Walk of Fame

Celebrating the achievements of Eliza Pillars members across the state of Mississippi.

2020

Dr. Tearsanee Davis, District IV

State Award for Excellence AANP Fellow of The American Association of Nurse Practitioners

Selected as a board member of Telehealth Association.

May 2020

Dr. Audwin Bernard Fletcher, District IV

Named the 2020 Hometown Hero of Kosciusko, MS.

Dr. Sonja Twilliey , District V

Ph.D. degree in Nursing Education and Administration.

May 2020

Dr. Karen Winters, District IV

Named The Interim Associate Dean of Research and Scholarship.

April 2020

Betty Cryer, District IV

Featured in the Meridian Home and Style magazine April 2020. Healing HandsCareer nurses continue to impact patient care through hospital management.

April 2020

Dr. LaDonna Northington, District IV

Began serving as President of The Society of Pediatric Nurses.

April 2020

Lisa Childress, District IV

Inducted into The National Society of Leadership and Success Organization, Sigma Alpha Pi and The University of Phoenix’s Chapter for Outstanding Academic & Achievement.

April 2020

Dr. LaDonna Northington, District IV

Began serving as President of The Society of Pediatric Nurses.

Dr. Meg Brown, District VI

Appointed by Governor John Bel Edwards to the Louisiana Covid-19 Health Policy Task Force representing nurses. 

Dr. Audwin Bernard Fletcher, District IV

"Spotlight" nurse in the summer issue of the MS Board of Nursing magazine.

March 2020

Dr. Michael Jones, District IV

The first AA male and the 3rd male to defend his dissertation at Hampton University in Virginia, an HBCU. One of the only two HBCUs in the country with a PH.D. Program in Nursing. Graduated, May 2020

March 2020

Penny Cannon, District IV

PALS/ACLS/HCAPS(Highest Score)

February 2020

Betty Y. Cryer, District IV

Induction to Meridian Community College Hall of Fame.

January 2020

Dr. Tonya Moore, District IV

Recognized as a positive impact on MS Business.

Rita Wray, MBA, RNC, FAAN, District IV

Co-authored Taking Action: Nurse Leaders in the Board Room with Linda Burnes Bolton and Alicia Georges in Policy and Politics in Nursing and Health Care, Eighth Edition, January 2020.

January 2020

Dr. LaDonna Northington, District IV

Named Associate Dean of Academic Affairs.

Dr. Sonja Twilley , District V

2020 Class of Emergent Leaders of Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.

November/December 2019

Rita Wray, MBA, RNC, FAAN, District IV

Co-authored Attaining a Seat at the Table: Process, Preparation, and Potential with Kimberly Harper in Nursing Economics. 

November/December 2019

Dr. Tonya Moore, District IV

President of MS. Nurses Association.

November/December 2019

Dr. Melanie Jones Anderson, District V

President of MS. Nurses Association.

July 2019

Nia T. Day, District VI

Nurse Practitioner Degree, Alcorn State University.

June 2019

Shawuanna Williams-Lewis, District IV

Accepted as a CPSI Nursing Council member.