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NBNA Honors Dr. May Wykle with Life Time Achievement Award

May L. Wykle, PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA will be honored with the Life Time Achievement Award at the 31st Annual Institute and Conference of the National Black Nurses Association, July 30 - August 3, 2003, at the New Orleans Marriott. Dr. Wykle will receive the award at the President's Gala on Saturday, August 2, 2003. And, she will be the Closing Session Keynote Speaker on Sunday, August 3, 2003. The theme of the Conference is "Emerging Health Threats: Nursing Solutions in a New Era".

Dr. Wykle is the Dean and Florence Cellar Professor of Nursing at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing and is the current President of Sigma Theta Tau International, a nursing honor society. She has been a faculty member at Case Western Reserve University Faculty since 1969. Since 1988 she has served as the Director of the University Center on Aging and Health. Dr. Wykle has completed extensive research projects in areas such as geriatric mental health, family caregiving, minority caregivers, and caring for patients with dementia. Dr. Wykle has initiated educational programs in Europe, Africa and Asia. She served as visiting professor at the University of Michigan, University of Texas at Houston, and the University of Zimbabwe in Africa, and as a visiting scholar at The University of Oklahoma and Gundersen Lutean Medical Foundation in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Recently, she completed an appointment as the first "Pope Eminent Scholar" at the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Human Development at Georgia Southwestern State University.

Dr. Wykle graduated from the Martins Ferry Hospital School of Nursing in 1956. She earned her BSN, MSN in psychiatric nursing and a PhD in Education at Case Western Reserve University. She is recognized nationally as an expert in the field of aging adults. Dr. Wykle is a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and the Gerontological Society of America. In 1993, she was named to the White House Conference on Aging. Dr. Wykle has received numerous honors and awards including, the 2000 Gerontological Nursing Research Award from the Gerontological Society of America. Most recently, she received the Ethelrine Shaw-Nickerson Award from the Ohio Nurses Association and the Golden Achievement Award in the Field of Health for 2002 from the Golden Age Centers of Cleveland. Her most recent book, "Serving Minority Elders in the 21st Century" earned the American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award in 2000.

The National Black Nurses Association, founded in 1971, is a professional organization, representing 150,000 African American registered nurses, licensed vocational/practical nurses and nursing students. The mission of NBNA is to "investigate, define and determine the health care requirements of African Americans and other diverse communities to foster optimal health and health care services commensurate with that of the larger society."

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