WIN EMERITI
BACKGROUND
The Western Council on Higher Education for Nursing (WCHEN) established the honorary designation of "Emeriti" in 1984. The Western Institute of Nursing (WIN) has continued this honorary designation to recognize retired nurses or other individuals who have demonstrated distinguished service to WIN or its predecessor, WCHEN. These honored individuals receive mailings and invitations to all meetings where they have a voice, but no vote. Some examples of distinguished service are: serving on the board, committees, task forces, and advisory committees; encouraging participation in the organization; developing projects; providing support for the development or implementation of the regional organization(s) and its projects; contributing to the profession of nursing that directly or indirectly promoted the achievement of WIN/WCHEN's mission and goals; and/or serving as a staff member. Following are the WIN Emeriti:
Maxine Atteberry |
Kathryn Smith Lastreto |
NOMINATION GUIDELINES
AND CRITERIA FOR SELECTION
- Each nominee must have a sponsor and two co-sponsors. The sponsor and the two co-sponsors must be WIN individual members or be from a WIN member agency(ies).
- The online nomination form must be completed and submitted for each nominee.
- Each nomination must include:
1) a statement from the sponsor providing data to substantiate the nominee's distinguished service and contributions to WIN and/or WCHEN; and
2) a letter of support from each of the co-sponsors.. None of the statements shall exceed 500 words. - Do not include vitae or articles. Such materials will not be considered.
- A sponsor may nominate more than one person. Separate packets must be submitted for each nomination.
NOMINATION GUIDELINES
The completed nomination form, the letter from the sponsor and and letters of support from the two supporting nominators, none of which shall exceed 500 words, must be received in the WIN office by 5:00 PM, Monday, November 3, 2008.
SELECTION PROCESS
The WIN Board of Governors shall review all nominations and select the WIN Emeriti. Members of the Board of Governors are: Marty Lentz, Julie Johnson, Judith Baggs, Marie Driever, Judy Berg, Margaret Heitkemper, Anne Marie Kotzer and Allison Webel. All sponsors and those who submitted letters of support will be notified of the decision of the Board by January 2009. The sponsor will have the opportunity to notify the award recipient prior to notification by WIN.
PRESENTATION OF AWARD
The WIN Emeriti designation will be conferred at the awards ceremony held in conjunction with the 42ndt Annual Communicating Nursing Research Conference to be held April 22-25 , 2009 at the Salt Lake City Hilton Downtown, Salt Lake City, UT . The sponsors of the nominees will introduce their respective newly selected Emeritus. Each new WIN Emeriti will receive a certificate of recognition and be featured on the WIN website.
CONFERENCE EXPENSES
The conference registration fee for the individual(s) selected as WIN Emeriti is waived, but WIN is not able to reimburse travel expenses for Emeriti, nor for the conference and travel reimbursement for nominators.
NOMINATION DEADLINE
The completed online nomination form, the letter from the sponsor and the letters of support from the two co-sponsors must be received in the WIN office by 5:00 PM, Monday, November 3, 2008.
SUBMISSION INFORMATION
Please use the online award nomination form for making your nomination. Click here for the form.