Call for Nominations to all Delta Mu Chapter members:
Dorothy Sexton Mentorship Award
Delta Mu Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau established the Dorothy Sexton Mentorship Award in 2004. This was done in full recognition of the remarkable woman who mentored countless students and colleagues into the world of clinical practice, academia, and scholarship. Her legacies are the former recipients of this generosity, now Professors and Professionals that attempt to mentor in her image. In her honor, we look forward to bestowing the 2026 tribute of the Dorothy Sexton Mentorship Award at our next Induction on May 14, 2026.
The definition of mentor: as a noun, it means a wise person; as a verb, to move, inform, interact. Mentors do more than teach skills; they facilitate new learning experiences, help make career decisions, and introduce students to networks of colleagues who provide new professional challenges and opportunities. Mentors are available to advise, counsel and guide.
The following are five core competencies of leaders and mentors developed by the Robert Wood Johnson Nurse Fellows Program. They will be used in the selection process of the recipient.
The competencies are proficiency in self-knowledge, strategic vision, risk-taking and creativity, interpersonal and communication effectiveness, and inspiration.
To nominate a Delta Mu Chapter member
for the Delta Mu Dorothy Sexton Mentorship Award
Please submit a letter of nomination
addressing why the nominee deserves this honor.
Please submit nominations by
April 16, 2026
to Melanie McCloskey (mccloskeymelanie01@gmail.com), Linda Ghampson (linda.ghampson@yale.edu) or Mary Ann Camilleri (Maryann.camilleri@yale.edu )
Previous Award Recipients
The Donna Diers Mentorship Award
2000 Linda Honan
2003 Dorothy Sexton
2004 Donna Diers
Name changed to Dorothy Sexton Award
2005 Marge Funk
2006 Deborah Chyun
2007 Janet Parkosewich
2008 Lois Sadler
2009 Ruth McCorkle
2010 Bonnie Sanders Newton
2011 Lucy Lacava
2012 Pina Violano
2013 Mark Lazenby
2015 Tish Knobf
2017 Margaret Campbell Haggerty
2018 Robin Whittemore
2019 Deborah Fahs
2020 Joan Kearney
2021 Joanne Iennaco
2022 Joan Kearney
2023 Nancy Banasiak
2024 Allison Moriarty Daley
2025 Nicole Colline