10 June 2021
Our Lady of Fatima University’s (OLFU) Research Director, Dr. Michael Joseph S. Diño was inducted as the President of the Phi Gamma Chapter of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. He officially took office last 10 June 2021 at the organization’s Annual Meeting, Installation and Induction which was presided by Dr. Kenneth Dion, President-elect of Sigma Nursing-at-large.
Previously, Dr. Dino held the position of President-elect of the Phi Gamma Chapter from 2019 to 2021. Now, he will be serving the Chapter as President until June 2022. He succeeds Dr. Rita Munley Gallagher of the United States of America.
Prior to his election, Dr. Dino has already been actively involved in the organization. He is the first Filipino recipient of Sigma’s Emerging Nurse Researcher award and the first non-American scholar of Sigma’s Emerging Nursing Faculty Leadership Academy.
With its mission of “developing nurse leaders anywhere to improve healthcare everywhere,” Sigma is the second largest professional nursing organization with more than 135,000 active members in more than 100 countries.
The Phi Gamma Chapter is Sigma’s only virtual chapter with more than 500 nursing leader members around the world.
