Announcements
The Nu Omega Chapter of STTI just held an induction on November 1, 2012. You can see the pictures below.
Induction photos
Sigma Theta Tau
Sigma Theta Tau International (external link) is the honor society of nursing committed to fostering excellence, scholarship and leadership in nursing to improve health care worldwide. The Society promotes the use of nursing research in health care delivery and makes its resources available to all people and institutions interested in the latest knowledge in nursing care.
Sigma Theta Tau International was founded in 1922 and has a membership of more than 120,000 members active in more than 90 countries. It has chapters located at 523 college and university schools of nursing worldwide. 45% of the Society's members are clinicians, 20% are administrators or supervisors, and 19% are educators. 60% of its members hold master's and/or doctoral degrees.
Membership
Membership is contingent upon an invitation from the Nu Omega Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau.
- Undergraduate students must:
- Complete one-half of the nursing curriculum
- Have at least a 3.0 GPA (based on a 4.0 scale)
- Rank in the upper 35% of their graduating class
- Meet the expectations of academic integrity
- Obtain two endorsements
- Master's Degree students must:
- Complete one-quarter of the nursing curriculum
- Have at least a 3.5 GPA (based on a 4.0 scale)
- Community Leaders must:
- Be a registered nurse
- Hold at lease a baccalaureate degree in nursing or other field
- Have held a professional nursing degree for at lease five years
- Have demonstrated marked achievement in nursing education, practice, research, administration or publication
Officers
President Tom Curley, RN |
Vice-President Denise Phillips, MSN, RNC |
Secretary and Newsletter Editor Karen Juma, RN, MPH, NE-BC |
Treasurer Deborah Pollard, PhD, RNC, CNE, IBCLC |
1st Counselor Stephanie Turrise, PhD(c), RN, BC, MSN, APRN, CNE |
2nd Counselor and Governance Committee Chair Sandra O'Donnell, MSN, RN, CNE |
Leadership Succession Committee Members Carol Highsmith, RN, MPA - highsmithc@unc.edu Shannon Blankenbeckler, RN - shannonblankenbeckler@nhrmc.org Jonathan Hughes, RN - jonathan.hughes@nhrmc.org |
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Mentoring Committee Chair Susan Pierce |
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Welcoming Committee Chair RuthAnne Kuiper, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF |
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Community Service Committee Chair Janie Canty-Mitchell, PhD, RN |
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Governance Committee Sandra O'Donnell Patty White Shannon Blankenbeckler Jonathan Hughes |
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Finance Committee Deborah Pollard RuthAnne Kuiper |
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Goals
- Goal 1 - Promote the growth of Sigma Theta Tau International membership in all areas
- Strategies:
- Increase Chapter involvement at orienation for new nursing majors
- Recruit diverse community leaders
- Initiate campaign to recruit inactive members
- Strategies:
- Goal 2 - Expand funding resources for research and scholarship
- Strategies:
- Establish a strategic plan for financial growth and stability
- Creat a trust fund for ongoing research and scholarship activities
- Provide financial assistance for members to attend national/international conferences
- Strategies:
- Goal 3 - Establish a database for knowledge (content expert), research and practice
- Identify coordinator to oversee development of nursing knowledge base
- Coordinate campaign to highlight nursing development knowlege base and request email addresses
- Develop Nu Omega research and practice expertise database
Contact Information
Dr. Deborah Pollard, Treasurer
University of North Carolina Wilmington
School of Nursing
601 South College Road
Wilmington, NC 28403
pollardd@uncw.edu
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