2022-2023 DAISY Award Winners
The DAISY Foundation, as part of its service to the nursing profession’s role in patient care, established The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nursing Faculty (includes clinical teaching staff as well). The purpose of this program is to provide to colleges/schools of nursing a national recognition program they may use to demonstrate appreciation to teachers for their commitment and inspirational influence on their students. The Foundation hopes that, in some way, this program will contribute to a positive work environment for faculty in schools.
The following faculty and staff members are receiving this year’s DAISY Award.
Seok Hyun (Joshua) Gwon, (left), Mary Templin, (right)
Seok Hyun (Joshua) Gwon
UW-Milwaukee College of Nursing
Milwaukee, WI
United States
Dr. Seok Gwon, Associate Professor at UW-Milwaukee College of Nursing, has taught courses at the undergraduate and graduate level since joining the university in 2016. He is well known in the college for his research methodology, as well as his collaborative and interdisciplinary approaches.
Dr. Gwon is being recognized by students and colleagues for his innovative and engaging teaching style while creating a welcoming environment. Nominators mentioned how he does an excellent job at making students feel at ease. Dr. Gwon goes above and beyond to set students up for success in many ways, including supporting them with poster development for research symposiums or offering research assistant opportunities on projects for one-on-one connections. He highlights with his students the importance of pursuing educational and training programs for advanced practice, knowledge, and policy to meet societal needs and accomplish their career goals.
Mary Templin
UW-Milwaukee College of Nursing
Milwaukee, WI
United States
Ms. Mary Templin has been a Clinical Instructor with UW-Milwaukee’s College of Nursing for almost 10 years. She is being recognized for her compassion, her commitment to her students, and how she establishes strong relationships with them. Over the years, Ms. Templin has become a mentor to many students, kept in contact with them once they graduated and continued mentoring them in their new careers. One nominator mentioned, “Having mentors like Mary better prepares newer nurses and it means the world to me to have had someone like Mary to lean on.” In addition to her commitment to her students, she is also committed to staying clinically up to date by working as an APRN and bringing changes in practice to the program.