Don’t forget: The Research Symposium and Annual Meeting for the Tau Epsilon Chapter of Sigma is this morning, Saturday, April 27^th at 10am. The meeting is virtual only on the Teams link below.

The agenda:

Welcome:

Dr. Peg Gray-Vickery, Provost and Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs and Professor of Nursing at Texas A&M Central Texas, Virginia Henderson Fellow

Induction of Leadership Member:

            Induction of Rachel Hutton

Keynote Speaker:

Dr. Tammy Rodriguez, Chief Nursing Officer/Vice President of Patient Care Services, AdventHealth

“Evidence-Based Practice: Defining and Applying Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing”

Speaker:

Dr. Amy Mersiovsky, Director and Chair of the Department of Nursing, Texas A&M Central Texas

“Social Media Challenges-Dangers to Children & Adolescents, What Nurses Need to Know to Educate Families about TikTok”

Poster Presenter:

            Dr. Dawn Riess, Assistant Professor of Nursing, Texas A&M Central Texas

            “Supporting New Graduate Nurses, Transition to Practice”

Poster Presenter:

            Dr. Kristy France Smith, Nurse Recruiter, Central Texas Veterans Health Care System

            “Improving Geriatric Syndrome Treatment Recommendations”

Hello Everyone,

   The Tau Epsilon Board met this evening and decided to change the annual research event and meeting to an online event.  The meeting will still be held on Saturday April 27@10am.

    Here is the meeting link:

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MzNhMTFlZjYtMDZjYi00MTMwLTlhYzUtYWQ3MWY2NzRiZjJi%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%220625d309-c5bc-4120-9828-ea3d7071af19%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2271418cbf-9c53-4482-92ee-c978087f06cb%22%7d

Hello Tau Epsilon Members,

Here is the link to RSVP for the Research Brunch and Annual meeting to be held on April 27 at 10 am at Texas A&M University Central Texas.

All the details including the menu and address are included on this sign up genius link:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D45A4A928ABF8CF8-48765020-tauepsilon

We are still accepting abstracts to the TAU.EPSILON.TEXAS@gmail.com address until April 1.

Please RSVP ASAP so we can continue to make arrangements.

The Tau Epsilon Leadership Succession Committee is looking for candidates.  We need highly motivated goal oriented individuals to run for office.  Here are the positions that will be elected:

Two year positions-

Vice President

Secretary

Governance committee members (2)

Leadership Succession Committee members (2)

Counselors (2)-must be a faculty member at UMHB

One year position-

Incoming President (this will transition into the Presidential two-year term in 2025)

Please email Dr. Mersiovsky at a.mersiovsky@tamuct.edu if you need more information or are interested.

Just a reminder that abstracts for our Annual Research Symposium are due on April 1.  The event will be held on April 27.  

Please send abstracts to:

TAU.EPSILON.TEXAS@GMAIL.com