Barry University’s Pegge Bell, PhD, Named Florida Nursing Students Association ‘Dean of the Year’

Barry University’s School of Nursing Dean Pegge Bell, PhD, has been named the Florida Nursing Students Association Dean of the Year.

Bell, a Miramar resident who has been with BU since 2002, earned the honor thanks to the nomination of the School of Nursing’s students—particularly, BU FNSA chapter president Jevon Olea and the association’s executive board.

This is the second large honor that Bell has received in just the past few months. In August, she was named Chair of the Florida Center for Nursing’s Board of Directors, a two-year term that will expire in June 2008. In that role, she will help lead the organization that addresses issues of supply and demand for nursing, including recruitment, retention and the utilization of nurse workforce resources.

Bell, who is also a professor and associate vice president for graduate studies, came to Barry University after spending the previous decade in Arkansas. She had been with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ College of Nursing in numerous capacities, including department chair and associate dean. She has earned numerous honors and awards, including the Sigma Theta Tau International’s Dorothy F. Buschmann Presidential Award in 2001.