Tau Kappa At-Large Chapter welcomes you to your Chapter's website!
Share your news in the TKAL Communicator - email it to Karin Pantel at kbpantel@yahoo.com for inclusion in our newsletter!
If you have pictures to share engaging in your Chapter, sharing your work, etc., please email them to Jen Pettis at jpettis@nycap.rr.com.
Congratulations 2023 Sigma Inductees. Please enjoy the virtual induction ceremony!
Kayode Adetunmbi
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Kiera Cohen
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Mystique Haynes
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Jenna Ponto
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Tamara Allen
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Antoinette Coley
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Erin Ippolito
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Elizabeth Reiter
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Mary Grace Arbis
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Rosamond Dabney
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Jessica Kaplan
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Danielle Schulz
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Lindsay Baldo
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Sarah Dickerson
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Ronald Karow
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Katherine Spass
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Kelly Baldwin
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Jenna Doherty
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Christine Major
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Lora Sullivan
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Kristina Barbayanni
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Tonya Dumas
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Tatiana Morales
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Amy Tones
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Krystle Barnes
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Emmanuela Emedo
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Thomas Musto
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Dawn Twomey
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Herman Bayter
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Carri-Anne Gaglione
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Joan Noel
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Lori Bethke
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Erica Goberdhan
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Kesiena Oliker
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Mary Boland
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Nicole Green
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Marjorie Pinano
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We look forward to when we can again gather in person!
Get Involved in Your Chapter!
Please consider how you can serve as a chapter member of the Tau Kappa at-Large Chapter. Several committee chairs are seeking volunteers to join their committees. Please review the committees below and consider how you can join the committed group of professional nurses who make the Tau Kappa at-Large chapter a vital organization. Contact information is provided for more information.
Community Service and Fundraising Committee
The Community Service and Fundraising Committee works to carry out the mission of Sigma and its commitment to help achieve the UN Millennium Development goals as well as Tau Kappa At-Large Chapter’s strategic plan via projects that address community needs. It does this by working collaboratively with the Board of Directors to identify projects and initiatives. The committee also develops and implements projects and events that raise funds to support strategic initiatives while increasing the visibility of the Chapter. This committee works collaboratively with other committees to maximize membership participation.
Please email Lovern Shadwick, chair, at l.shadwick@hvcc.edu if you are interested in joining this committee.
Awards and Recognition Committee
The Awards and Recognition Committee requests and reviews nominations for awards and recognition relative to contributions to the profession of nursing in the following categories: research, education, practice, leadership, and mentorship. Excelsior College and Empire State College Student Scholarship applications and Lifelong Learning Scholarship applications from Chapter members are also reviewed for consideration. Based on established criteria, the committee recommends award recipients to the Board of Directors for approval.
Please email Kylie Ackerman, chair, if you are interested in joining this committee. kackerman@excelsior.edu
Communications Committee
The Communications Committee updates The Circle, produces the chapter newsletter, and maintain communications with the Colleges’ Public Relations/Communications Departments, and in doing so maintain the publication standards put forth by Sigma.
Please email Karin Pantel, chair, if you are interested in joining this committee kbpantel@yahoo.com
Membership and Mentoring (M&M) Committee
The M&M Committee promotes membership renewals and opportunities for dual and transfer membership. It also coordinates new member orientation and facilitates active engagement by all members through a mentoring program.
Please email Dawne Olbrych, Tau Kappa At-Large president at olbrychd@ellismedicine.org if you are interested in joining this committee.
Note that a Chair is needed for this committee.
Program Committee
The Program Committee plans virtual and in-person events for the Chapter. Chaired by the Vice President, this Committee meets virtually approximately four times per year.
Please email Jen Pettis, chair, at jpettis@nycap.rr.com if you are interested in joining this committee.