(Dr Jackie Close and Olga Samokvalova)

Founder’s Chapel was the site for the Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) induction of new members. The ceremony took place on Saturday, April 16th. A record, fifty MEPN students were inducted into this international honor society of nursing scholars.  Students must have earned a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher to be considered for membership.

The Zeta Mu chapter consists of students and alumni from USD as well as from Point Loma Nazarene. The chapter is committed to the following purposes:

• To recognize superior achievement in nursing
• To encourage creative work
• To foster high professional standards
• To strengthen the commitment to the ideals of the profession

Dr. Jackie Close, faculty advisor for the chapter stated, “It was such a beautiful ceremony and I was honored to welcome these high achieving MEPN students into STTI.”

Kudos to the following students

Tommaso Bardaro, Mary Rose Berberian, Katrina Bess, Carey Blew, Amy Bowers, Ryan Dean Brown, Mariah Butera, Valerie Bykoff, Todd Chamoy, Breanna Champion-Ybarra, Tina Chung, Chelsea Cornwell, Bessie Coronado-Vigil, Kylie Crivello, Lisa Cronk, Taylor Deits, Annette Diaz-Santana, LaDawn Dixon, Heather Ebert, Julia Elliot, Griselda Escobedo, Nicole Galicia, Zoe Garrett, Jonathan Goldstone, Elisangela Mantoanelli Heim, Brooke Hollyfield, Patrick Humphries, Anya Ilfeld, Heather Knapp, Kaylyn LaValle, Helen Luk, Kaitlyn MacNeil, Kathleen Martin, Francesca Murillo, Hezekiah O’Neal, Diana Pineda, Arianna Reisman, Daniel Roderick, Manreet Sahota, Olga Samokhvalova, Amy Scheffler, Corey Sinclair, Britney Taganas, Hannah Tappe, Fiyore Tesfai, Laura Traeger, Diane Ward, Marissa Williams, Megan Yap, Erin Zilka

( just a few of the 2016 inductees)

(Katie MacNeil and Katrina Bess proudly display their STTI certificates)