On Saturday, April 6, 2024, undergraduate students Jordon Anderson (Nursing), Juniper Brown (Political Science), Mercedes Mareske (Digital Animation), and Tia Vernon (Education) won the Trisha Yarbrough Collaborative Research Competition and $5000 award, after presenting their research at the Alpha Chi National Conference in Birmingham, Alabama.

To compete, students from diverse majors collaborate on a scholarly paper centered on the conference theme, which was “Innovative Scholarship for Tumultuous Times.” Their project, entitled β€œArtificial Intelligence and Selective Exposure: Generating a Public Perception,” was sponsored by faculty member Dr. Angela Haas. The Missouri Western Chapter of Alpha Chi, sponsored by Dr. Teddi Deka and Dr. Angela Haas, achieved its 35th anniversary as an Honors Society at MWSU.Your Content Goes Here

All 44 of the Ί¬Πί²έΙηΗψ students who received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree last December passed their NCLEX licensure exam on their first attempt. Click here to read the full story.

Mechel McKinney, assistant professor in the School of Nursing and Health Professions at Ί¬Πί²έΙηΗψ, has been elected to the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) Council for Excellence in Education. Click here to read more.