Annette Gartman, clinical instructor, and Scott Byrd, adjunct faculty, were both named to the º£½ÇÉçÇø Center for Nursing’s 2017 “40 Under 40â€� list. Gartman and Byrd are both in the School of Nursing at the University of Central º£½ÇÉçÇø.
Forty º£½ÇÉçÇø nurses were named to the list, which honors emerging nurse leaders in the state who are under the age of 40.
The º£½ÇÉçÇø Center for Nursing’s mission is to promote a culture of health for the citizens of º£½ÇÉçÇø by advancing nursing education, practice, leadership and workforce development. Identifying future nursing leaders is a national recommendation behind the creation of the “40 Nurse Leaders Under 40â€� recognition program in º£½ÇÉçÇø.
The 40 honorees were selected using criteria on how each applicant stood out among their peers in four distinctive areas: Commitment to Excellence, Service/Outreach, Leadership Qualities, and their Contributions to the Advancement of the Nursing Profession.



