Dr. Diane Wieland and Dr. Diane Breckenridge, both Associate Professors of Nursing, received 2012 Distinguished Nurse Awards from the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association. According to Dean Brian Goldstein, According to Dean Brian Goldstein, “Dr. Wieland was recognized as an individual who has demonstrated leadership characteristics and rendered distinguished service to the nursing profession, and whose contributions and accomplishments are of significance throughout the Commonwealth. Dr. Breckenridge was recognized as an individual who has contributed to and is involved with equal opportunity and human rights concerns domestically or internationally for nurses and/or healthcare recipients.”