Faculty, Staff and Student News
New Faculty
Two new faculty joined UWG TH School of Nursing Spring Semester, Wanda Franklin, PhD, MS, RN, assistant professor, and Ashley Maddox, MSN-Ed, RN, assistant professor.
Dissertation Defenses Spring Semester
- Kasey Brandt, MSN, APRN, CPNP-PC, PMHNP-BC
- Courtney Klink, MSN, MBA, RN
- Jennifer Keiser, MSN, RN, CNE
DAISY Award
Kelsey Correll, alumna, UWG TH School of Nursing, and RN in the cardiac stepdown unit at Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center, received a DAISY award for her kindness to a patient who was in the hospital on Christmas. Read Kelsey's story here: https://bit.ly/3XYO999
Students Presenting
- Matthew Tyler, UWG CNL graduate, presented his capstone project at the 2025 International Clinical Nurse Leader Conference, “Reestablish a Mobility Program to Achieve Ambulation Requirements in Patient Care on an Acute Care Specialty Unit.”
- Angie Ballard, EdD student, UWG TH School of Nursing, presented at the Georgia Association for Nursing Education, Inc. 2025 GANE Conference, "Scaffolding Case Studies: Teaching First-Semester Nursing Students to Apply the Clinical Judgment Measurement Model."
- Sandra Vargovitch, EdD student, UWG TH School of Nursing, presented at the Georgia Association for Nursing Education, Inc. 2025 GANE Conference, "A Scoping Review: What is Known about the Caring Behaviors of Nurse Faculty in Pre-licensure Face-to-Face Nursing Classrooms."
Faculty Publications
- Dr. Susie Jonassen, BSN Director & Assistant Professor, UWG TH School of Nursing, published in Nursing Education Perspectives: “Transition From Baccalaureate-Prepared Bedside Nurse to Adjunct Clinical Faculty.”
- Dr. Laura Caramanica, Graduate Program Director & Professor, UWG TH School of Nursing, published in The Journal of Nursing Administration:
“Leadership Science in Nursing Creating New Solutions for New Challenges.”
- Dr. Cindy Johnson, Experiential Learning Center Assistant Dean & Associate Professor, UWG TH School of Nursing, worked with an inter-professional group of simulation educators to publish in Clinical Simulation in Nursing, “Operationalizing the Healthcare Simulation Standards of Best Practice (HSSOBPTM) to avoid training scars: An inter-professional exemplar.”
Scholarship Recipient
Charmaine Hutchinson, EdD nursing student, UWG TH School of Nursing, received the Scrubins American Association of Colleges of Nursing Scholarship.
Tanner Health Welcomes New Dean
Tanner Health welcomed our new dean, Dr. Imelda Reyes, at a luncheon in her honor. Pictured below are (l-r) Loy Howard, President & CEO, Tanner Health; Dr. Jon Preston, Provost & Senior Vice President, University of West Georgia; Dr. Michelle Hoehn, Senior Vice President & Chief Nursing Officer, Tanner Health; Dr. Ashwani Monga, Interim President, University of West Georgia; Dr. Imelda Reyes, Dean, Tanner Health School of Nursing, University of West Georgia; Eric Dalton, MHA, Senior Vice President, Hospital Operations, Tanner Health.
