The Pi Pi Chapter presented a nurse leader award during the Pi Pi board meeting on May 23, 2022. Jan Akright, PhD, RN, CNE, BRCN Academic Dean received the Excellence in Leadership Award for her great leadership as Academic Dean and the role model she sets for faculty. The nomination highlighted the following: strong caring support for faculty, encourages faculty to try new innovations, helps to look for alternative approaches with students clinically or the classroom, stays current with what is trending in nursing education, participates in research activities and continues to teach courses in addition to her Academic Dean role.
In addition, Jan has been an active member of Pi Pi since it’s chartering in 2000, she was the first chapter intern and she just finished her 2 year term as Pi Pi Secretary serving on the Board of Directors.