The Up & Coming Leader Award provides financial assistance to attend the National Emergency Nurses Association Leadership conference held in January. Nurses who have not previously received the award are eligible to be nominated by their chapter/Chapter President. Nominees should be someone who has displayed “up and coming leadership” values and/or has gone over and above in achievement for the Chapter. Each Chapter (through the Chapter President or designee) may nominate one member each year. Nominations are forwarded to the MSC president at least 1 week prior to the November State Council meeting. The winner is determined by the MN State Council (MSC) representatives at the November MN State Council meeting in the fall for the following year’s National ENA Leadership Conference. After reviewing the blinded applications, members of the MSC (or the committee designated) cast ballots naming their choice. The person with the most votes receives the award. The MSC president votes only to break a tie. This award covers the ‘early member’ registration to the national ENA Leadership conference. After a motion to do so, the ballots are destroyed. Chapter Presidents must have their nomination for the following/next year’s conference submitted to the MN State President (mn.president@state.ena.org) for consideration 1 week prior to the November meeting.

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Each year The MN Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) State Council awards one Mary Piner Scholarship Award. This award is tuition reimbursement for the National ENA Conference held each fall in conjunction with ENA General Assembly. The applicant for this award does not need to be a delegate to General Assembly.

To be eligible, the applicant must complete the application and submit it to their chapter president before April 15.

Chapter presidents will review all applications and forward them to the State President via email at mn.president@state.ena.org by May 1.

Applications will be reviewed and the scholarship voted on by the MN ENA State Council Representatives at the May State Council Meeting. Applicants will be asked to excuse themselves from voting.

1. Name, address, home and e-mail. (The recipient of this award will be required to provide a Social Security number prior to awarding the payment of the award.)
2. ENA ID number, date of most recent renewal, total years of membership.
3. Chapter membership, number of meetings scheduled since January of the previous year, along with the number attended by the applicant. (The requirement is 50%)
4. Any ENA Officer positions held within ENA in the last three (3) years – local, state, national. Other membership volunteer projects, classes taught, or conference planning committee member.
5. Current CEN/other certification ID number or planned exam date.
6. Write a brief synopsis of your ENA professional involvement.

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Anyone wishing to represent Minnesota as a delegate to the National ENA fall General Assembly must submit an application to their Chapter President before April 15 each year. The Chapter President will “vet” the applicant and forward to the State Council President prior to May 1 of each year.

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