By Michelle Hines, University Relations
Contact: (336) 334-5371
Posted 4-3-08
GREENSBORO, NC – On April 4, 65 undergraduate and graduate UNCG nursing students were inducted into the Theta Tau Honor Society of Nursing.
Sigma Theta Tau is the only International Honor Society of Nursing 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. UNCG’s chapter is Gamma Zeta.
The following students were inducted:
Alamance – Jamie Renee Anderson of Graham; Melissa Danielle Draughn of Burlington; Traci Leigh Foster of Mebane.
Buncombe – Mary Reid Hendrix of Arden; Jessica Marie Martin, Sarah Elizabeth Stout of Asheville.
Burke – Amy Michelle Howell of Morganton.
Catawba – Sally Baird, Jennifer Parker Ballenger of Hickory; Sharon H. Goss, Veronica Christine McCray of Newton; Kari Lynn Kennedy of Claremont.
Chatham – Penny Ann Sauer of Pittsboro.
Davidson – Alisha Michelle Bunn, Amber Michelle Haley of Lexington.
Davie – Patricia Millner of Mocksville, Lauren Venable Starkey of Advance.
Durham – Carlie Gayle Marbrey, Shirley Murray, Dai Thi Nguyen of Durham.
Forsyth – Ashley Nicole Hughes, Ashley Lauren Siler of Kernersville; Christopher Barrett Foster, Stephanie Nichole Haley, Melanie Brooke Kennedy, Amy M. Lauvray, Emily Elizabeth McGee, Stanley Thomas Paskiewicz, Nicholas Scott Thompson of Winston-Salem; Jennifer Higgins Sames of Tobaccoville; Stacy Mendenhall Hill of Clemmons.
Guilford – Ali Boyce Cosgrove, Stephanie Nicole Dietz, Lourdes Maria Elder, Melanie Brooke Harding, Hal Justin Lowder, Morgan Ford Maxwell, Bridgett Byrd Sellars of Greensboro; Heather Leonard Flynt of High Point; Brittany Leigh Dabbs, Kelly Ann Tonkin of Jamestown; Mary Wagner Tice of Stokesdale.
Henderson – Sarah Lauren Chalk of Hendersonville.
Hoke – Queen J. A. Pierce of Raeford.
Iredell – Lori M. Dixon, Stacey Pope Helmandollar of Statesville; Beth Crate-Nelson Downing of Mooresville; Kristin Larissa Lowe of Olin.
Mecklenburg – Nancy Jo Barwick of Cornelius.
Orange – Monalesia Chapman of Hillsborough.
Randolph – Cheri Melissa McDonald of Trinity.
Richmond –Tonya Eteo Stroll of Rockingham.
Rockingham – Kelly Michelle Baker, Margaret Ann Hewitt of Madison; Carla Ann Sparks of Ruffin.
Wake – Carla Annette Rilling, Karen Lee Watson of Cary; Candice Nicole Alexander, Shavone La’neigh Johnson, Sarah Emily Willett of Raleigh.
Watauga – Shari Rogers Treadway of Boone.
Wilkes – Lisa Hague Ball, Allison Noel Sparks of North Wilkesboro.
Sigma Theta Tau’s mission is to support the learning, knowledge and professional development of nurses committed to making a difference in health worldwide. The Gamma Zeta chapter was chartered in 1976.
