Outstanding Rural Health Educator/Mentor

This award is presented to a professional who has made outstanding contributions to the education, development and placement of new healthcare professionals in rural North Dakota communities. Academic educators, community-based instructors and preceptors are eligible for this award.

2026 – Shawnda Schroeder, PhD, University of North Dakota Department of Indigenous Health, Grand Forks
2023 – Teree Rittenbach, Professor of Nursing at University of Jamestown, Jamestown
2022 – Annie Paulson, Nursing Program Director at Bismarck State College
2020 – Billie Madler, DNP, ARPN, FNP, FAANP, Chair of Graduate Nursing for the University of Mary
2019 – Barbara West, RN, West River Health Services, Hettinger