News release
Public Information Office
SLU 10880 Hammond,
LA 70402 phone:
985-549-2341 fax:
985-549-2061publicinfo@selu.edu
www.selu.edu/news
Contact: Angey Saucier
Date: 5/5/03
Click on image for publication quality photo
 SOUTHEASTERN
HONORS AREA STUDENTS (Baton Rouge, Ascension, Livingston) – Southeastern
Louisiana University's College of Nursing and Health Sciences recently
recognized outstanding students at the college's honors convocation. Pictured
are, left, Tammy S. Callegan, Port Allen; Amy Webster, Baton Rouge; Lindsey
Dykes, Baton Rouge; Holly M. Heintze, Baton Rouge; Lindsay C. Halbert,
Baton Rouge; back, Amber Boudreaux, Baton Rouge; Donnie Booth, dean of
the College of Nursing and Health Sciences; Sean Stanton, Baton Rouge;
Vanessa West, St. Amant; Jennifer Bruhl, Baton Rouge; Ryan Dowden, Denham
Springs; and Tammara Anderson, Baton Rouge.
 SOUTHEASTERN
HONORS AREA STUDENTS (New Orleans metro) – Southeastern Louisiana University's
College of Nursing and Health Sciences recently recognized outstanding
students at the college's honors convocation. Pictured are, left, Melanie
Bartmess, Metairie; Donnie Booth, dean of the College of Nursing and Health
Sciences; Brad Penouih, Marrero; and Jay Diliberto, New Orleans.
 SOUTHEASTERN
HONORS AREA STUDENTS (St. Tammany) – Southeastern Louisiana University's
College of Nursing and Health Sciences recently recognized outstanding
students at the college's honors convocation. Pictured are, left, Deborah
P. Kingston, Mandeville; Donnie Booth, dean of the College of Nursing and
Health Sciences; and Zoe Lipman, Covington.
 SOUTHEASTERN
HONORS AREA STUDENTS (Tangipahoa) – Southeastern Louisiana University's
College of Nursing and Health Sciences recently recognized outstanding
students at the college's honors convocation. Pictured are, left, Sheri
Reynolds, Hammond; Donnie Booth, dean of the College of Nursing and Health
Sciences; Theresa S. Cross, Ponchatoula; and Robert Kelly, Hammond.
SLU NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES STUDENTS AND ALUMNI HONORED HAMMOND -- Amber Boudreaux of Prairieville, Robert Kelly III of Hammond, and Zoe Lipman of Covington received the Southeastern Louisiana University College of Nursing and Health Sciences’ highest honor, the Dean’s Award, at the college’s second annual honor's convocation held April 28. Boudreaux received the award from the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Lipman from the School of Nursing, and Kelly from the Department of Kinesiology and Health Studies. Michael Berry was named the Southeastern Alumni Association’s second Distinguished Alumnus for the College of Nursing and Health Sciences. Berry, who graduated from Southeastern with a masters in health and physical education in 1978, is a professor of health and exercise science at Wake Forest University of Winston-Salem, N.C. He is a well-established researcher, authoring more than 100 publications and extracts and has led research of chronic instructive pulmonary disease. He is the principal investigator on a five-year $3,110,097 grant, “Exercise and Disability in COPD Patients,” from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health. Joan K. Babin, 1992 graduate, and Monica Nijoka, a 1977 graduate, were recognized as Outstanding Alumni. Babin is a speech language pathologist specializing in stuttering. Certified in Clinical Competence in Speech Language Pathology by the American Speech-Language Hearing Association, Babin operates a summer fluency camp for stutterers and is currently working in a partnership to detect and isolate genes that cause stuttering. Nijoka is the vice president for patient care services at Baton Rouge General Hospital. She supervises more than 50 nursing departments over the hospital’s two campuses and recently received the Nightingale Award for Nursing Administrator of the Year from the Louisiana State Nurses Association Foundation. Other students honors included: Baton Rouge: Lindsey Dykes, Nursing, Evelyn Davis Award; Lindsey C. Halbert, Communications Sciences and Disorders, Charles W. Campbell Memorial Award; Holly M. Heintze, Communications Sciences and Disorders, Emma LaDew Memorial Fund; and Amy Webster, Nursing, St. Mary Agnes Fortier Award. Covington: Zoe Lipman, Nursing, Opal Carl Award. Hammond: Robert Kelly, Kinesiology and Health Studies, Walter Russell Academic Achievement Award; and Sheri Reynolds, Kinesiology and Health Studies, Graduate Scholar Award. Mandeville: Deborah P. Kingston, Communications Sciences and Disorders, Kathleen J. Bartels Award; and Emilie Kelley, Kinesiology and Health Studies, Walter Russell Scholarship. Marrero: Brad Penouih, Kinesiology and Health Studies, Grady Morgan Most Outstanding Student Athletic Training Award. Metairie: Melanie Bartmess, Kinesiology and Health Studies, Authur and Ester deVries Endowed Scholarship. Ponchatoula: Theresa S. Cross, Communications Sciences and Disorders, Max Clardy Speech Pathology Scholarship. Port Allen: Tammy S. Callegan, Nursing, Graduate Scholar. The first graduates of the college’s bachelor of science degree in athletic training, were recognized with athletic training certificates. Receiving the honors were Ben Kinchen, Hammond; Jennifer Bruhl, Sean Stanton, and Tammara Anderson, Baton Rouge; Ryan Dowden, Denham Springs; Vanessa West, St. Amant; Jay Diliberto, New Orleans; and Brad Penouih, Marrero. Each department also recognized local businesses with the Significant Partnership Award. St. Joseph’s Seminary College received the award from Communication Sciences and Disorders; Tangipahoa Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council was recognized by Kinesiology and Health Studies, and the Department of Nursing acknowledged Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center/Lallie Kemp Hospital and Dutchtown Middle School of Baton Rouge. Also recognized were 13 Club inductees and Dean’s List students for the 2002-2003 academic year. |
Return to News Releases