The School of Nursing at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio was recently designated among the National League for Nursing’s 2025 Centers of Excellence in Nursing Education and was among 21 nursing education programs around the country that will awarded at the Honors Convocation during the 2025 NLN Education Summit in Orlando, Florida, on Sept. 19. It becomes the only school in San Antonio with the designation of NLN Center of Excellence.
The National Nursing League’s Center of Excellence in Nursing Education designation is designed for schools of nursing and health care organizations that have achieved a level of excellence in a specific area. Through public recognition and distinction, the program acknowledges the outstanding innovations, commitment and sustainability of excellence these organizations convey.
“The School of Nursing is proud to be named among the 2025 Centers of Excellence in Nursing Education,” said Sonya R. Hardin, PhD, RN, the school’s dean. “This designation elevates the value of our education and underscores our commitment to graduating highly skilled nursing professionals.”
The awards represent the spectrum of higher education in nursing, from certificate-granting programs through advanced-degree academic institutions.
“I am so appreciative of the magnitude of the effort it requires of everyone involved in educating an outstanding nursing workforce to earn this national recognition,” said NLN chair Patricia Sharpnack, DNP, RN, dean and professor at the Breen School of Nursing and Health Professions at Ursuline College in Ohio. “Congratulations to all the wonderfully deserving 2025 NLN Centers of Excellence designees.”
“We have all heard, ‘It takes a village,’“ said NLN president and CEO Beverly Malone, PhD, RN. “Nowhere is that truer than in the shared vision and values, mutual support, respect and inclusivity among faculty, leadership and students that must come together for an extraordinary nursing program to be nationally recognized for their innovation and commitment in becoming an NLN Center of Excellence.”
For more information about the awards and the 2025 NLN Education Summit, visit Summit.NLN.org.
