EVENTS & ALUMNI NEWS TWO NEW FACULTY AWARDS PRESENTED THIS YEAR AT CONVOCATION President's Award for Academic Scholarship This award recognizes a faculty member who contributed academic scholarship to the public domain by presenting and/or publishing scholarly research. This year, the award was given to nursing faculty member Mary E. Fetter, RN '97, MSN, for her research examining how externship programs promote confidence and reduce anxiety about clinical decision-making in nursing students. President's Creative Works Award Photos by Eric Forberger The award is given to a faculty member who contributed professionally relevant creative works to the public domain through a presentation or exhibition, or by having their work published. Philomena Behmer, DEd, who teaches anatomy and physiology, received this award for her work applying a meditative yoga approach to teaching and learning about anatomy and physiology. PA College / Fall 2019 13