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Nursing doctoral student receives national honors Aetna Corporation, in conjunction with the National Coalition of Ethnic Minority Nurse Associations (NCEMNA), has named College of Nursing doctoral student Sarah A. Johnson as an Aetna Scholar during the annual convention of the National Black Nurses Association (NBNA) in Illinois.   This award is funded by a partnership grant between Aetna Inc. and NCEMNA. It is geared toward augmenting national collegiate academic programs, increasing the number of ethnic minority nurse scientists, and socializing nurse scientists into the health care research agenda at the federal level. Johnson also received a separate academic scholarship award at the convention from both Aetna Corporation and NBNA, for her nursing leadership and commitment to community service in Charleston.   Johnson was also awarded the Mary Elizabeth Carnegie and Edith Pritchard awards from Nurses Educational Funds Inc. (NEF) for her academic achievement and leadership in qualitative historical research in nursing and the health sciences.     Friday, Sept. 9, 2005 Catalyst Online is published weekly, updated as needed and improved from time to time by the MUSC Office of Public Relations for the faculty, employees and students of the Medical University of South Carolina. Catalyst Online editor, Kim Draughn, can be reached at 792-4107 or by email, catalyst@musc.edu. Editorial copy can be submitted to Catalyst Online and to The Catalyst in print by fax, 792-6723, or by email to petersnd@musc.edu or catalyst@musc.edu. To place an ad in The Catalyst hardcopy, call Community Press at 849-1778.