BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – Illinois Wesleyan University’s Professor of Nursing Donna Hartweg will be honored as the recipient of the 2009 Illinois Nurses Association (INA) Nurse Educator Award.
The award, which honors an individual’s advancement of nursing education and commitment to serving as a role model for nursing students, will be presented at a banquet for state INA Conference in Lombard, Ill., on Oct. 16.
Hartweg, who joined the Illinois Wesleyan faculty in 1978, is the Caroline F. Rupert Professor of Nursing. She recently retired as the director of the University’s School of Nursing, a position she held from 1991 until August of 2009.
According to the INA, the Nurse Educator Award is only presented to those who have demonstrated excellence in teaching and service to the nursing program and to the community.