Retirements
After more than 75 years of combined service, four faculty members have retired this past year. Linda Hennig, Diane Wink, Betty Mayer and Hannah Morse each made valuable contributions to the advancement of the college as well as to the nursing careers of countless students during their tenure.
DR. LINDA HENNIG
Hennig, who retired in December after 26 years of service, served as the founding associate dean for undergraduate affairs from 2007 to 2013 and returned to the classroom exclusively for the past two years to focus on her first love — teaching. She has held numerous other appointments including coordinator roles for the RN to BSN and RN to MSN programs, and nurse educator program. One of her most notable contributions was the development of the web-based RN to BSN program — the first of its kind in Florida. She also received a federal grant from the Department of Health and Human Services to expand the program throughout the state to rural areas. In addition, she facilitated the BSN at UCF regional campuses and was instrumental in developing the graduate certificate in nursing education. Throughout her career, she has been honored with teaching excellence awards, and in 2009 was recognized as one of the “Great 100
DR. DIANE WINK
Nurses” by the Florida Nurses Association for her significant contributions to nursing education. Wink, who had served as the Hugh F. and Jeannette G. McKean Endowed Chair in Nursing, retired in August after 28 years of service. She had served in a variety of roles in both undergraduate and graduate programs. Most recently she was a professor and coordinator of the graduate nurse educator program. Wink was pivotal in establishing the college’s communitybased curriculum. She also helped develop the initial nurse educator graduate certificate, and coordinated the family and adult nurse practitioner tracks. A researcher, scholar and published author, Wink is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and a recipient of the academy’s Outstanding Abstract Award. UCF has honored her with several teaching excellence, scholarship of teaching and learning, and service awards, and most recently bestowed
DR. BETTY MAYER
HANNAH MORSE
upon her the prestigious honor of “Professor Emerita.”
tor to online course development, establishing the first advanced practice nursing group in Volusia County, and initiating the first Student Nurses Association chapter on the Daytona campus.
Mayer, a nursing professor on UCF’s Daytona Beach campus, also retired in August after 13 years of service. Mayer first became affiliated with the college in 1993 as a student in the RN to BSN program, and later in the MSN family nurse practitioner program. Mayer was the college’s first MSN graduate to complete a PhD and be hired as a UCF faculty member. Some of her contributions include creating and instructing the college’s domestic violence courses, becoming a major contribu-
After eight years of service, Morse began her retirement this past January. She was an instructor on psychiatricmental health curriculum, and provided innovative ways to facilitate teaching and learning. Prior to her retirement, she was named the 2014 March of Dimes Nurse of the Year for the category of Academic Nurse Educator.
LASTING LEGACIES Dr. Diane Wink and Dr. Linda Hennig have left lasting legacies through the establishment of endowed scholarships. Together with her husband, Wink established the Diane and Lawrence Wink Endowed Nursing Scholarship for undergraduate nursing students. Hennig established the Drs. Linda M. and E. Glenn Hennig, Jr. Endowed Scholarship in memory of her late husband who was a neuropsychologist and supported nursing education. Her scholarship is awarded to students in the graduate nurse educator program.
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