THE CAROLINA TIMES - SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 2016-9
Nursing Legends Honored by Pi Chapter Of Chi Eta Phi
Pi Chapter of Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc. recently celebrated its
Ninth Annual Scholarship Luncheon at the Millennium Hotel.
The theme was “Embracing Change: Meeting the Challenges of
Healthcare Organizational Effectiveness in The New Dawn!”
Six legends, who included a Licensed Practical Nurse and
Registered Nurses, were recognized for providing many years of
outstanding service to the nursing profession and the community.
They were: Mr. Tommie S. Smith, Ms. Eulah Mae Cole, Ms. Beulah
Mae Cole Hollowell, Ms. Shirley F. Jones, Dr. Gloria A. McNeil
and Mrs. Gwendolyn Jones Parham. They served in a variety of
areas, including but not limited to, staff nurses, educators, nursing
administrators, Associate Chief Nursing Officer and community
activists. Recognition of the legends was done by Lt. Col. (Retired)
Elmontenal Allens, Pi Chapter member and 2015 Nursing Legend,
and Ms. Linda L. Hester, Pi Chapter President. They each were
presented a plaque.
Ms. Mary W. Burriss, Chairperson of Pi Chapter’s Program and
Projects/Education Committee presided. Other program participants
were Ms. Sylvia 0. Richardson, Chaplain of Pi Chapter, Dr. Robbin
Harmon, Southeast Regional Director, Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc.,
Ms. Willie Gilchrist, representative for Dr. Wanda Lawrence, Chair,
NCCU Department of Nursing and musical tributes by Ms. Mia
Rothwell and Ms. LaWanda Powell. Mrs. Alberta L. Allen, the only
surviving Charter Member of Pi Chapter, and many other family
members, friends, health care professionals and other community
leaders were in attendance.
The 2016 Pi Chapter Scholarship recipients were Ms. Jessica
Baldwin, a senior nursing major at North Carolina Central University,
and Ms. Stephanie Nicole Douglas, a junior nursing student in the
accelerated diploma nursing program at Watts School of Nursing.
Ms. Betty Reed, Chairperson of the Pi Chapter Scholarship
Committee, made the presentations with assistance from Ms. Linda
L. Hester and Dr. Robbin Harmon.
Ms. Mary Dempson, Pi Chapter member, coordinated the efforts
of the hosts and hostesses who were: Ms. Norris Burton, Mrs.
Veronica Eubanks, Ms. Geneva Fearrington, Ms. Vanessa Foust, Ms.
Carolyn Henderson, Mrs. Roberta Arney Hill, Mrs. Wyvonia Perry,
Mrs. Stacey Williams Porter, Ms. Betty Reed and Ms. Linda Rouse.
Other members of Pi Chapter are: Mrs. Ruthene Bellamy, Ms.
Eula Cole, Ms. Jouel Cooper, Mrs. Foretta Davis, Ms. Jueldenn Ford,
Dr. Ernest Grant, Ms. Beulah Hollowell, Mrs. Marion Miles, Mrs.
Tina Scott, Mr. Riley B. Walters, Jr. and Mrs. Edna Williams.
Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc., is a professional organization for
registered nurses and nursing students. The purpose of the sorority
is: To encourage the pursuit of continuing education among members
of the nursing profession; To have a continuous recruitment program
for nursing and other health professionals; To stimulate a close
and friendly relationship among members; To develop working
relationships with other professional groups for the improvement
and delivery of health services; and To constantly identify a corps of
nursing leaders within the membership who will function as agents of
social change on the national, regional and local levels. The sorority
motto is “Service for Humanity”. Pi chapter members are diligent in
their efforts to promote the objectives of Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc.
Several partnerships have been formed to provide services for the
community, and scholarships are provided annually to deserving
nursing students.
Photography by Jerry Head.
Below are members of Pi Chapter of Chi
Eta Phi Sorority, Inc.
Front row, left to right are: Mses. Beulah
Mae Cole Hollowell; Marion Miles; Juel
denn Ford; Dr. Robbin Harmon, Southeast
Regional Director; Alberta L. Allen, Char
ter Member; and Eulah Mae Cole. Second
row, left to right are: Mses. Betty Reed;
Vanessa Foust; Mary Dempson; Edna Wil
liams; Linda L. Hester; Stacey Williams
Porter; Carolyn Henderson; Geneva Fear
rington; Sylvia O. Richardson; and Elmon
tenal Allens. Third row, left to right are:
Norris Burton; Ms. Roberta Arney Hill;
Linda Rouse; Wyvonia Perry; Veronica
Eubanks; and Mary Burriss, Pi Chapter
Program and Projects/Education Commit
tee Chair.
NURSING LEGENDS - Front row, left to right are: Mses. Eulah Mae Cole and Beulah Mae Cole Hollowell; Back Row, left to
right are: Tommie S. Smith; Dr. Gloria A. McNeil; Mses. Gwendolyn Jones Parham; and Shirley F. Jones.
SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS - From left to right are: Jessica Baldwin, scholarship recipient; Betty Reed, Pi Chapter Scholar
ship Committee chair; Stephanie Douglas, scholarship recipient; Linda L. Hester, Pi Chapter President; and Dr. Robbin Harmon,
Southeast Regional Director, Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc.
Members of Pi Chapter, Chi Eta Phi