Sigma Theta Tau International Nu Beta at-Large Chapter

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 2023

• President – Victoria Hughes (2023 – 2024)

• Past President – Nancy Goldstein (2023)

• Vice President for Academia – Vinciya Pandian (2022 – 2023)

• Vice President for Practice – Heather Watson (2022 – 2023)

• Treasurer – Katrina Bezak (2022 – 2023)

• Associate Treasurer – Jessica Murphy (2023 – 2024)

• Secretary – Binu Koirala (2022 – 2023)

• Counselor – Academia, Kathy Kushto-Reese (2023 – 2024)

• Counselor – Academia, Angela Capello (2023 – 2024)

• Counselor – Practice (CNOs)

  1. Johns Hopkins Hospital- Deborah Baker

  2. JH Bayview – Sharon Smyth

  3. JH Howard County General Hospital – Ronald Langlotz

  4. JH Suburban Hospital – LeighAnn Sidone

  5. JH Sibley Memorial Hospital – Laura Hendricks Jackson

  6. JH All Children’s Hospital- Melissa Macogay

• Nu Beta at-Large Chapter Committees 2023

  • Leadership Succession Committee

    • Emma Mangano – Chair – (2022 – 2023)

    • Brigit VanGraafeiland (2022 – 2023)

    • Tamar Rodney (2022 – 2023)

    • Sarah Rollison (2022 – 2023)

    • Patty Wilson (2022 – 2023)

  • Governance Committee/Chair

    • Lisa Grubb, Chair (2023 – 2024)

    • Nia Josiah (2023 – 2024)

    • Erin Spaulding (2023 – 2024)

    • Catherine Horvath (2023 – 2024)

  • Convention Delegates

    • Nancy Goldstein – Current

    • Vickie Hughes – Current

  • Philanthropy Committee

    • Nicolette Hooge, Chair (2022 – 2023)

    • Iris Vercoe (2023 – 2024)

  • Membership Involvement Committee

    • Jessica Peters Chair (2022 – 2023)

    • Andy Benson (2022 – 2023)

    • Nada Lukkahatai, (2022 – 2023)

    • Teresa Brockie

    • Chivas Guillote

    • Kristen Brown

    • Nicole Johnson (Practice)

  • Research Awards Committee

    • Junxin Li, Chair (2022 – 2023)

    • Kelly Gleason, (2022 – 2023)

    • Janiece Taylor (2022 – 2023)

    • Melissa deCardi Hladek (2022 – 2023)

    • Nancy Gentry-Russell (2022 – 2023)

    • Sarah Allgood (2022 – 2023)

    • Marianne Fingerhood (2022 – 2023)

  • Publicity/Newsletter Committee

    • Krysia Hudson, Chair/Editor (2023 – 2024)

    • Catherine Ling, Co-Chair (2022 – 2023)

    • Nu Beta Newsletter

      • Julie Pineda (2022 – 2023)

      • Violeta Pantaleon (2022 – 2023)

      • Brenda Nettles (2023 – 2024)

      • Sandy Swoboda (2023 – 2024)

    • Social Media: Diana Baptiste

Positions Descriptions

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:

• The Johns Hopkins Hospital

• Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

• Howard County General Hospital-Johns Hopkins Medicine

• Sibley Memorial Hospital-Johns Hopkins Medicine

• Suburban Hospital-Johns Hopkins Medicine

• Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital