College of Nursing inducts 8 new members into Hall of Fame
The ECU College of Nursing inducted eight new members to its Hall of Fame on Friday, March 15, 2019, and honored its newest Distinguished Alumni Award winner during a ceremony at the Hilton Hotel in Greenville.
The Hall of Fame, which honors outstanding contributors to nursing in education, administration, research and practice, has raised $125,000 for merit-based student nursing scholarships since 2011. It is one of only two academic hall of fame programs at ECU. This year’s event raised nearly $9,000 in scholarship funds.
The College of Nursing inducted eight new members into its Hall of Fame on Friday, March 15, 2019, during a ceremony at the Hilton Greenville. The college also honored two members of previous Hall of Fame classes and its recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award, Sue Collier. (Photos by Conley Evans)
The 2019 inductees to the Hall of Fame have served in leadership roles for major medical centers, national health care non-profit organizations, higher education and the military.
“They have really made an impact on the profession of nursing and in health care in general,” said Dr. Sylvia Brown, dean of the College of Nursing.
Hall of Fame members receive a glass sculpture in the shape of a flame that represents a vibrant life. The flame is also represented on the College of Nursing pin.
This year’s inductees join 111 other Hall of Fame members. Each received a flame-shaped award that mirrors the flame featured in the College of Nursing pin, representing a vibrant life.
Two of this year’s Hall of Fame Scholarship recipients — PhD student Amy Campbell and Ruth DiMont, a nurse anesthesia student in the master’s program — spoke during the event about how receiving the scholarship funds has impacted their lives.
“The financial support from the Hall of Fame Scholarship has truly helped me to put my goal to become a CRNA [Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist] within reach,” DiMont said. “The extraordinary amount of time required for studying and clinicals does not allow students in this program to work for income. It is difficult to balance the demands of life as a student with those as a wife and mother. Your generosity makes a profound difference in the lives of students, and my hope is that one day in the future after I have graduated and established my status as a CRNA, that I will be able to pay it forward for other hard-working students.”
2019 Hall of Fame class:
- Kimberly Hardy of Greenville
- Janet Tillman of Cape Carteret
- Laurel Molloy of Kinston
- Martha Raile Alligood of Winterville
- Sharon Isenhour Sarvey of Wilson and Goldsboro
- Kimberly Crickmore Osborne of Greenville
- Janet Moye of Winterville
- Elsie Spencer of Morehead City
Two previous inductees who were unable to attend their ceremonies were also recognized at this year’s event — Caroll Hallisey, inducted in 2014, and Ann King, inducted in 2016.
The college also recognized the recipient of its 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award, Sue Collier. Collier received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in nursing from ECU. She serves as senior vice president for the NC Healthcare Foundation, which represents 130 hospitals, and she has been a leader in health care for more than 35 years. She began her career at Pitt County Memorial Hospital (now Vidant) as a staff nurse, working her way up to eventually guide Vidant’s Health’s first corporate planning division as a member of the corporate executive staff. Collier was inducted as an inaugural member of the College of Nursing Hall of Fame and is a member of Sigma Theta Tau nursing honor society.
-by Natalie Sayewich, University Communications