School of Nursing Honors Students

The UNCG School of Nursing has announced inductees into one of the largest nursing organizations in the world.

Gamma Zeta, the local chapter of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, inducted 60 students, including (sorted by hometown):

Michelle Carter of Belews Creek

Susan Paisley Hedrick of Burlington
Ginny Rainey of Burlington

Tiffany Markewich of Chapel Hill

Susan Streitman Manz of Charlotte

Amy Barrett of Cherryville

Ashley Marie Lowe of Clemmons

Matt Blue of Climax

Catherine Coman of Durham

Anna Spaan of Elon

Judy Lynn Reeves of Gastonia

Kaitlin Mason Lemaster of Graham

Christiana Baughan of Greensboro
Heather Gibson of Greensboro
Amber Hendrix of Greensboro
Elizabeth Howerton of Greensboro
Seraph Grace Kline of Greensboro
Karen Christine Oswalt of Greensboro
Tracey Marie Whitaker of Greensboro
Jean Wolf of Greensboro

Marguerite Watkins of Hickory
Michelle G. Mills of Hickory

Joy Renee Fields of High Point

Jannine Ivette Rios of Indian Trail

Tracie Stewart Rowe of Jamestown

Kimberly Kramm of Kernersville
Anita McDougall Martin of Kernersville

Pamela Crawford Moss of Kings Mountain

Danny Helton of Morganton

Rebecca A. Weaver of Newton

Myriah Elizabeth Cox of Pinnacle

Amy Reardon of Raleigh

Ron Butler of Statesville
Pamela Sue Ward-Patino of Statesville

Gina Brown Deal of Taylorsville
Michele Sherrill of Taylorsville

Brooke Hall of Thomasville
Amanda Dawn Hauser of Thomasville

Susan Elaine Benfield of Valdese

Melissa Dawn White of Walnut Cove

Tamika Latrice Anderson of Winston Salem
Shannon Leigh Bucherati (Aldrich) of Winston Salem
Karen Lynn Childress of Winston Salem
Kristin Goehring of Winston Salem
Heather Lee Penland of Winston Salem

Dr. Billye Brown, former president of Sigma Theta Tau International addressed the inductees, their families, friends, and faculty.

Founded in 1922 at the Indiana University Training School for Nurses in Indianapolis, Sigma Theta Tau is the only international honor society of nursing and the second largest individual member nursing organization in the world with more than 200,000 members and chapters in 359 colleges and universities in over 90 countries and territories. Membership is by invitation only to baccalaureate and graduate nursing students who demonstrate excellence in scholarship and to nurse leaders exhibiting exceptional achievements in nursing. The mission of the Honor Society of Nursing is to support the learning, knowledge and professional development of nurses committed to making a difference in health worldwide.

The UNCG chapter, Gamma Zeta, was chartered in 1976. Nearly 2,000 members have been inducted into the local chapter.

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