Stephanie Willis, health coordinator for Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, has been named School Nurse Administrator of the Year by the School Nurse Association of North Carolina.
Willis was nominated for the award by the district’s nursing staff, who praised her dedication to school nursing, her knowledge of school health issues and her commitment to the district’s nursing staff. She will receive her award at the organization’s annual meeting this fall. Her fees to attend the conference and her annual membership fee will be paid as part of the prize.
Willis came to the district in 1991 as the district’s first school nurse and treated students across the district. After the district hired more nurses, Willis was assigned, in 1996, to Ephesus Elementary, where she remained for eight years.
In 2003, Willis became the district’s health coordinator.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing from the University of Pennsylvania and a master’s degree in public health from UNC.
Willis volunteers with a number of local health- and fitness-related organizations, including the YMCA, the Red Cross, the Orange County Asthma Coalition, Project Graduation and Orange on the Move.
In addition, because of her work on the Carol White Physical Education Grant, the district will receive more than $800,000 over the next three years to improve health instruction and activities. —Staff Reports