New Website is Up & Running

We spent a significant part of 2007-2008 creating a new website for Alpha Eta Chapter. The website went live in Summer 2008. Check it out at http://alphaeta.ucsf.edu

While this blog worked as an interim fix, we are really excited to have a full fledged website that we think you will really like.

The Fall website update will be available on the website soon. So please bookmark the site http://alphaeta.ucsf.edu and go there regularly for updates regarding chapter activities.

Cheers.

Application for New Members

Alpha Eta Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International is accepting applications for new membership.

Stop by the information table on Tue. 1/22 and Wed. 1/23 from 12-1pm in the School of Nursing cafe or 3rd floor mezzanine for more information.

Hard copies of the application are available in both the doctoral student and master's student lounges as well as in the Office Student Affairs. You can also download the document by clicking here.

Applications are due by February 20th, 2008.

Questions about application for membership?
Contact, Teri Lindgren 415/476-3758 or teri.lindgren@nursing.ucsf.edu

Please note: The membership fee the first year is the full membership rate. After your first year when you renew your membership you are eligible for the reduced rate if you are student.

Nominations for the Margretta Madden Styles Award

We are still seeking nominations for the 2008 recipient for the Margretta Madden Styles Award. The deadline is January 29, 2008.

First presented in 1987, the Margretta Madden Styles Award is named in tribute to the farsighted visionary leadership of the esteemed former Dean of the School of Nursing at UCSF. Its purpose is to recognize excellence in nursing among Alpha Eta members—in clinical practice, teaching, administration, or research. The selection of the recipient of the Award is based on three major criteria:

1) Evidence of leadership (innovation, creativity, inspiration, and empowering others)

2) Vision in nursing (considers the realities of today, while invisioning the possibilities of tomorrow), and finally,

3) Contributing to a positive image of nursing by being caring, professional, and enhancing the public image and image within the profession of nursing).

A letter of nomination addressing the criteria above can be submitted to:

Sigma Theta Tau International, Alpha Eta Chapter Leadership Committee
c/o Patricia Sparacino
Dept. of Family Health Care Nursing
UCSF School of Nursing

Questions about the nomination process?
Please contact Monica McLemore by email Monica.McLemore@ucsf.edu

Interested in Changing Chapters or Dual Chapter Membership?

For current (or inactive) Sigma Theta Tau members interested in establishing membership with Alpha Eta Chapter, go to the website of STTI and select "membership".

There are several options for current or inactive members. It is possible to change chapter affiliation when you renew your membership online. Detailed instructions are available in the FAQs.

Thanks for considering selecting Alpha Eta Chapter as your home chapter.

Membership Application

Alpha Eta chapter has formulated a strategic plan that proposes that sustainable development is necessary for excellence in nursing research, education and practice just as excellence in research education and practice is necessary for sustainable development. Toward this end we invite persons meeting the requirements for application to join our chapter.Sustainability requires human interaction, collaboration, and commitment.

You are invited to join Alpha Eta Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International to sustain our purposes:

1. Recognize superior achievement.
2. Recognize the development of leadership qualities.
3. Foster high professional standards.
4. Encourage creative work.
5. Strengthen commitment to the ideals and purposes of the profession of nursing.

Those qualified to apply are:

1. Undergraduate Students: GPA 3.0 after completing 1/2 of the curriculum
2. Graduate Students: GPA 3.5 after completing 9 units.
3. RN's not currently enrolled in school are eligible as nurse leaders if they have completed at least a baccalaureate degree and are recommended by an active member of the Alpha Eta Chapter.

Membership applications are due in February every year.
Watch this page for details.

Additional information about application for membership is available at
the website of Sigma Theta Tau International.

2007-2008 Calendar

2007-2008 Alpha Eta Chapter Calendar

Date	Event	Time	Location
August 2007
27	Alpha Eta Board Retreat	1-4 pm	N405AB
September 2007
13	Instruction begins
10	Newsletter – submission deadline
30	Newsletter - mail
October 2007
9	Alpha Eta meeting	12-1 pm	N319D
15	Fall Leadership or Research Program
24 and 25	9th UCSF Stanford Research Day		SSF Conference Center
November 2007
2-7	39th Biennial Convention		Baltimore, MD
13	Alpha Eta meeting	12-1 pm	N319D
13	Alpha Eta Research Award deadline
December 2007
4	Alpha Eta meeting	12-1 pm	N319D
10	Newsletter – submission deadline
January 2008
2	Winter quarter begins
2	Newsletter - mail
8	Alpha Eta meeting	12-1 pm	N319D
TBD	Call for STTI membership
29	MMS Award nominations due
February 2008
5	Alpha Eta meeting	12-1 pm	N319D
20	Membership applications due
TBD	Spring program
March 2008
4	Alpha Eta meeting	12-1 pm	N319D
31	Spring quarter begins
April 2008
1	Alpha Eta meeting	12-1 pm	N319D
May 2008
6	Alpha Eta meeting	12-1 pm	N319D
TBD	Ballot return deadline
June 2008
5	Alpha Eta Induction and Ceremony
6	School of Nursing graduation
TBD	Annual reports due

Fall Leadership Program

The Alpha Eta Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau
(UCSF School of Nursing) will be presenting its Annual Fall Program
Monday October 15th from 5 pm to 9 pm in the Golden Gate room at Millberry Union.

Gene Marie O'Connell, RN, MS -
Chief Executive Officer of
San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center

O’Connell is responsible for a hospital that employs nearly 6,000 people, serves over 100,000 patients a year, is the only provider of trauma services (Level I), has the largest acute psychiatric and mental health rehabilitation facility, and the only psychiatric emergency services for the City and County of San Francisco.


A light dinner will be served, and 1.5 Continuing education units will be available.
The cost will be $15.00 per person.

To reserve a place ‘at the table’ to hear a dynamic nurse leader, Gene Marie O’Connell, RN MS, please RSVP as soon as possible with Lou Mulligan, RN MS BC; vice president for the chapter. Lou.Mulligan-Beasley@ucsfmedctr.org.
Call 415-353-8833 for questions.

Make your check to ‘Alpha Eta chapter’ and send to:
Lou Mulligan RN MS BC c/o Nursing Education Department
505 Parnassus Ave. L-171San Francisco, Ca. 94143
Or
Bring to the conference (must RSVP first).

For printable version of the program announcement click here: Fall Leadership Program