NSNA Program Activities
​2024-2025 Awards Winners

NSNA constituent associations have many opportunities for involvement in leadership activities and programs. One of the many rewards of
​active participation in NSNA is the annual awards and honors program offered to individual members, schools, and state chapters.

The NSNA Board of Directors carefully considered all of the entries submitted for the 2024-2025 Program Awards.* Here are this year’s winners, who will be presented at Saturday’s Closing Ceremony.
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Ambassador Award
Victoria Williams

Breakthrough to Nursing® Awards
State: North Carolina Association of Nursing Students
School: North Carolina Agricultural and Tech State University, Greensboro, North Carolina

Breakthrough to Nursing® - Dr. Kenya Williams Empowerment Award
Aaron Pitt

Breakthrough to Nursing® Monthly Awards
September 2024: Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
October 2024: The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
November 2024: University of Mount Union, Alliance, Ohio
December 2024: Hawaii Student Nurses' Association
January 2025: Unfortunately, we did not have a winner for January.
February 2025: Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
March 2025: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Core Values Award
Student: Elizabeth Wakefield
State: Student Nurses' Association of Pennsylvania
School: University of Alabama Birmingham, Alabama

Disaster Preparedness Award
State: Hawaii Student Nurses Association
School: Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland

Empowering Resolutions
State: Student Nurses’ Association of Pennsylvania
School: Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY

Ethics and Governance Award
State: Ohio Student Nurses Association
School: Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY

Get Out the Vote Award
State: Ohio Student Nurse’ Association
School: Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania

Health Policy Award
State: Student Nurses’ Association of Pennsylvania
School: Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, Arkansas

Health Advocacy Award
State: Hawaii Student Nurses Association
School: Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas

Image of Nursing Award
State: Hawaii Student Nurses’ Association
School: Molloy University, Rockville Centre, New York

International Photo Contest
1st Place: Musa Almiggaber
2nd Place: Jenna Koo
3rd Place: Anne Kate Willis
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Isabel Hampton Robb Leadership Award
Kyndall Estep, North Carolina Association of Nursing Students
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Newsletter Contest Award
State Level 1: Georgia Association of Nursing Students for the “February Newsletter 2025”
State Level 2: Wisconsin Student Nurses Association for the "STAT Letter Spring 2024 Release"
School: San Diego State University Student Nurses Association, California for the "Vital Signs: Feb- May Spring 2024"

Population and Global Health Awards
State: Hawaii Student Nurses Association
School: Molloy University, Rockville Centre, New York

Project InTouch Grand Prize Winner
Lindsey Tran and Samantha Sim, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

Robert V. Piemonte Financial Excellence Award
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

Social Media Award
State Instagram: California Nursing Students Association
School Instagram: San Diego State University, San Diego, California
State Facebook: Hawaii Student Nurses Association
School Facebook: University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida

State Convention Planning Award
Membership Category 1-3: Wisconsin Students Nurses’ Association
Membership Category 4-5: Student Nurses’ Association of South Carolina
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State Excellence Award
Group 1: Student Nurses Association of Guam
Group 2: Oklahoma Nursing Students Association
Group 3: Student Nurses Association of Illinois
Group 4: Louisiana Association of Student Nurses
Group 5: California Nursing Students’ Association

Top NSNA Membership School
Molloy University, Rockville Centre NY

Website Award
State Level 1: Nursing Student Association of New York State
State Level 2: North Carolina Association of Nursing Students
School: University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina

The Winners Way
Group 1: Student Nurses Association of Guam
Group 2: Oklahoma Nursing Students Association
Group 3: New Jersey Nursing Students, Inc.
Group 4: Missouri Nursing Students' Association
Group 5: Student Nurses’ Association of South Carolina

*To avoid conflicts of interest, the Board of Directors recused themselves from awards selections when their schools and states had award applications.