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Urgent Call for Awards Nominations:

Please consider nominating yourself or a colleague for one of the Society of Rogerian Science Awards. We have a new award that has been sponsored by Dr. John Phillips, the John Phillips’ Outstanding Publications/Artistic Work Award. This award recognizes a publication that advances the SUHB or a work of art depicting the SUHB. We appreciate his generous donation for the award.

Society of Rogerian Scholars Awards Nomination Form
Instructions: Please submit one completed nomination form for each nomination. Submit supporting documents with the form. All awards, except for the President’s Award, are reviewed by a panel of members. Nominations can be submitted between September 16 and September 30, 2024 to Marlaine Smith msmit230@health.fau.edu or Arlene Farren at afarren@att.net.

You can find the complete Awards Brochure and Nomination forms here. It is not an arduous process to nominate yourself or another for an award. A simple ½ to 1 page letter that clearly states your reason for the nomination with supporting information is sufficient.

Renew Your SRS Membership Now
Don’t forget to renew your membership. The annual membership fee is $75.00 and includes a subscription to Advances in Nursing Science that contains Visions: Scholarship in Rogerian Nursing Science. If you have not renewed you will not receive the next issue of Visions in Advances in Nursing Science. Here is the link to renew.

Register for the SRS Conference October 4-6, 2024.
The annual SRS conference will be held on October 4-6, 2024 virtually through Zoom. This year’s theme is: Accessibility, Belonging and Justice: Emerging Perspectives in the Science of Unitary Human Beings. Dr. Howard Butcher will deliver the keynote presentation and Maria Smilios, author of The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis will be the guest presenter. It’s going to be an excellent conference. Thanks to Drs. Kathy Sheikh and Arlene Farren, conference chairs.

Attend the SRS Business Meeting!
Share your perspectives on SRS at the Annual Business Meeting on October 5 at 3:30 PM. We are looking forward to hearing from members at the Business Meeting. You will be receiving an agenda for the meeting and the minutes from our previous membership meeting soon.

Join an SRS Committee
We invite you to get involved by joining at least one committee. We really need you! Our committees need members. It doesn’t take much of your time (maybe 1-2 hours/month) and it’s an inspiring experience to work with like-hearted people. We love new members and want to welcome you!

Here are some opportunities:

• Conference Planning Committee – We’ll start planning the 2025 conference in December. We need your ideas!

• Digital Communications is a new committee. We need your help using social media to get our messages out to a wider audience. Trystn Daley is chairing that committee. You can reach her at: Trystn.Daley@cuanschutz.edu.

• Communications Committee oversees the SRS website. Contact msmit230@health.fau.edu to volunteer.

• Publications Committee focuses on SRS publications like Visions. Committee chair is Dr. Nancey France at nfrance@health.fau.edu.

• DEI Committee advances our goal to have a more diverse membership and for SRS to engage in policy dialogue and action related to antiracism, diversity, inclusivity, and equity. Contact Dr. Jane Hopkins-Walsh who chairs the committee at walshjm@bc.edu.

• History and Archives is a new committee focused on retaining and accessing important documents related to Rogerian Nursing Science and SRS. Dr. Jacqueline Fawcett chairs and can be reached at Jacqueline.fawcett@umb.edu.

This is my last message to SRS members. My 2nd consecutive term as SRS President ends after our Annual Business meeting. It has been a joy and privilege to work toward the goals of our Strategic Plan https://www.societyofrogerianscholars.org/strategic-plan with our dedicated and talented SRS Board. I’m pleased that Dr. Richard Cowling will be assuming the responsibilities of President of our organization. He has committed his entire career to advancing Rogerian Nursing Science and is an experienced academic and organizational leader. In addition he serves as the editor of the Journal of Holistic Nursing. Here’s some of the organization’s work in the past 4 years related to the goals of our Strategic Plan:

• Holding Dialogues on Unitary Science to promote mutual understanding of the SUHB.

• Convening quality annual conferences that have been accessible to international participants.

• Increasing our membership from 55 to 85 members.

• Publishing the book Evolving Rogerian Nursing Science: John R. Phillips’ Unique Contributions, an excellent resource for those interested in studying the SUHB.

• Updating the look and contents of the SRS website including adding access to an Archive of SRS Newsletters, issues of Visions and videos of conference presentations.

• Publishing Visions: Scholarship in Rogerian Nursing Science as a section of Advances in Nursing Science (ANS) and providing all paid members with subscriptions to the journal. This allows authors to increase the dissemination of their work in a journal with wide distribution and an impact factor.

• Expanding the number of committees to address goals related to increasing our visibility through digital media; disseminating awards for advancing Rogerian Nursing Science; expanding resources for those interested in the SUHB; enhancing our website, preserving our history; and promoting greater diversity, equity and inclusivity in our organization.

• Extending our outreach and visibility by stablishing a collaborative agreement with the Global Academy of Holistic Nursing.

• Continuing to be a fiscally sound organization while keeping costs low for membership dues and conference attendance.

Do you have any ideas for us? I hope to see you at the SRS Conference and our annual membership meeting.
Contact us a rogerianscholars@gmail.com.