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URI students elected to nursing honor society

Media Contact: Dave Lavallee, 401-874-5862

KINGSTON, R.I.-- February 4, 2004 -- Seventeen undergraduate students, four graduate students, and four nurse leaders at the University of Rhode Island�s College of Nursing, were inducted into membership in Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing.

The members were inducted through Delta Upsilon Chapter-at-Large at URI in a ceremony at the Quonset O Club in North Kingstown, in December.

Membership in the society is awarded to bachelor, masters, and doctoral nursing candidates who achieve high scholastic averages. In addition, graduates of the nursing program who have made outstanding contributions to nursing as nurse leaders are also granted membership.

Sigma Theta Tau International is a prestigious organization of nurse leaders, scholars, and researchers. The honor society, founded at Indiana University in 1922, currently has 356 chapters at more than 400 college and university campuses worldwide. The honor society is committed to improving the health of the public by advancing nursing science.

The undergraduate inductees are:

First Name/ Initial	Last Name	Hometown	State
Rebecca	Young	Enfield	Conn.
Rosemary	Woodstock	Graswold	Conn.
Emily	Patil	Gloucester	Mass.
Lorraine	Touchette	Halifax	Mass.
Elizabeth	Molinari	Scituate	Mass.
Marci M.	Croze	Springfield	Mass.
Meeta	Mandalia	Fairlawn	N.J.
Robert J.	Orgill	Scranton	Pa.
Annie B.	Guise	Lincoln	R.I.
Amanda L.	Comire	Manville	R.I.
Elisabeth	Walsh	Narragansett	R.I.
Allison E.	Grace	North Kingstown	R.I.
Leigh	Eddy	Riverside	R.I.
Andrea	Ruiz	Warwick	R.I.
Cheryl	Danto	Westerly	R.I.
Christine Ann	Lefebvre	Westerly	R.I.
Kimberly M.	Leong	Westerly	R.I.

The graduate inductees are:

First Name/Initial	Last Name	Hometown	State
Susan E.	Howe	Barrington	R.I.
Shelia A.	Quinn	Barrington	R.I.
Suzanne	Lacroix	Lincoln	R.I.
Julie C.	White	Smithfield	R.I.

The nurse-leader inductees are:

First Name/ Initial	Last Name	Hometown	State
Ann E.	Moore	Bristol	R.I.
Leonarda	Vernon-Lee	Providence	R.I.
Lorie J.	Cutting	Wakefield	R.I.
Hsiu-Chin	Shen	Wakefield	R.I.

In addition, $1,000 scholarships were awarded to:

Undergraduate Scholarship Award- Allison Grace

Graduate Scholarship Award- Kathline Hass.

For more information, contact Patricia Stout at 401-874-5348

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URI students elected to nursing honor society