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Below are our alumni award winners for 2009. To see the past award winners, click here.
DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD 2009
The Distinguished Alumna Award is the highest honor given by the FPB Alumni Association to an alumna/us who has demonstrated continuous, outstanding, creative and exemplary contributions to the discipline of nursing or to healthcare.
Lynore Dutton DeSilets, EdD, BSN ’64, RN-BC
Dr. Lyn DeSilets is Assistant Dean and Director of Continuing Education in Nursing and Health Care in the College of Nursing at Villanova University. She attended Miami University then received her BSN from the France Payne Bolton School of Nursing in 1964. She earned an MSN from the University of Pennsylvania in 1978 with a focus on adult health and illness and a minor in education, and an EdD from Temple University in 1990, with a major in adult and continuing education.
Dr. DeSilets began her career in clinical practice and then practiced as an instructor in diploma, associate degree and baccalaureate nursing programs. For the past 30 years she has been at Villanova University, where she developed a nationally recognized program in Continuing Education that has established partnerships with the pharmaceutical and insurance industries, healthcare organizations, corporations, nursing organizations and health care delivery supporters. She created the highly regarded Role Excellence post-master’s certificate course 25 years ago, which provides a forum for nurse executives to discuss their issues. She shares her knowledge globally, speaking to audiences in such places as Italy and Russia. She also was a consultant on the development of the Russian CE model. Most recently, Dr.Silets was an invited consultant for the Ministry of Health, Singapore, for both the National University Hospital and the SingHealth cluster. In 2007 she was one of only six nurses invited to attend the conference sponsored by the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation “Continuing Education in the Health Professions: Improving Healthcare Through Lifelong Learning."
AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE 2009
The Award for Excellence recognizes an alumna/us who has demonstrated outstanding leadership and achievement in nursing, and has made significant contributions in nursing or related areas of healthcare.
Constance G. Visovsky, PhD ’02, RN, APRN-NP
Dr. Constance Visovsky is an Associate Professor of Nursing and Director of the Master’s Program at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Nursing.
She received her BSN in 1994 and her MSN as an acute care nurse practitioner in oncology in 1995 at the University of Rochester School of Nursing, in Rochester, New York. Shortly after graduation with her master’s degree, a job change for her husband took her to Cleveland, Ohio, where she began working as a Clinical Instructor at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing. During her time at the school, she was influenced by a cadre of strong nursing leaders and mentors. She recalls that Dr. Linda Workman provided her with a solid foundation as a nurse educator as she strove to become an expert teacher and clinician. It was also Dr. Workman who encouraged her to enter the doctoral program and assisted her in securing a prestigious scholarship from the American Cancer Society.
2009 ALUMNI ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT'S AWARD
Betty Lou Mantzell, MA, BSN ’69, RN
Betty Lou Mantzell is a school nurse with more than 40 years of nursing and supervisory experience in the Cleveland Municipal School District. Currently, she provides nursing services to students at John Hay High School and Buhrer Elementary School. Before joining the Cleveland Municipal School District, she was an operating room nurse at University Hospitals of Cleveland for several years.
Ms. Mantzell received her diploma from Indiana Hospital School of Nursing in Indiana, Pennsylvania, in 1959 and her BSN from Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, in 1969. She received her MA from the Graduate School, Case Western Reserve University in 1978 and completed post-graduate course work at Cleveland State University and John Carroll University. She holds a permanent supervisor and school nurse certificate from the Ohio Department of Education.