Nurses Day Celebration

• Proceeds support local nursing students through multiple scholarships.
• Recognize your colleagues for making a positive impact on our lives.
• If you know a deserving nurse, purchase an honoree ticket to begin the quick and easy nomination process.
• Take home one of many prizes from the two-tiered raflle.
• Get creative with the selfie booth, props, hashtags, and photos to win even more prizes.
• Engage others in the fun through interactive social media.

The evening is designed for nurses to recognize nurses and celebrate each other. Tickets include a pre-dinner social hour and dinner. Nurses may nominate a fellow nurse to be honored during the ceremony by sponsoring their ticket and submitting the honoree information to Stephanie Sims. Nurse honorees will be recognized during the ceremony and receive a certificate and pin at that time. 

In addition to recognizing the nurse honorees, the recipients of the 2025 Southeast Region NCNA Scholarship and of the Catherine Boyd Spelling Nursing Foundation Scholarship will be announced. This event does serve as a fundraiser for future scholarships so a raffle will be part of the evening.

• Currently licensed LPN or RN in North Carolina
• Not necessary to be an alumnus of UNCW
• Has not been honored at a Nurses Day Celebration in the last three years. This is to ensure that multiple nurses throughout the community are recognized. To confirm, please check the previous recipients below.
• Self-nominations will not be accepted

If an honoree meets these criteria, please email the following to Stephanie Sims (simss@uncw.edu) in order for the nominee to be in the program and photo loop:

• A digital photo of honoree taken in the workplace (not an employee ID picture)
• The honoree's name as you would like it to appear on the certificate
• Honoree's mailing address in order to mail certificate and pin
• Written description in 25 words or less on how the honoree has been able to excel, lead, or innovate within the nursing profession.

• Early Bird: $42 Now through April 28
• General Admission: $52 April 28 - May 6
• At the Door: $67

Any additional expenses at the event?

• You may wish to purchase raffle tickets
• Donations are most welcome.

Register Here

• The deadline to apply for the 2025 Southeast Region NCNA Scholarship is March 31, 2025. Please contact, Amanda Jeffries at jeffriesa@uncw.edu for questions or a copy of the application.
• The deadline to apply for the 2025 Catherine Boyd Spelling Nursing Foundation Scholarship (For LPN Students) is April 10th, 2025. Please contact Jayne Gee at ibgee@aol.com for questions or a copy of the scholarship application.