Iota Mu Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International

Officers and Committee Chairs 2025-2026
President	Brandi Sawyer
Past President	Hollis Franco
Vice President	Jodi Fry
Secretary	Melissa Weems
Treasurer	Darla Smith
First Counselor	Kimber Cockerell
Second Counselor	Rachael Holder
Governance Chair	Roxanne Schroeder
Governance Committee Member	Sonya Ritchie
Governance Committee Member	Louise Rice
Research Chair	Venisa Morgan
Philanthropy Chair	Belinda Gallegos
Philanthropy Committee Member
Membership Relations Chair	Rebecca Clark
Membersip Relations Committee Member	Alison Barron
Succession Committee Chair	Brittany Hatchett
Succession Committee Member	Dawn Kineman-Wiginton
Succession Committee Member	Pricilla Wyatt
Publicity Chair	April Guerin
Publicity Committee Member	Jamie Newman
Nurse Leader Recruiting Task Force Chair	LaNell Harrison
Past Presidents Committee Member	Patricia Francis-Johnson
Past Presidents Committee Member	LaNell Harrison
Past Presidents Committee Member	Terry Hill
Past Presidents Committee Member	Hollis Franco

***Iota Mu donated $5000.00 to Lubbock Dream Center’s ACTION Family Food Pantry for COVID-19 relief.

***Reminder:  The 100th year Biennial Conference will be held in Indianapolis, IN November 6-10, 2021. We would like as many of our members to attend as possible.

*** Iota Mu is full of great leaders! We are excited to take this time to announce the new 2020-2022 Board and Committee members:

Brandi Sawyer	First Counselor
Alison Barron	Publicity Chair
Rebecca Cantu	Governance Committee Member 2
Courtnie Moore	Succession Committee Member 2
Amanda Hughes	Secretary

Thank you to each of you for stepping up to serve our great chapter!!! 

A HUGE Thank You goes to our outgoing board and committee members:

Bren Threadgill	First Counselor
Lucy Brown	Publicity Chair
Open Position	Governance Committee Member 2
Brandi Sawyer	Succession Committee Member 2
Amy Boothe	Secretary

Our outgoing board/committee members will be working to help transition our new officers. 

LaNell Harrison, PhD, RN

Sigma Iota Mu President

Calendar Events for 2020

• Aug 27th- Virtual induction for TTUHSC grads
• Aug 29th – Lubbock Dream Center Health Checks
• Sept 28th- Executive Board Meeting
• Oct 26th- Board and Committee Meeting
• Oct 31st – Lubbock Dream Center Health Checks
• Nov 23rd- General Member Meeting

Calendar Events 2021 pending:

Lubbock Dream Center Health Checks - 1/30, 5/29, 7/31, 10/30

*Dates and times for meetings pending and to be announced*

• June 2020
• April 2020
• September 2019
• April 2019
• January 2019
• December 2018
• July 2018
• June 2018
• April 2018
• February 2018
• January 2018

Lubbock Dream Center Health Assessment Clinics are the 5th Saturdays of the year.  We need help in the community volunteering on the 5th Saturday from 8-10:00 am at the Dream Center (1111 30th Street). If you are interested, please email mark.wilkinson@lcu.edu. Remaining dates in 2020 are 8/29 and 10/31. Dates in 2021 are 1/30/21, 5/29/21, 7/31/21, & 10/30/21.

Please check your emails and this site periodically for updates and “save the dates”.

Please check out our website at Sigma for additional Sigma announcements and news: https://thecircle.sigmanursing.org/iotamuchapter/home

Application Letter

Our Iota Mu Chapter has implemented a new process for funding conferences.  We will set dates for submission, collect all applications (dates will be sent per conference) and then distribute funding using an approved rubric. Our budget is limited, so funding will only be awarded for Sigma Conferences.  Funding will no longer be based on first come-first serve, rather a merit basis for participation in our Chapter events or at the National/International level.  This ensures that our distant members are still eligible, although they do not live in the Lubbock area. The deadlines for submission and notification will always occur prior to the early-bird registration deadline. 

The deadline for the Research Congress in Canada is April 15th.  Recipients will be notified by April 22nd.  Please reach out to Amanda Veesart-Iota Mu President at amanda.veesart@ttuhsc.edu if you have any questions.”

Undergraduate Students must:

• have completed 1/2 of the nursing curriculum;
• achieve academic excellence (at schools where a 4.0 grade point average system is used, this equates to a 3.0 or higher);
• rank in the upper 35 percentile of the graduating class;
• meet the expectation of academic integrity.

Registered Nurse Students must:

• have completed 12 credit hours at current school;
• have completed 1/2 of the nursing curriculum;
• achieve academic excellence (at schools where a 4.0 grade point average system is used, this equates to a 3.0 or higher);
• rank in the upper 35 percentile of graduating class;
• meet the expectation of academic integrity.

Graduate Students (Master's and Doctorate) must:

• have completed 3/4 of the nursing curriculum;
• achieve academic excellence (at schools where a 4.0 grade point average system is used, this equates to a 3.5 or higher);
• meet the expectation of academic integrity

 Nurse Leader Candidates must:

• be legally recognized to practice nursing in his/her country;
• have a minimum of a baccalaureate degree or the equivalent in any field;
• demonstrate achievement in nursing.Gain a broad understanding of honor society member benefits and how to obtain an invitation to join;