Dr. Matthew Hottle, PhD, RN, has been selected to chair the Keyser Campus of the WVU School of Nursing, located at WVU Potomac State College. He brings nearly two decades of nursing experience to the role, as well as department chair experience from a local community college.
Dr. Heather Carter-Templeton, Chair of the Adult Health Department, and her co-authors earned first place in the 2025 AJN Book of the Year Awards for their textbook, “Applied Clinical Informatics for Nurses.”
Dr. P. Joy Maramba, DNP, RN, CNE, a nursing educator for nearly three decades, got her first taste of teaching earlier in her career than most.
Although nursing was not part of her original plan, Dr. April Shapiro has built a legacy in the profession through her dedication to lifelong learning and her passion for inspiring the next generation of nurses.
The Faculty Merit Foundation has announced that Professor Peggy Fink, Ph.D., of the West Virginia University School of Nursing Beckley Campus at WVU Institute of Technology is the winner of the Foundation’s 2025 Professor of the Year award.
At the WVU School of Nursing, we define faculty practice as direct patient care and other professional nursing services provided by nursing faculty, through formal relationships with individuals, communities, and other entities, as part of the assigned workload duties.
Two faculty members at the WVU School of Nursing, Dr. Marian “Marnie” Reven and Kendall Tuttle, have earned their Certification in Effective Teaching, an academic credential endorsed by the American Council on Education (ACE).
Dr. Peggy Lambert Fink, an associate professor at the WVU School of Nursing Beckley Campus located at WVU Tech, was announced as the Faculty Merit Foundation’s 2025 Professor of the Year.
Drs. Brad Phillips and Marian “Marnie” Reven recently attended the 40th Annual Southern Nursing Research Society (SNRS) Conference in Austin, Texas. The theme of the conference was “Committed to Nursing Science.” This milestone event celebrated four decades of advancing nursing science, elevating the voices of nurse scholars, and improving health outcomes across the diverse communities we serve throughout the Southern region.
For Diana Niland, nursing education extends beyond clinical skills to caring for the whole person: mind, body and spirit. A nurse practitioner and faculty member at the West Virginia University School of Nursing, Niland holds a unique role that connects classroom instruction, simulation-based learning, student wellness programming and research across undergraduate and graduate nursing programs.