Sigma Theta Tau International

Hello All,

This weekend I had the induction ceremony for Sigma Theta Tau International for Nursing. It was held at the Honolulu Country Club. Sigma Theta Tau is one of the only international honor societies. This is the honor society that I wanted to get into the most and it had to be the last one I got into. Here's the pictures from the day...Enjoy :)

Here's Tami and I before getting food. They had fruit, vegetables, poke, pasta, fish and rice. It was pretty good. Then they also had chocolate and lemon cake for dessert.

This was the program for the ceremony. This ceremony was not just for HPU students. Since this chapter represents all of Hawaii so University of Hawaii Manoa and Chaminade University Schools of Nursing were included. Chaminade just started there nursing program this past fall so they do not have any inductees thus far. UH Manoa probably had about 10 students compared to 140 some of us HPU nursing students that were inducted. It definitely seemed to be an HPU dominated event.

Here's a little shot of the table.

They presented six awards to current members of the Gamma-Psi-at-large chapter. This was the first award given to Lenora Lorenzo who received the Na Kupono Award. This is a Hawaii specifc award that is only given out in this chapter.

The second award was given to Hobie Feagai who received the Practice Award. She is one of the Pediatric lecture professors from HPU.

The third award was given toGail Tiwanak who received the Leadership Award.

The fourth award was given to Leanne Logan who received the Education Award. She was my professor for Health Promotion and Education. The fifth award was for Victoria Niederhauser who received the Research Award. She is one of the Associate Deans at UH Manoa but she was not able to attend the ceremony.

The final award was given to Sunny Spohn who received the Service Award. She is one of the Community Health professors at HPU.

Here's me waiting for them to let us line up to get our cords and walk across the stage.

This is the pledge we took as an official induction to Sigma Theta Tau.

Here's one side of the line of us waiting to walk across the stage.

Here's the other side of the line.

This is the table with the shields with the Coat of Arms. Also displayed are flags from other countries that help make up Sigma Theta Tau International. The international headquarters for Sigma Theta Tau are in Indianapolis. When I move back to Wisconsin I'll switch to the local chapter there but Gamma Psi chapter-at-large will be always be my home chapter.

Here I am waiting and getting closer to getting my cords.

Yay I got my cords. This is one of the reasons I work so hard in nursing school and have no social life.

We all had to sign in the official Sigma Theta Tau Gamma Psi chapter-at-large inductee book. Since everything is purple themed we had to sign in purple. I also received my certificate.

Here I am with my certificate. I am now an official member.

This is the whole group of inductees that made it to the ceremony. It was a large group. I was standing in the back. There were lots of us and lots of pictures being taken.

After we got home I decided that I wanted to take pictures of all my certificates from the different honor societies that I am a member of. I also put all the cords on while I was taking pictures.

This is the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. I was inducted as a member of the Gamma Psi-at-large chapter on April 30, 2011. I got purple and white cords for graduation.

This is the Psi Chi International Honor Society in Psychology. I was inducted into the Psi Chi chapter at Hawaii Pacific University on April 10, 2010. I got a gold colored medalion and lapel pin for graduation.

This is my certificate for Alpha Epsilon Delta which is the Health Preprofessional Honor Society. I was inducted on April 9, 2010. I have purple and red cords for graduation.

This is the certificate for Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society. I was inducted in the Phi Kappa Chapter on November 20, 2009. I have red and green cords for graduation.

I hope you enjoyed the pictures. I know you as well as myself are very proud of my many accomplishments. I would like to thank all of you for your support. I know it was hard to see me move 4,000 miles away but I know that this has been an amazing experience for me. I never would have gotten to experience and learn the things I have here. So thanks again :)

Sending you warm wishes and aloha kisses. Jessica

My Cupcake Blog

Hello All,

Since my birthday is coming up I wanted to make some cupcakes. I decided to make poke cupcakes which are white cupcakes that you poke with a toothpick or fork and soak with any kind of jello mix. This was the first I've made these.

Here's the ingredients for making cupcakes.

The ingredients to be mixed.

Batter all mixed and scooped into the cupcake liners. I got to use the ice cream scooper that mom got me to scoop the batter. It worked like a charm.

I also made some mini cupcakes.

After they were finished baking I poked holes in them and used a spoon to pour the jello mix over them to let it soak in. Then they are put in the refrigerator.

Here's the regular size cupcakes baking in the toaster oven.

They got a little more brown than I would have liked but they were still good.

This was after they had been refrigerated. I frosted them with cool whip.

Here's the mini cupcakes to take to clinical on my birthday.

Here's the finished cupcake.

Since the cupcakes were rounded not much went into the cupcakes but you kind of get the idea. I think it was pretty good for the first time making them.

Hope you enjoyed the cupcake pictures. Sending you warm wishes and aloha kisses.

Spring Break 2011

Aloha,

So for spring break my goal was to relax and not think about school...well at least not that much. I realized while on break that I was totally burned out from the first half of the semester. Enjoy these pictures from spring break.

I started off my spring break by getting my hair cut and colored. It was a great way to start off the week. Plus I felt like a new person when it was done. This is the picture I took of my new hair. It was dyed a warmer brown with red and blonde highlights. I can straighten it or I just let it curl on its own.

After spending the day at the mall we went home to rearrange the apartment. This was something that we were going to do when we got back from winter break but you know how school just takes over your life...well at least our lives. Before we could rearrange I had to take down the St. Patrick's decorations. I ended up making it rain little green and white shamrocks. Hehehe :-)

So this is looking into the living room from our bedroom. We're not so sure how long we're going to keep it this way but we'll see.

This is looking towards our bedroom. I had to move my books to the bottom shelf because my books were making the shelf bend. FYI mom I'm definitely going to need a book shelf when I move back home....wink wink.

I worked Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday at the Registrar's office. Had to make some extra money for when Stacy comes to visit. On Wednesday night after work Tami and I went to see Gnomeo & Juliet in 3D. It is a very cute, funny movie.

On Thursday we went to Waikiki to get some beach time. It was crazy windy all break and we ended up getting pelted with sand so we left after about an hour. Even with the wind it was still a very beautiful day.

After the beach we went to have lunch at Cheeseburger Waikiki. Yummy drinks and good food.

Tami and her drink.

On Friday I went to the mall. I just spent the day window shopping at the mall. I spent a few hours in my favorite bookstore, Barnes & Noble. I just like reading different books. This time's books of choice were a couple nursing books, Mosby's Pharmacology Memory NoteCards and 150 Tips and Tricks for New Nurses, and a couple cupcake books, The Big Book of Cupcakes and Martha Stewart's Cupcake Book. It was a pretty great book even with spending most of it in the bookstore.

On Saturday I went to Pearlridge mall and did some window shopping there. I did go to see the movie, Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2. It was a pretty funny movie.

I also stopped by my second favorite bookstore, Borders, and spent a few hours there as well. I read some books about roadtripping the USA, travel in Europe and a book about the Kardashian sisters. I'm totally hooked on their reality shows.

That was pretty much it to my final spring break. I didn't do anything too exciting but it allowed me to relax and not worry about school. It was much needed and deserved. I think this is all for this post.

Sending you warm wishes and aloha kisses :-)

Sea Life Park Videos

Hello again,

Here's the videos from the day at Sea Life Park.

Enjoy!!!

Here's the video from my favorite part of the Kolohe Kai Sea Lion Show. "I gotta cut loose, footloose"

Here's the video of all the sea turtles in the lagoon. They love when people feed them. They end up climbing on top and all over each other.

Here's the video to the finale of the Ocean Theatre show. "Here's your chance, do your dance at the Space Jam"

Here's the video of those noisy sea lions.

Hope you enjoyed the videos.