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THE THE INFORMER --–SPRING 2015

Inside This Edition

A Message from the Middlesouth

Regional Director…………………2

Congratulations…...………...3

Chartering of Mu Chi Chi

Chapter …………………4 & 5

Developing Healthy Communi-

ties through Advocacy, Collab-

oration, Education and Ser-

vices………………………….6

Are You A Leader?………..7

Middlesouth Regional Officers

for 2016 Elections…………...8

Did You Know?……………...9

The Beta Corner……....10 &11

A Note of Appreciation.........12

Middlesouth Regional Newsletter

Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Incorporated

Fall/Winter Edition 2015

The Informer Fall 2015

“Leaders focus on the mission. A good leader remains focused. Controlling your destination

is better than being controlled by it.” -Jack Welch

Greetings Sorors and Fraters!

Distractions are the bane of the ineffective leader. Like a hound chasing two rabbits at once, the

unproductive leader changes directions frequently. Consequently, his or her followers become confused

and frustrated. Never knowing exactly what to do, they usually end up doing nothing.

But productive leaders have a single focus. They “chase” one thing at a time. They’ve narrowed their

attention. They know what needs to be done, and they know what they will have to do to accomplish it.

They’ve zeroed in on the mission. They also know what resources are available to carry out the mission.

They know how to gather manpower for the task. Focused leaders usually don’t lack followers. People

with a mind to work naturally gravitate to someone who is able to give them good directions.

Effective leaders understand what team skills are needed. They know who the team specialists are, and

they understand whose individual talents are best suited for the assignment.

Effective leaders are not interested in doing ten good things. They want to do one thing and do it right.

Remember that we are still working together to “Break Barriers, Bridge Gaps, and Build Leaders!”

Glennis P. Gray, MSN, RN-BC

Middlesouth Regional Director

Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Incorporated

Psi Phi Chapter, Inc.

Baton Rouge, LA

Soror Jacquelyn McClain , Theta Eta Chapter, was appointed by Regional Director Glenis Gray to participate as a

member of the National Deans of Membership Committee. Congratulations Soror McClain and we look forward

to hearing about what your committee will be doing in leading the future growth of the organization!


BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!

Purposefully directed, persevering and determined, Middlesouth

Region members, Fayrene Tolbert, Linda Tellison and Pearl Fidel were re-

elected to the National Board at Boule 2015. Soror Fayrene Tolbert was

elected as Financial Secretary. Soror Linda Tellison was elected as National

Organizer. Soror Pearl Fidel was elected as National Historian.

Soror Fayrene Tolbert Soror Linda Tellison Soror Pearl Fidel


The Middlesouth Region Makes History Since the Inception of

Chi Eta Phi Sorority Incorporated

The Middlesouth Region (Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas) is the first region in Chi Eta Phi Sorority,

Incorporated to have chapters in all of our states. Middlesouth Region chapters traveled to Pine Buff ,Arkansas to

support the chartering of Mu Chi Chi Chapter in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, September 19, 2015. Madame Supreme

Elcedo Bradley, National Organizer Linda Tellison and Middlesouth Regional Director, Glennis Gray, lead the cere-

monial activities. Middlesouth Region Chapters present to support Mu Chi Chi’s chartering included:

Zeta Chi (Houston, TX) 3 Sorors

Lambda Eta (Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX) 5 Sorors

Upsilon Eta (Oklahoma City, OK) 1 Soror

Sigma Phi (Waco, TX) 1 Soror

Xi Phi (Dallas, TX) 4 Sorors

Psi Phi (Baton Rouge, LA) 1 Soror

Alpha Chi Chi, of the Middlewest Region (St. Louis, MO) was present with 2 Sorors representing the chapter.

Mu Chi Chi Chapter Members

Soror Channoah Williams will take the lead as chapter

Basileus

National and Regional Chi Eta Phi Sorority Incorporated Members and

Officers In the Photo Below Support Chartering of Mu Chi Chi in

Pine Bluff, Arkansas


Breast Cancer Awareness within the Houston community was provided through the creative theatre presenta-

tion production “Before Time Runs Out” in partnership with Baylor College of Medicine Dan L. Duncan Can-

cer Center. Zeta Chi members participated in facilitating activities of the presentation centering on the chal-

lenges faced by a woman diagnosed with breast cancer. The audience interacted in a question and answer peri-

od with an onsite physician from the Harris Health System at the conclusion of the play. Questionnaires exam-

ining pre and post attitudes and knowledge about breast cancer were completed by the audience and collected.

Zeta Chi Chapter Receives Additional Funding for Childhood Obesity Health

Initiative

In August 2015, the Zeta Chi Chapter (Houston, Texas) was awarded $1,000 by AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals

to promote Childhood Obesity prevention within the Houston Community. Outcome of program implementa-

tion will be reported in a future edition of the Informer.

Developing Healthy Communities Through

Collaboration, Education, and Service


In the photo above from left to right-Soror Lawanna Hart (Zeta Chi), Soror Patricia

Batteaux (Zeta Chi), Playwright Thomas Meloncon (Truth Theatre Productions), Dr.

Bryan Reed (Martin Luther King Harris Health Center), Soror Margery Watt (Zeta

Chi) and Soror Jocelyn Goffney (Zeta Chi)


After dinner as my family was getting ready to play a game, my four year old grandson

Langston, hollered out: “I want to be the leader.” I asked “Why do you want to be the

leader?” He replied “So I can tell everybody what to do.” Unfortunately that is why

many people want to become a leader. Leading people is an honor that has much more

responsibility than just telling people what do. We are all leaders to some degree.

Therefore, when we assume a leadership role, we become a leader with a position.

I am not talking about management when I say leadership. Management and leadership

are two different functions. Leadership refers to an individual’s ability to influence, mo-

tivate, and enable others to contribute toward organizational success. Influence and in-

spiration separate leaders from managers, not power and control.

If you have the drive and desire to become a leader, then start where you are right now.

Examine your real reasons before throwing your hat in the leadership ring. Ask your-

self: What are my strengths? What can I contribute? Do I know how to get up off the

canvas when faced with adversity? Do I value people? What skills am I missing? Am I

willing to learn from others? Do I have the patience to allow others that I am leading to

grow? Achieving a leadership position is a vision for many nurses and other profession-

als who want to make a difference in the organization and their followers. When you are

a leader, there is a quickening in your heart that spurts out joy and passion that is im-

measurable. Granted, there are difficult days but the joy and the passion that you have

for leadership reel you back in on target.

Contributing Writer,

Mary Holt Ashley, Ph.D, RN (Zeta Chi Chapter)

Author of the book “Leaders-Get Up Off the Canvas”

Are You A Leader?

It’s Time to Examine Where You Are With Becoming A

Leader –The Middlesouth Region Needs Your Passion


“SHARPEN YOUR LEADERSHIP SKILLS TO JOIN THE MIDDLESOUTH LEADERSHIP TEAM”

UPCOMING MIDDLESOUTH REGIONAL OFFICER POSITIONS TO BE FILLED AT THE

2016 MIDDLESOUTH REGIONAL CONFERENCE April 14-17, 2016 IN LITTLEROCK, ARKANSAS

Regional Director, Grammateus/Epistoleus, and Tamias

To be eligible for any of the above offices, a member must:

a. Be an active member in the local chapter for at least two consecutive years immediately

preceding nomination.

b. Have held an office in the local chapter and financial obligations are met at least two

years immediately preceding nomination.

c. Have attended at least one Boule’ and three Regional meetings in the past four years.

d. Have attended at least one National Leadership Summit within a four year period

preceding election.

e. Have demonstrated leadership ability in one of the following areas:

1. Chapter office

2. Regional office

3. National office

4. Chairman of a National Committee

f. Have participated in chapter, regional and national projects.

Legislation was introduced on October 7, 2015 to bring advanced practice

nurses under the Sunshine Act, a section of the Affordable Care Act that requires

drug and device makers to tell the government what they give physicians. The idea is

to discourage conflicts of interest that could cause a physician to favor treatments that

are not the best for the patient's health or pocketbook. Advocates of transparency in

the relationship between clinicians and industry (drug and device makers) have called

the omission of Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants a significant loophole in

the law. If this legislation is passed, advanced nurse practitioners may be required to

report cash and in-kind payments (such as dinners attended to learn of latest medical

advances and travel) received from pharmaceutical companies to the federal govern-

ment (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services). Reportable information can be

searched and tracked on a federal website.

Did You Know?

Advanced Nurse Practitioners and the Sunshine Act



Community Service Activities:

YMCA for children

Tour de Pink Breast Cancer Walk

Star of Hope Blessing Breakfast

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Zeta Chi Beta

Representing the Middlesouth Region in

Beta excellence, Melissa Smith of Zeta Chi

Beta was awarded the national Aliene Car-

rington Ewell $5,000 Scholarship at the

2015 Boule. She is an undergraduate nurs-

ing student of Prairie View A & M Univer-

sity.

Scholarship committee chair, Jen-

nifer Goodman and Basileus Nancy

Harris present Prairie View A & M

University nursing students Funanya

Agbo and Kosi Ginigeme with

$1,500 scholarships in the name of

Zeta Chi Chapter charter member

Eunice Pointer on October 16, 2015.

Beta Graduates - May 2015

BETAS (undergraduate chapters)

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

“Before you can make a dream come true, you must first have one”-Ronald

E. McNair, PhD, physicist and National Astronaut

Zeta Chi Beta

Kosi Ginigeme—working in ICU

Kyonna Watson

Sakari Bluntson– working in ER/Pediatrics

Ifunaya Agbo-working in ICU, ER, L&D


Lawanna Hart, RN, MSN

Middlesouth Region Newsletter Chair

Zeta Chi Chapter, Houston, Texas


SORORS AND FRATERS: LET’S CONTINUE TO SHARE THE GREAT

THINGS YOU ARE DOING IN YOUR CHAPTERS WITH OUR REGIONAL

NEWSLETTER TO “BREAK BARRIERS, BRIDGE GAPS AND

BUILD LEADERS”

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