Angela Clark, RNC-OB, MSN
 President, Delta Psi Chapter, STTI

Fall greetings to all Delta Psi members! As summer is coming to a close, there is a welcome relief of fall with its cooler weather, changing leaves and excitement of events like University of Kentucky football and Keeneland. That’s the beauty of the changing seasons in relation to our lives as nurses—we have an opportunity to always change and improve ourselves personally and professionally. The board of Delta Psi welcomes involvement of all members in order to have an active chapter dedicated to advance nursing.

Hopefully members were able to enjoy the “Out of the Gate” event held September 11, 2011 at Shilito Park. This meet and greet event was designed to help both new and established members of Delta Psi to have a time of fellowship and food while finding out ways to get involved with the chapter! In the future, this event will be announced at the Spring Induction so that new members can plan in advance to be at the annual fall event. Often people want to become more involved but simply are not sure about how to accomplish that goal. Hopefully this event will start our school year and fall season off to a great start!

In order to keep members aware of accomplishments of the chapter, please note that Delta Psi will be receiving for the third time the 2011 Chapter Key Award from Sigma Theta Tau International at the Biennial Convention located in Texas this October. This is a major accomplishment as it awards the chapter for the excellent work by our members to advance nursing through research, excellent programs, membership recruitment and retention, collaboration with other nurses at the local, national and international level and professional/leadership development. Thank you to all members who helped to make this award possible for the chapter!

The chapter also wants to recognize that our own Dr. Suzanne Prevost was recognized as STTI’s President in November. We are so fortunate to have her as a Delta Psi member and want to congratulate her on this great honor!

This year will be filled with opportunities for chapter members to come together for times of fellowship, collaboration and learning at chapter programs. Please remember to check your email for invitations to our various programs and Spring induction ceremony! I look forward to working with the other board members to help our chapter continue to shine!