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The Omega Theta Chapter has some exciting events coming up in the next few months! 

Wednesday, September 21, 2022 from 7-9pm - Jennifer Sheaffer, DNP, FNP-BC will be presenting "Promoting Parental Monitoring of Adolescent Social Media Behaviors to Reduce Negative Health Outcomes" at the Henry Hood Center in Danville, PA. Cost is $15 for adults, $5 for students, and it is free for Sigma Theta Tau students. 

Friday, October 7, 2022 at 6pm - Omega Theta will be holding our Honor Society Induction Ceremony at Le Jeune Chef on the Pennsylvania College of Technology campus in Williamsport, PA. 

Wednesday, November 2, 2022 at 2pm - Dr. Anthony Ragusea will be presenting "Tips for Nurses from One Psychologist". You can join the presentation from the link provided. 

Wednesday, January 25, 2023 at 2pm - Special Agent Alan McGill will be presenting "Emerging Drug Trends/Drug Diversion in Health Care" at a location to be announced in the future. 

All three presentations will offer CEUs. 

If you have any questions about any of these events, please contact one of our chapter officers!

The Division of Nursing at Penn College recently partnered with the DAISY foundation to honor extraordinary nursing faculty and students for the compassionate and skillful care they provide patients and families. They are very excited about this partnership and are looking for volunteers to serve on the DAISY Award Committee.

The committee will be charged with developing criteria for student and faculty nominations, reviewing nominations, and selecting winners. The committee members will also be invited to participate in the presentation of DAISY Awards during our pinning ceremonies. 

If you are interested in serving as a member of the DAISY Award Committee, please let Valerie Myers know by August 27th!

A member of Omega Theta, Mike Covone, will be starting a CRNA program at Excela Health School of Anesthesia in January. Join us in congratulating him and wishing him all the best in his next endeavor!

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Hello Omega Theta Chapter!

We are looking into partnering our Penn College BSN seniors with interested Sigma members to work together on the Process Improvement portion of their Capstone projects!  If you are interested in mentoring BSN students within our new Omega Theta chapter and getting involved at this level, please reach out to your chapter leaders and let us know!  See contact info at the bottom of this message :-)

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Thanks so much for your time!

Donna Lovestrand, dml14@pct.edu
Monica Flexer, maf26@pct.edu
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Sigma has made several very relevant CNE courses available for free for all nurses, not just members. There have also been two webcasts done by our Director of Education that are relevant during this time: 

https://www.sigmanursing.org/sigma-is-here-for-you

Please share this link with any of your students, faculty, friends who are nurses, or ANY nurses that you know!