The Institute for Leadership Effectiveness (ILE) is proud to announce the graduation of our PEAKS Leadership Cohort 2022-2023! We celebrated the amazing accomplishment of these leaders in completing an intense interactive 8 month leadership development program which challenged, inspired and empowered them to grow in their leadership journey.

Recently my wonderful husband passed away suddenly. While I appreciate the thoughts, the real thing that has saved me is my work family. I don't have relatives close and, with our son off at college, it was just me and Johnny. I was so devastated, there were days when I couldn't even get out of bed. I stopped eating and sleeping and if it weren't for the people I work with, I doubt I'd have made it this far. I work in IR and these friends all rallied around me to help in any way they could. They listen to me rant and hold me when I cry. They brought me food and made me get out of bed.

Shout out to the Adolescent Medicine Health Educator, Brooks Michael for her tremendous work this school year teaching Family Life.  Brooks taught 110 classes reaching over 2800 students in 21 schools this year.   Thank you for all you do, Brooks, for our students!

Jackie Glasper has just made our floors on the MOB look magical . Lots of great compliments from staff!

Stephanie Burner on 10 West had a great catch when she prevented a patient with a bladder stimulator from going to have an ordered MRI. Her attention to detail, hard work, and commitment to patient safety prevented harm to her patient. 

Angela L Hardy has exceptional talent as a preceptor! Her role as a unit secretary/clerk for 10 West is inspiring!  She has a wealth of knowledge of how to run and operate our unit, and best of all, she is able to share her understanding and knowledge in order to help all of those around her.  As a new hire, I often looked to her hoping to achieve her level of excellence!  I am so thankful she trained me!  Angela Hardy was compassionate in her teaching, allowing me to learn from my mistakes, and always ready to answer my many questions!

At the Virginia Public Relations Awards ceremony in Richmond this week, Carilion was honored with two awards for communications excellence: an Award of Excellence for Carilion Medicine magazine and an Award of Merit for “Carilion Cares, I Cares,” the Carilion Clinic Foundation’s annual Employee Giving campaign. The annual awards competition, hosted by the Public Relations Society of America’s Richmond Chapter, recognizes the most creative and effective communications strategies and tactics across Virginia.

Congratulations to Courtney Simpkins, ATC, Certified Athletic Trainer at Rockbridge County High School, with the Department of Orthopaedics, for winning the Bee Award!

Per the Bee nomination,

Sarah Groner (RN-ED) located $100 in the hallway of the Emergency Department. She brought it to our office and we were able to see the money fall from another employees pocket. We located the employee and returned her money. Sarah should be commended on her honesty and her commitment to doing the right thing. Police and Security would like to thank you.

Congratulations to the following nurses for advancing to RN 2!

Diane Blankenship, RN, BSN, Medical Care Suite, NRV 

Lauren Sosik, RN, BSN, CCRN, 9S ICU, RMH