FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 28, 2007
Contact: Sheila Humphrey
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MUW Nursing students honored at convention

COLUMBUS, Miss. -- MUW Baccalaureate nursing students recently participated in the Mississippi Association of Student Nurses (MASN) annual convention. The convention was held in Tupelo this year. Several MUW nursing students were honored as well as elected to statewide offices for the MASN.

“We are very proud of all of them and glad they are so interested in working in their professional organization,” said Janice Giallourakis, faculty adviser of the MUW Student Nurses Association.

Among the MUW students honored was Mike Dodson, a BSN senior, who was inducted to Mississippi Student Nurses Hall of Fame and awarded the Mississippi Nurses Foundation Scholarship.

Other students received similar honors.

Beth Estes, BSN senior, was also inducted to Mississippi Student Nurses Hall of Fame, while Andrew Hendrix, a junior in the BSN program, was elected 1st Vice President of the MASN.

BSN Junior Conner Reynolds was elected treasurer of the MASN and Courtney Truax, also a BSN junior, was elected MASN Chairperson of Fundraising.

Erin Williams, BSN junior, received the honor of being elected MASN BSN State-Wide Representative.

Giallourakis said, “I don’t recall a time when we’ve had so many students at one time be state officers. It’s been a very long time since any of our students have been so involved in our state organizations. I think we can have an impact and influence the working of the organization this year.”

“This is quite an honor to have this many students from one school elected to statewide leadership positions or be inducted into the Mississippi Student Nursing Hall of Fame,” said Dr. Sheila Adams, Dean of the College of Nursing and Speech-Language Pathology.

The students were recognized among all BSN nursing schools in the state as well as some ASN programs.