A five-year member of the APU nursing program, Marianne Hattar-Pollara, RN, DNSc, recently brought acclaim to the school through her induction into the American Academy of Nursing (AAN). One of only 62 inductees to the 1,350-member national organization in 2000, Hattar-Pollara's "visionary leadership to the nursing profession" and "outstanding contributions to nursing," won her the nomination. AAN is an organization of distinguished leaders in nursing education, management, practice, and research. The AAN fellowship not only recognizes accomplishments within the nursing profession, but also affords opportunities to work with other leaders in health care.
Recognition for excellence is not new to Hattar-Pollara. For her work in developing the graduate nursing program at the Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan, Hattar-Pollara received the presidential shield, one of the nation's highest honors. She has worked closely with the World Health Organization to plan, support, and implement multi-national health conferences. A featured speaker and contributor to numerous scholarly publications, Hattar-Pollara is credited with "developing international collaboration among nurses and fostering international health standards," said Tammy McBride, RN, BSN, academy specialist for the American Academy of Nursing.
Hattar-Pollara is known nationally and internationally for her research in the field of women's health. At APU, her impact is equally important. Hattar-Pollara's "tremendous contributions to scholarship at Azusa Pacific [are] exemplary," said Rose Leigler, Ph.D., dean of the School of Nursing. A native of Jordan, Hattar-Pollara's faith (developed in a 90 percent Muslim nation) provides a transnational Christian scholarly perspective, both to the School of Nursing and the Honors Program, in which she represents the School of Nursing. Success had not prevented her from maintaining her commitment to "return some of the favor handed to me through mentoring students to their full potential, helping them to become lifelong learners, and motivating them to make a difference in their families, the world, and to those without a voice," said Hattar-Pollara.
