NLN Salutes the 2024 Centers of Excellence (COE) in Nursing Education

NLN Salutes the 2024 Centers of Excellence (COE) in Nursing Education

Award Ceremony Planned for Honors Convocation during the NLN Education Summit in San Antonio, Texas

Washington, DC — Thirteen nursing education programs from across the country and the academic spectrum of higher education in nursing, as well as leading teaching hospitals and clinical sites, have been named 2024 National League for Nursing Centers of Excellence™ (COE). Formal recognition will take place during the 2024 NLN Education Summit at the Honors Convocation on Friday, September 20.

2024 NLN Centers of Excellence

Promotes the pedagogical expertise of faculty

• Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans School of Nursing
• The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing
• The LHC Group - Myers School of Nursing at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette
  

Enhances student learning and professional development

• Collin College Nursing
• Duke University School of Nursing
• Georgetown University School of Nursing
• Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
• University of Cincinnati College of Nursing
• The School of Nursing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• University of Rochester School of Nursing
• University of South Carolina College of Nursing
• Widener University School of Nursing
  

Advances the science of nursing education

• Adelphi University College of Nursing and Public Health
  

Applauding the exceptional academic institutions named NLN Centers of Excellence, NLN Chair Patricia Sharpnack, DNP, RN, CNE, NEA-BC, ANEF, FAAN, Dean and Strawbridge Professor at the Breen School of Nursing and Health Professions at Ursuline College in Ohio, said, “NLN Centers of Excellence reflect the extraordinary team and teamwork required to engage in the transformative work of nursing education—not just during one semester or even a single academic year, but in a sustained way that demands genuine dedication and authentic commitment to producing consistent programmatic excellence.”

NLN President and CEO Beverly Malone, PhD, RN, FANN said, “NLN Centers of Excellence represent the visionary leadership and environments of inclusive excellence that nurture the next generation of a strong and diverse nursing workforce to advance the health of the nation and the global community.”

Since 2004, the National League for Nursing has encouraged nursing programs to apply to become a COE based on their ability to demonstrate in concrete, measurable terms sustained excellence in faculty development, nursing education research, student learning and professional development, and academic progression in nursing. Historically, many programs have achieved recognition in multiple categories or once designated, have maintained their COE status through multiple award cycles.

Information about the COE program and application process can be found at NLN.org. For more information about the 2024 NLN Education Summit, including online registration, visit Summit.NLN.org.

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