Lamar instructor selected as Jonas Nurse Leader Scholar

The Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing has named J.T. Seaman a Jonas Nurse Leader Scholar.

Seaman is an instructor at the JoAnne Gay Dishman School of Nursing at Lamar University.

“This is strong recognition for not only Mr. Seaman, but also for the Dishman School of Nursing faculty here at Lamar,” Nursing School Chair Cynthia Stinson said. “We pride ourselves on having some of the finest faculty in the nation.”

The innovative Jonas Nurse Leaders Scholar Program has the goal of adding to the number of U.S. nursing school facilities that have doctorates.

“To have 12 scholars named in one year is extremely gratifying and speaks to both the excellence of our students and to the Jonas Center’s commitment to developing exceptional faculty and scholars,” Dean and Calere Potter Menefee Professor of Nursing Linda Norman said. “These students will be the teachers and mentors of the future nurses who are essential to meeting America’s growing healthcare needs. We are very grateful for the vision and generosity of the Jonas Center. I know that several of our Jonas Scholars wouldn’t have been able to pursue their doctorates without the program’s support.”