WINCHESTER — Shenandoah University nursing student Sonya Bhuller has been elected to serve as secretary on the board of the Virginia Nursing Students Association.

Bhuller, of Haymarket, is a third-year nursing student in the Division of Nursing, vice president of the Student Nurses Association at the university and a member of Rho Pi Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society for Nursing, according to a school press release.

“We’re thrilled with this professional opportunity for Sonya,” Kathryn Ganske, director of the Division of Nursing, states in a school press release. “Not only is she active in and out of the classroom, she is also a dedicated community advocate, hosting an annual blood drive within the Sikh community in Fairfax.”

“My mother, a Certified Nurse Operating Room, is my role model,” Bhuller states in the release. “She has always seen the best in me and has inspired me to follow in her footsteps. Without the wonderful support from my husband and parents, I would not have been able to accomplish what I have to date.”

Shenandoah University’s Division of Nursing offers a number of nursing programs at the baccalaureate and graduate levels, as well as a post-master’s certificate in family nurse practitioner, nurse midwifery and psychiatric mental-health nurse practitioner and a doctor of nursing practice degree.

Visit www.su.edu/nursing or call the admissions office at 800-432-2266 for information about Shenandoah University’s nursing programs.