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Nursing NewsThe School of Nursing andHealth Sciences launcheda chapter of the honorsociety Sigma ThetaTau International. Fiftynursing students and localnurse leaders were inductedinto the new Upsilon Phi Chapter.Ninety-one percent of RMU nursinggraduates passed the National CouncilLicensure Examination in the past year –a higher rate than both the state ofPennsylvania (85 percent) and the nationas a whole (87 percent).Associate professor of nursingValerie Howard won a 2008 Cameoof Caring Nurse Educator Awardfrom the University ofPittsburgh Schoolof Nursing.Howard isa pioneerin the use oftechnology and high fidelity simulationin nursing education. The award forexcellence in education was presentedto Howard in November at the DavidL. Lawrence Convention Center.rmurecycle this magazineGive it to a neighbor who’s in high schooland help spread the word about RMU.> FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM HOMECOMING 2008, CHECK OUT WWW.RMU.EDU/FOUNDATIONS.> Cause for CelebrationRMU’s exciting Homecoming 2008 festivities culminated in a big win forthe Colonials, who snapped a four-game losing streak by knocking offconference rival Duquesne by a touchdown, 34-27.Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania Chairman Ralph Papa '67 received theuniversity's Alumni Achievement Award, given to a graduate who hasachieved professional distinction. Papa, who spent most of his career atMellon Financial Corp., received his associate's degree from RMU beforegoing on to Penn State and Rutgers. Hadie Bartholomew '98 receivedthe Young Alumni Achievement Award, and Dale Venables '81 receivedthe Alumni Service Award.> Head of the ClassRMU is significant expanding its UniversityHonors Program, starting with this year’sfreshmen. The program is now separatefrom the RMU Co-Op Honors andthe International Honors programs,and will be open for the first time totransfer students and matriculatingsophomores starting next fall.To be accepted into the UniversityHonors Program, a freshman studentmust have a 3.5 high school GPA anda combined score of 1200 on themathematics and verbal portionsof the SAT or a 26 on the ACT.Sophomores and transfer students willbe required to have earned a 3.5 collegeGPA after completing at least 30 credits.Monica VanDieren, Ph.D., assistant professor ofmathematics, and Philip Harold Ph.D., assistantprofessor of political science, are overseeing anexpanding curriculum as the program’s new directors.4 • W W W. R M U . E D U