… Harris '83 Distinguished Alumni Award is the highest form of recognition awarded to a graduate of the Institute, and is named in honor of the Institute’s first person … 2009 and serves as the Director of Nursing Education and Professional Development for the University of Vermont Medical Center, the sole tertiary care facility in … audiences. As one of her nominators remarked, “Lauren exemplifies the best of the Institute’s graduates who have become leaders, scholarly thinkers, and …