Agenda
7:30 - 8:15 am
Registration/Poster Setup (Light Refreshments)
Fine Arts Center Lobby
8:15 - 8:45 am
Welcome/Presentation of Dahlberg Scholar Award
Fine Arts Center Main Theatre
8:45 - 9:45 am
2025 Dahlberg Scholar Keynote: Moving from Ideas to Action
Judy Pechacek, DNP, RN, CENP - Clinical Professor, University of Minnesota
Fine Arts Center Main Theatre
9:45 - 10:45 am
Poster Session (in-person only) -
10:45 - 11:45 am
BREAKOUT SESSIONS - Nursing Building
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Leveraging all Levels of Expertise to Advance Practice, Education, and Research (Rm. 195)
Judy Pechacek, DNP, RN, CENP -
​Nursing Advocacy 101: Taking the Pulse of Lawmakers (Rm. 101)
Jennifer Shilling, BA; Gina Dennik-Champion, MSN, RN, MSHA -
Research Corner (Rm 104)
Facilitated by: Michele Merten DNP, APRN, ANP-C
This session will include 10-15 minute presentations and a panel discussion time for interaction and questions.
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
Lunch (included with your ticket) - Fine Arts Center Lobby
Feel free to take lunch into SIGMA presentation or find space in Outdoor Courtyard or Nursing Building Rooms 195, 196, 101 or 104.
12:15 - 1:00 pm
SIGMA 25th Anniversary Presentation and Induction Ceremony
Nursing Building - Room 196 (*note there are no contact hours offered for this session)
1:00 - 2:00 pm
Poster Presentations (in-person only) - Fine Arts Center Lobby
2:00 - 3:00 pm
BREAKOUT SESSIONS - Nursing Building
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Integration of Climate and Health (Rm. 101)
Cameron Kiersch DNP, RN, Assistant Professor, Viterbo University
Brittany Keyes, DPT, Healthy Climate Wisconsin -
Perspectives and Challenges Across Health Care Settings (Rm 195)
Tracey Van Pelt MSN, RN, CLNC, Director of Nursing, Vernon Memorial Healthcare; Dana Bistodeau TRS, ​Care Transition Coordinator, St. Crois Hospice; Mickki Prussing RN, Hospice; Jolene Renda, DNP, APN, CNP, VA Home-Based Primary Care Program. -
Research Corner (Rm. 104)
Facilitated by: Michele Merten DNP, APRN, ANP-C
This session will include 10-15 minute presentations and a panel discussion time for interaction and questions.