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Scholarships and Recognition to Students Scholarships: The following nursing scholarships were awarded to students 2001-2002: The American Legion Auxiliary Number #165 Scholarship - Lana Pinnix Arlene Ward Bradshaw Community Health Nursing Scholarship- Betty Fellner Dr. Thomas F. & Delia Fewell Clay Memorial Endowed Scholarship - Lacey Blessitt Elaine Corder Memorial Scholarship - Steven Anthony Ferretti-Karnstedt School of Nursing Scholarship - Melinda Upshur Bryan Hafter/March of Dimes Nursing Scholarship - Melinda Upshur Dr. R.T. & Kathryn Hollingsworth Scholarship - Amanda Robinson The King’s Daughters and Sons Circle #2 Scholarship - Neal Kiihnl Eliza Pillars Registered Nurses’ State Association Scholarship - Kristina Holman Sherry Van Liew Bolivar Medical Auxiliary Nursing Scholarship - Amanda Robinson Evelyn F. Smith Professional Development
Award - Kennedy Joli Smith Memorial Nursing
Scholarship - The Robert E. Smith, Emily Jane Smith
Cameron & Delta State University Student Nurses’ Association (SNA) received the following recognitions: Amanda Cook, senior DSU nursing student, won Mississippi Student Nurses of the Year. Five DSU students were elected and served as officers on the Mississippi Association of Student Nurses’ Board: Steven Anthony, President; Amanda Smith, Second Vice-President, Josh Edwards, Pulsepoint Editor; Kellie Wier, Northwest Representative; Amanda Cook, Student Nurse of the Year. Six DSU students served as delegates for MASN State Convention: Steven Anthony, Amanda Smith, Kellie Wier, Tracy Ponnath, Katie Sigler, Ronnie Warrington. DSU SNA was awarded “Achievement for Most Service Projects”. DSU SNA participated in DSU cholesterol screening, peripheral vascular disease screening, relay for life, blue jeans for babies, taught hygiene classes for 5th grades, collected personal items for Helping Hands, sent donations, water, dog food and vitamins to September 11 ground zero, gave blood for New York, gave out red, white & blue ribbons to hospital personnel, physicians, and patients, and volunteered at the Lighthouse Lodge (to Mississippi Firefighters Memorial Burn Center’s patient families) and at Camp Rainbow (Mississippi Cancer Children’s Camp). SNA sponsored at blood drive at DSU. Eight DSU SNA students attended National Student Nurses’ Association Convention: Steven Anthony, Rebecca McCaskill, Dannette Brown, Ruth Ann Lopez, Amanda Smith, Kellie Wier, Josh Edwards, and Amanda Cook.
Phi Kappa Phi: Pi Xi Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau International
Honor Society of Nursing:
Recognition to Faculty Debra F. Allen, MSN, RN, CNA Attended American Nurses’ Association (ANA) Delegate Assembly in Washington, DC and a delegate for Mississippi Nurses’ Association Attended Mississippi Nurses’ Association (MNA) Convention in Biloxi, MS as District #21 Delegate, and Chairman of the Nominations Committee Selected by the MNA Board of Directors to serve as Co-Consultant for Mississippi Association of Student Nurses and their board of directors Served as Treasurer for DSU Pi Xi Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing Attended Sigma Theta Tau International Convention in Indianapolia, IN as delegate for DSU Pi Xi Chapter Attended MNA Nursing Summit and was elected as 2002-2004 1st alternate delegate for ANA Vicki L. Bingham, MSN, RN Accepted into PhD program at University of Alabama at Birmingham beginning Fall 2001 Received Mississippi Association of Student Nurses’ Advisor of the Year Award 2001 Selected as H.E.A.D.W.A.E. Outstanding Faculty Honoree, 2001 Who’s Who Among American University Teachers Lizabeth L. Carlson, MSN, RNC Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 2002 Served as Expert Witness in a mock trial in a Labor and Delivery Documentation Workshop at Central Mississippi Medical Center, March 26, 2002 Distributor of Association of Women’s Health, Obstetrics & Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) “Help Yourself – Health Benefits of Soy” booklet to students and faculty at DSU, April 2002 Dora M. Christian, MS, RN Maureen A. Gruich, PhD, RN Delta Area Health Education Center--Executive Board Member Greater Delta Health And Human Services Network--Member Mississippi Delta State Rural Development Network--Advisory Board Delta Health Initiative--DSU Contact Person for the Delta Health Alliance Lisa E. Julius, MSN, RN, BC Submission of Professional Nursing Learning Environment and Career Advancement, Hearin Foundation (funding $158,000.00 denied) Submission of King’s Daughters and Sons Circle Number Two, Inc, Grant to update DSU School of Nursing Skills Laboratory (pending funding $18,600.00) Co-presented “Integrating Online Courses into Nursing Curriculum” at Institutions of Higher Learning Creating Futures Through Technology Conference, Tupelo, MS, February 4-5, 2002 Dana T. Lamar, EdD, RN,C Technical Representative “Quentin N. Burdick Rural Health Interdisciplinary Program” Meharry Medical College Health Resources & Services Administration, Grant Number 5D36 HP 120050-08. Janette McCrory, MSN, RN,C Co-presented “Integrating Online Courses into Nursing Curriculum” at Institutions of Higher Learning Creating Futures Through Technology Conference, Tupelo, MS, February 4-5, 2002 Marion Raines, MS, RN,CS Doctoral student, College of Education, DSU. Louise Seals, EdD, MS, M.Ed, RN Received doctoral degree from DSU May 2002 and
promoted to associate professor. Family Nurse Practitioner Track Manager, May 14, 2002 Catherine Hayes, MSN, RN Doctoral student, College of Education, DSU Barbara J. Powell, PhD, RN Delta Health Education Partnership (TheRWJF-PFT) Grant Coordinator
Grants (2001-02) Delta Health Education Partnership (DHEP), The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Partnerships For Training Grant, one of five member consortium; Year 5: $7,280.00 “Quentin N. Burdick Rural Health Interdisciplinary Program” Meharry Medical College Health Resources & Services Administration, Grant Number 5D36 HP 120050-08 $20,802.24. Rural Utilities Service (RSU) grant through the U.S. Department of Agriculture, partnered with DHEP consortium, Year 2: $34,000.00 Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), U.S. Department of Education, pending approval/funding, $80,447.00. Pass rates for RN licensure for class graduating Spring 2002 are pending. First write for pass rate for Spring 2001 class was 92% (22/24). Pass rates for
certification for family nurse practitioner for Fall 2001 class are
pending. First write pass rate for Fall 2000 class was 88%
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Delta State University School of
Nursing
DSU Box 3343 Cleveland, MS 38733-3343 Phone 662.846.4255 / Fax 662.846.4267 E-mail: jhaney@deltastate.edu Please note: All information in the Delta State
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