AACN/Hartford Institute Award for
Baccalaureate Education in Geriatric Nursing

About the Awards Program

From 1997-2008, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing collaborated with The John A. Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing and New York University to offer annual Awards for Excellence in Gerontological Nursing Education. This competitive program recognized nurse faculty and model baccalaureate and graduate nursing programs that encourage the highest standards of gerontological nursing education. Awards were presented to nursing programs with exceptional, substantive, and innovative curriculum in this subject area. Additionally, winning programs demonstrated relevance in the clinical environment and the ability to be replicated at schools of nursing across the country. An award was also presented to a nursing faculty champion with expertise in geriatric nursing practice and a passion for leading curricular innovation and encouraging students to pursue careers in this important field.

Past Winners:
1998 -  1999 -  2000 -  2001 -  2002 -  2003 -  2004 -  2005 -  2006 -  2007 -  2008

2008 Awards

Baccalaureate-Level Curricular Innovation
Harding University College of Nursing (Arkansas)
University of Southern Indiana College of Nursing and Health Professions

Advanced Practice-Level Curricular Innovation
Oregon Health & Science University School of Nursing

Geriatric Nursing Faculty Champion
Nancy M. Watson, PhD, RN, Founding Director, Elaine C. Hubbard Center for Nursing Research on Aging, University of Rochester School of Nursing

Outstanding School of Nursing Communications
Mennonite College of Nursing at Illinois State University

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2007 Awards

Geriatric Nursing Faculty Champion
Laurie Kennedy-Malone, PhD, APRN BC, FAANP, FAGHE, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Baccalaureate-Level Curricular Innovation
University of Portland

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2006 Awards

Outstanding Geriatric Faculty Member Award
Christine Mueller, PhD, RN, C, CNAA, University of Minnesota

Infusing Geriatrics into the Curriculum Award
Old Dominion University (VA)

Clinical Settings in Geriatric Nursing Award
University of Missouri - Columbia

Stand-Alone Baccalaureate Geriatric Course Award
Johns Hopkins University (MD)

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2005 Awards

Geriatric Faculty Member Award
Virginia Burggraf, DNS, RN, FAAN, Radford University (VA)

Infusing Geriatrics into the Curriculum Award
Fairfield University (CT)

Clinical Settings in Geriatric Nursing Award
Grand Valley State University (MI)

Stand-Alone Baccalaureate Geriatric Course Award
Hawaii Pacific University (HI)

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2004 Awards

Geriatric Faculty Member Award
Beth Barba, PhD, RN
University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Infusing Geriatrics into the Curriculum Award
Valparaiso University

Clinical Settings in Geriatric Nursing Award
Saint Cloud State University

Stand-Alone Baccalaureate Geriatric Course Award
Duke University and University of Rhode Island

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2003 Awards

Geriatric Faculty Member
Dr. Theris Touhy, Florida Atlantic University

Infusing Geriatrics into Curriculum
Biola University Department of Baccalaureate Nursing New York University, The Steinhardt School of Education, Division of Nursing

Clinical Settings in Geriatric Nursing
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Nursing

Stand-alone Baccalaureate Nursing Course
University of North Carolina Greensboro School of Nursing

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2002 Awards

First Place
Texas Tech University Health Science Center

Second Place
University Iowa College of Nursing

Honorable Mention
Southeastern Louisiana University School of Nursing

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2001 Awards

First Place
The Medical College of Georgia School of Nursing

Second Place
University of the Virgin Islands

Honorable Mention
Wilkes University Department of Nursing

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2000 Awards

First Place
The Pennsylvania State University School of Nursing

Second Place
University of Nebraska Medical Center - College of Nursing

Honorable Mentions
Sacred Heart University-Nursing Programs and Physical Therapy Program (Connecticut)
Winston-Salem State University-School of Health Sciences Department of Nursing (North Carolina)

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1999 Awards

First Place
University of Akron, College of Nursing (Ohio)

Second Place
University of Maryland, School of Nursing
University of North Carolina Greensboro, School of Nursing

Honorable Mentions
San Diego State University, School of Nursing
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, College of Nursing
University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing

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1998 Awards

First Place
Minnesota State University, Mankato – School of Nursing

Second Place
University of Alabama in Huntsville – College of Nursing
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville – Eleanor Mann School of Nursing
University of Pittsburgh – School of Nursing

Honorable Mentions
Quinnipiac College – Department of Nursing
Radford University School of Nursing -- Waldron College of Health and Human Services

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