Photo: Inductee Dr. Alexis Harsh (center) with President Joseph Shepard (left) and School of Nursing Department Chair Joe Heidrick (right).

Silver City, NM -Western New Mexico University School of Nursing faculty members and area community nurse leaders recently established a nursing honor society for southwest New Mexico. This charter honor society will eventually become a recognized chapter of the National Sigma Theta Tau International Society, which was established in 1922 to honor the commitment to knowledge, learning and service in professional nursing.

The Southwest New Mexico Honor Society of Nursing inducted 17 charter members in December. Inductees representing former students and community nurse leaders who exemplified academic achievement and leadership were inducted, each receiving a certificate, a gold honor's cord and flowers. WNMU President Joe Shepherd and Vice President of Academic Affairs Dr. Jack Crocker were both on hand to help induct and give remarks to the gathering.

For more information, contact the School of Nursing at 575-538-6960 or contact Dr. Sherry Bassi at sherry.bassi@wnmu.edu.

Western New Mexico University has served the people of the state of New Mexico and its surrounding areas as a comprehensive, regional, rural, public coeducational university since 1893 and serves a student body diverse in age, culture, language and ethnic background.