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Nursing Students and Leaders
Elected to Honor Society 

MAILED: May 8, 2002

         EAU CLAIRE — Thirty-two undergraduate or recently graduated students, 5 graduate students, and 13 nurse leaders at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Clare were recently elected to membership in Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. Two international members, from Germany and Norway, were also elected. They were inducted April 27 through UW-Eau Claire's Delta Phi chapter of Sigma Theta Tau.
         Sigma Theta Tau International is an organization of nurse leaders, scholars and researchers. The honor society, founded at Indiana University in 1922, currently has 406 chapters at 503 colleges and universities in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Pakistan, South Korea, Taiwan, and the United States. The society has 120,000 active members who live in more than 90 countries and territories.
         Membership in the society is awarded to bachelor's, master's and doctoral nursing candidates who achieve high scholastic averages and to graduates of nursing programs who made outstanding contributions to nursing.
         For more information regarding membership, call Dr. Karen Solheim (836-4012) or Cheryl Brandt, 836-4024.
         Following are the individuals who were inducted into Sigma Theta Tau:

• Raemalee Baker, Eau Claire

• Jodi Barnes, Eau Claire

• Jayne Bielecki, Marshfield

• Kari Blasczyk, Appleton

• Bradley Boettcher, Stevens Point

• Theresa Boone, Byron, Minn.

• Kelly Jo Bothun, Eau Claire

• Andreas Buescher, Dartmund,Germany

• Julie Buffington, Chippewa Falls

• Jolyne Check, Custer

• Michelle Coughlin, Maple Grove, Minn.

• Anna Cousin, Eau Claire

• Barbara Davis, Cameron

• Daniel J. Emborsky, Augusta

• Colleen France, Eau Claire

• Linda Gehring, Eau Claire

• Emily Geissler, Eau Claire

• Megan Grinnell, Eau Claire

• Jennifer Herber, Eau Claire

• Michele Hinrichs, Eau Claire

• Sheryl Holmes, Wausau

• Connie Jaenicke, Burnsville, Minn.

• Kasandra Justman, Spencer

• Michelle Klonowski, Madison

• Alaina Kozicki, Marshfield

• Gregory Leonhard, Marshfield

• Sara Loertscher, Unity

• Leah Luedtke, Eau Claire

• Stacey Mathiason, Inver Grove, Minn.

• Julie McCormick, Chippewa Falls

• Anna Moen, Oslo, Norway

• Dawn Mrozinski, Chippewa Falls

• Priscila Omoba, Marshfield

• Susan Paulus-Smith, Altoona

• Bonnie Pfaff, Cameron

• Sarah Pierringer, Port Washington

• Joanne Pretasky, Colfax

• Rhonda Prince, Bloomer

• Jessie Rowe, Arpin

• Denise Sekora, Bloomer

• Amanda Sines, Eau Claire

• Jamie Sinz, Eau Claire

• Jessica Solberg, Dorchester

• Shauna Solomon, Eau Claire

• Sara Stezenski, Shawano

• Cheri Swenson, Dayton, Minn.

• Karolyn Tamke, Eau Claire

• Lisa Thoma, Neillsville

• Lori Waltonen, Marshfield

• Melissa Wendell, Marshfield

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  News Bureau
Judy Berthiaume
UW-Eau Claire News Bureau
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(715) 836-4741
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Updated: May 8, 2002