Honor Society of Nursing
Nu Beta is a chartered chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI), Honor Society of Nursing, and was established at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing in 1992. The purposes of Sigma Theta Tau are to recognize superior achievement and the development of leadership capabilities, foster high professional standards, encourage creative work, and strengthen commitment to the ideals and purposes of the profession of nursing.
Mission
Through its members, the honor society strives to improve the health of the world’s people.
History
Sigma Theta Tau was founded in 1922 by six nursing students at Indiana University. In 1936, Sigma Theta Tau became the first organization in the United States to fund nursing research. The society was incorporated in 1985 as Sigma Theta Tau International, Inc., to support and connect the global community of nursing scholars who enhance healthcare worldwide. More than 300,000 nurse scholars have been inducted into Sigma Theta Tau. It is the second largest nursing organization in the world. Members are active in more than 90 countries and territories, and the 424 chapters are located in 523 college and university campuses in the United States and countries including Canada, Hong Kong, Pakistan, South Korea, Australia, Taiwan, the Netherlands, and Brazil. Membership is by invitation to baccalaureate and graduate nursing students who demonstrate excellence in scholarship and to nurse leaders exhibiting exceptional achievements in nursing.
Additional Nu Beta Information
Students are invited to join through STTI chapters located at more than 650 colleges and universities around the world. Nursing professionals not previously inducted as nursing students can also join STTI as a Nurse Leader.
Cost & Criteria
Induction into the honor society occurs yearly. Eligibility requirements are established by Sigma Theta Tau International.
Congratulations to Minhui Liu, a postdoctoral fellow in the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, who has received funding for a pilot randomized controlled trial. The study will be built upon the multi-component fall prevention program for older adults—LIVE-LiFE—developed by Dr. Sarah Szanton. Through the new study, student nurses will be trained to deliver the intervention and test it in community-dwelling older adults in China, where evidence-based fall prevention programs and professional interventionists are lacking.
Nu Beta at-Large Chapter Officers 2024
- President – Victoria Hughes (2024)
- President Elec – Jihane Frangieh (2024)
- Vice President for Academia – Vinciya Pandian (2024 – 2025)
- Vice President for Practice – Heather Watson (2024 – 2025)
- Treasurer – Jessica Murphy (2023 – 2024)
- Secretary – Binu Koirala (2022 – 2023)
- Counselor – Academia, Katherine Humphrey (2023-2024)
- Counselor – Academia, Angela Capello (2023 – 2024)
- Johns Hopkins Hospital- Deborah Baker
- JH Bayview- Sharon Smyth
- JH Howard County General Hospital – Ronald Langlotz
- JH Suburban Hospital-Leigh Ann Sidone
- JH Sibley Memorial Hospital- Laura Hendricks Jackson
- JH All Children’s Hospital- Melissa Macogay
Nu Beta at-Large Chapter Committees 2023
- Leadership Succession Committee
- Sarah Rollison, Chair (2024 – 2025)
- Brigit VanGraafeiland (2024 – 2025)
- Tamar Rodney (2024 – 2025)
- Patty Wilson (2024 – 2025)
- Kayla Orson (2024-2025)
- Governance Committee – need chair
- Lisa Grubb, Chair (2023 – 2024)
- Brenda Douglas (2024-2025)
- Erin Spaulding (2023 – 2024)
- Convention Delegates
- Nancy Goldstein – Current
- Jihane Frangieh- Current
- Nancy Goldstein (2024 – 2025)
- Amanda Rohde (2024 – 2025)
- Melissa Hunter (2024 – 2025)
- Nicole Johnson (2024 – 2025)
- Research Awards Committee
- Junxin Li, Chair (2024 – 2025)
- John Geroso (2024-2025)
- Colleen King Goode (2024 – 2025)
- Melissa Hladek (2024 – 2025)
- Kristin Brown (2024 – 2025)
- Social Media: Diana Baptiste (2024-2025)
- Publicity/Newsletter Committee
- Krysia Hudson, Chair (2023 – 2024)
- Nu Beta Newsletter
- Brenda Nettles (2023 – 2024)
- Sandy Swoboda (2023 – 2024)
- Sarah Allgood (2024 – 2025)
The Nu Beta Chapter has successfully added all six Johns Hopkins Hospitals to the Nu Beta charter. We will be the first chapter-at-large to add an entire health system. This is an exciting time for our chapter, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, and the Johns Hopkins Health System!
Benefits of being a chapter-at-large:
Improves collaboration between the JHSON community and Johns Hopkins Hospital’s nurse leaders
Helps foster greater collaboration in research, scholarship, and community service
Increases the visibility of STTI in the workplace
Promotes engagement, satisfaction, and retention of clinical nurses
Formalizes an already existing partnership between the JHSON and Johns Hopkins Health System
The six practice settings part of Nu-Beta Chapter: