Awards and Honors
The Black Alumni Achievement Award recognizes recipients for outstanding achievements in their professional lives, personal integrity and stature, and service to the university.
Previous Winners:
2023 Beaonica Snead Fields
2022 Latricia "Vonnie" Stone
2020 Colonel Simona Black
2019 Keith E. Mathews
2017 Christopher Lee Martin
2016 George Sneed
The DAISY in Training Awardâ„¢ is designed to remind students, even on the hardest days in nursing school, why they chose nursing as a profession. By recognizing nursing students for the above-and-beyond care and compassion shown to patients and their families, we celebrate what it truly means to be a nurse. We honor the nurse-patient connection that makes all the difference to patients and their families in their healthcare experience and that makes great nurses truly great.
Many students talk about hearing a professor or instructor’s voice in the back of their heads even years after graduation. These dedicated nursing instructors often do not receive appropriate recognition for the effect they have on students, patient care and the nursing profession.
The DAISY Foundation, as part of its service to the nursing profession’s role in patient care, established The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nursing Instructors to provide colleges/schools of nursing a national recognition program they may use to demonstrate appreciation to their nursing instructors for their commitment and inspirational influence on their students.
Each year, the College of Nursing recognizes the achievements of an outstanding alumnus in awarding the Distinguished Alumni Award. These individuals have performed at the highest levels of their profession and have made valuable contributions to the advancement of healthcare.
Nominate a distinguished alumnus here.
The road that led Jemelene Chastain Moore to Auburn University is not typical by any means. She wasn't from Alabama or the loveliest village on the plains, but rather the plains of Oklahoma. She didn't follow in the footsteps of family members who attended Auburn University generations before her, but rather she was the first person in her family ever to earn a college degree.
Jemelene overcame countless obstacles with resilience and determination. She may have been born into poverty, but that didn't stop her from earning three college degrees - including one from Auburn - and becoming a part of the history of Auburn University and its College of Nursing.