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UT Tyler Palestine Campus Educator Recognized for Outstanding Community Service

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September 14, 2015

Media Contact:  Hannah Buchanan
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September 14, 2015

Dyna Tutt has been recognized by the Greater East Texas Chapter of the National Black Nurses Association for outstanding community service, Dr. Yong Tai Wang, dean of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at The University of Texas at Tyler, announced.

A UT Tyler alumna, Tutt is a nursing instructor at the UT Tyler Palestine Campus who teaches within the Patriots Accessing Technology for Success and Savings Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program.

She will be recognized at an awards dinner next month in Tyler.

“We are proud of Ms. Tutt’s work with faculty and students and across the community. She is an experienced Critical Care nurse, a valued nursing instructor and strong community leader here in Palestine,” said Dr. Carol Andersen, immediate past director of the Palestine Campus nursing program.

Through the association, Tutt has volunteered nursing service hours to the Bethesda Health Clinic as well as with local churches, schools, fraternities, sororities and other service organizations by performing blood pressure and glucose checks and distributing information on health and wellness.

Since 1994, Tutt has consistently maintained her critical care nursing certification through the American Association of Critical Care Nurses Certification Corporation. She also has been an active member of Sigma Theta Tau International – the international honor society for nursing – since 2006.

In addition, she served as faculty adviser for the UT Tyler Palestine Campus Nurses Christian Fellowship for seven years. She also has worked as a critical care nurse at Palestine Regional Medical Center.

Serving the university since 2004, Tutt holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees, both from UT Tyler.

The National Black Nurses Association was organized in 1971. Its mission is to provide a forum for collective action by black nurses to investigate, define, and advocate for the health care needs of African Americans and to implement strategies that ensure access to health care equal to or above health care standards of the larger society.

One of the 15 campuses of the UT System, UT Tyler features excellence in teaching, research, artistic performance and community service. More than 80 undergraduate and graduate degrees are available at UT Tyler, which has an enrollment of more than 8,000 high-ability students. UT Tyler offers courses at its campuses in Tyler, Longview and Palestine as well as a location in Houston.