financial support for the development of various online initiatives.

Learn about Request for Online Initiative Funds

Presentation Incentive

The JBE Presentation Incentive will be used to supplement faculty/staff participation in domestic and foreign conferences (including virtual) at which the faculty/staff are scheduled to present. These funds are used to reimburse for allowable conference related expenses, such as conference registration, transportation, lodging, meals, and childcare expenses associated with dates of travel/presentation.

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Enter the amount of money are you requesting with this application (maximum of $500).  
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Please provide the location (city and state) of the conference or event. 
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Publication Incentive

The JBE Publication Incentive will be used to supplement the continued research of faculty/staff. These funds can be used for research related expenses, such as conference travel, research equipment, research assistant salary, participant incentives.

Peer Review
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Previous Award Winners

Outstanding Research Award:
Brynn Adamson, 2024-25 (Tenured Track Faculty)
Joey Lee, 2022-23 (Tenure Track Faculty)
Deb Kenny, 2021-22 (Tenured Faculty)
James Pearson, 2020-21 (Tenured Track Faculty)
Andy Subudhi, 2020-21 (Tenured Faculty)

Outstanding Teaching Award:
Hazel Reyes 2025-26 (IRC Faculty)
Keston Lindsay 2024-25 (Tenured Faculty)
Katie Busby 2024-25 (Tenured Track Faculty)
Jess Kirby, 2023-24 (Tenure Track Faculty)
Amanda Elder, 2023-24 (Tenured Faculty)
Sabine Allenbach, 2022-23 (IRC Faculty)
Joey Lee, 2022-23 (Tenure Track Faculty)
Margaret Harris, 2021-22 (Tenured Faculty)
Keston Lindsay, 2021-22 (Tenured Track Faculty)
Lynn Phillips, 2021-22 (IRC Faculty)

Outstanding Service Award:
Kathy Liu 2025-26 (Tenured Faculty)
Kathy Prue-Owens 2025-26 (Tenure Track Faculty)
Andrea Hutchins 2024-25 (Tenured Faculty)
Susan Davis, 2020-21 (IRC Faculty)

Outstanding Staff Award:
Charlie Bowers (Primary Care Clinic) 2025-26
Monica Sedillo 2024-25
Dena Miller, 2022-23 (Nurse Family Partnership)
Shellie Harden, 2022-23 (Nursing)