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FACULTY AWARDS
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For his exceptional leadership, JASON PETER was chosen by School of Nursing faculty as this year’s recipient 2020-21 Outstanding Faculty Award. When our students were asked to support the Hamilton County Health Department’s vaccination efforts in spring 2021, it was difficult to find a way to support the request because it required that faculty always accompany them. He volunteered to take groups of students on his own time, making a tremendous impact on the number of people who could be vaccinated. The Outstanding Service/Outreach Award was given to KRISTI WICK for her work to make sure the elderly received the services they needed during the pandemic. In spring 2020, as COVID-19 began to race through the United States, she took the reins to make sure the elderly were receiving the services they needed. She created a philanthropic drive, collecting donations for older adults who were isolated in their homes due to virus-related quarantine. Puzzles, coloring books, decks of cards, books and games were donated to the drive and passed on to the adults. She also collected such items as adult diapers and Ensure nutritional drinks. TESSA MULLINAX BAKER and CHRISTI DENTON are the new Mary B. Jackson Professors for 2021-23. Jackson came to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and created the School of Nursing.
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BROOKE EPPERSON is the new H. Clay Evans Johnson Professor for 2021-24. Johnson is the former chair of the Board of the UC Foundation and president of the Hamilton County Memorial Hospital Association. Through the Bess Taylor Cofer Professional Health Care Student Advocacy Fund, LATISHA TONEY received money to attend conferences, obtain training and other professional development to enhance her skills for educating students in a health care profession. GARY WARD was named the Outstanding Graduate Student for the Nurse Anesthesia program.
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NATALIE HALL, a senior in the doctor of nursing practice program, received the Outstanding DNP Student Award. 1 2 3 4
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Jason Peter Kristi Wick Tessa Mullinax Baker Christi Denton
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Brooke Epperson Latisha Toney Gary Ward Natalie Hall
