The University’s Honour Society of Nursing was officially inducted into Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) this spring.
Founded in 1922 by six nursing students at Indiana University, STTI is the second largest nursing organization in the world with 340,000 inducted members in more than 90 countries and territories. Members include practicing nurses, faculty, researchers, policy-makers, executives, entrepreneurs and others.
Membership is open to nursing students who meet or exceed rigorous academic standards and to professionals with exceptional achievement in nursing.
STTI is dedicated to improving the health of people worldwide by promoting excellence in all aspects of the nursing profession and by furthering nursing research. It sponsors a number of mentoring programs and research initiatives, and offers a wealth of resources such as a bank of distinguished lecturers and publications like the Journal of Nursing Scholarship.
The name of the University’s STTI chapter is “Tau Gamma.” “For the past seven years a group of dedicated academics and community leaders in nursing worked diligently to meet the strict requirements imposed by STTI to become a chapter,” explained Prof. Jean Dunning, assistant director in charge of graduate programs at the School of Nursing and president of Tau Gamma. “Those requirements included an active membership of nurses who had made significant contributions to nursing research, education, or practice; evidence of annually organized scholarly activities; and a solid financial base.”
“Receiving a STTI chapter is a mark of distinction that is achieved through evidence-based scholarship and leadership,” said Prof. Sylvie Lauzon, director of the school. “This international recognition of the excellence of our clinical practice, education and research in the nursing field can only encourage us to do even better.”
