Dr. Diane McGivern, PhD, RN, FAAN. of Staten Island, NY, died Monday, June 30, 2014, in Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze, after a lengthy battle with spinal cancer. She was 75. Dr. McGivern will be remembered for her compassion and tireless work in nursing, nursing education and health policy, as well as her efforts on behalf of general education in New York State, as a 15 year member of the Board of Regents of New York State.
(2013-2014 Winner)
Nancy Wise, a doctoral student at Villanova University in Radnor Township, a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the first student to be awarded the Cynthia Davis Sculco Scholarship. Nancy’s primary area o... read more.
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