Scholars


Laura Alarcon 2023-2024 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship
Laura Alarcon is the recipient of the American Journal of Nursing/ Thelma Schorr Scholarship. She is currently enrolled in Frontier nursing University’s Nurse Midwifery Master’s program. Previously, she obtained her Bachelor of Science at the Univers... read more.

Jessica Arter 2023-2024 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship
Jessica A. Arter, MSN, RN is the M. Elizabeth Carnegie Scholarship recipient. Currently, she is a third-year Ph.D. student at The University of Alabama and The University of Alabama in Huntsville Joint Nursing Science Ph.D. Program, where her researc... read more.

Anne Batchelder 2023-2024 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship
Anne Batchelder is the recipient of NEF Eleanor C. Lambertsen Scholarship, given to a doctoral applicant in nursing education or administration. Anne is currently a PhD Candidate at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, researching community building... read more.

Dalton Bender 2023-2024 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship
Dalton Bender is the recipient of the Miriam M. Powell Scholarship. His educational history includes a Bachelor of Science in Clinical Laboratory Science from Northern Michigan University, an accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing, and he is curr... read more.

Melanie D. Bobry 2023-2024 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship
Melanie D. Bobry is the honored recipient of the Margaret L. McClure Scholarship. Melanie earned her BS in Nursing in 2009 and her MS in Nursing Education in 2022, both from the University of Rochester School of Nursing. She is currently pursuing a P... read more.

Vera Borkowski 2023-2024 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship
Vera Borkowski, MSN, APRN, FNP-C is the recipient of the NEF Evelyn J. Barclay Scholarship. She is currently a 3rd year PhD student at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing. Vera was inspired to become a nurse by her aunts Elizabeth and Theresa, bo... read more.

Sharran Y. Nicolle (Nickie) Burney 2023-2024 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship
Sharran Y. Nicolle (Nickie) Burney, MSN, CNP, FNP-BC is the recipient of the NEF/Johnson & Johnson 2023 Health Equity Scholarship. Nickie is a PhD candidate and third-year research fellow at the Connell School of Nursing at Boston College (Chestnut H... read more.

Jennifer Costa 2023-2024 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship
Jennifer Costa, PhD-c, MSN, APRN, PNP-BC, is the honored recipient of the Rita Reis Wieczorek Scholarship for Maternal – Infant and Pediatric Nursing. Jennifer is a PhD candidate at the UMass Chan Medical School Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursin... read more.

Paola De Leon 2023-2024 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship
Paola De Leon, RN, BSN is the honored recipient of the Nurses Educational Funds Inc. Scholarship. Paola earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2019 from the College of New Rochelle. She is currently studying for her master’s as a Nurse Practiti... read more.

Cristina de Rosa 2023-2024 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship
Cristina de Rosa, MSN, RN, is the recipient of the Mathy Mezey Scholarship for geriatric nursing. Ms. de Rosa is a PhD candidate at the School of Nursing, University at Buffalo, the State University of New York, where she is a Presidential Scholar an... read more.

Cassandra Dictus 2023-2024 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship
Cassandra “Cass” Dictus, MPH, RN is honored to be awarded the Terry Fulmer Scholarship. Cass earned her Bachelor of Science in Biology from Denison University. Upon graduating, Cass served in AmeriCorps working alongside an inspiring community-based... read more.

Nadège Dorcelly 2023-2024 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship
Nadège Dorcelly, MSN, RN is a recipient of the Liesel M. Hiemenz Scholarship. She is currently a Psychiatric and Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) – Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) candidate at Columbia University School of Nursing. She has y... read more.

Ihuoma Ezebuihe 2023-2024 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship
Ihuoma Ezebuihe is the recipient of the Janice Nelson Scholarship Award. She obtained both a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) and a Master of Public Health(MPH) from Howard University, Washington DC, and a Master of Science (MS) and post-Master i... read more.

Bethany Golden 2023-2024 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship
The inaugural recipient of the Allison Adams Wieczorek Scholarship for Maternal-Infant and Pediatric Nursing, is Bethany Golden, a registered nurse and a certified-nurse midwife who has practiced sexual and reproductive health for twenty years. Curre... read more.

Larissa Gregory 2023-2024 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship
Larissa Gregory, the recipient of the Estelle Massey Osborne Scholarship is so thankful for the opportunity to receive this scholarship. She began her nursing education at Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of Nursing and graduated with a BSN... read more.

Sarah Guimaraes 2023-2024 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship
Sarah Guimaraes, Ph.D.(c), R.N., CHSE, is the recipient of the Philip Raso Scholarship. She obtained her Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2005 from Tennessee Tech University's (TTU) Whitson-Hester School of Nursing (WHSON) in Cookeville, TN. She com... read more.

Alexa Hartnett 2023-2024 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship
Alexa Hartnett is a senior doctoral student at The University of South Florida College of Nursing, studying for her Doctorate of Nursing Practice in Nurse Anesthesiology degree. Before her graduate studies, she earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing... read more.

Christine “Charlie” Hawknuff 2023-2024 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship
Charlie (Christine) Hawknuff, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, CEN, TCRN, NE-BC, NPD-BC is the honored recipient of the NEF/Johnson & Johnson 2023 Health Equity Scholarship. Charlie earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2011 from Saint Louis University. In... read more.

Meredith Klepper 2023-2024 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship
Meredith Klepper, MS, RN, CPN (they/them/theirs) is the recipient of the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. They are currently a 3rd-year PhD candidate at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing (JHSON) and have concurrently earned a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Tr... read more.

Julie Knapp 2023-2024 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship
Julie Knapp, RN, BSN, CMSRN is the honored recipient of the Edith Pritchard Scholarship for 2023. Julie earned her Bachelors of Science in Nursing in 2009 from the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor... read more.

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Sarah Guimaraes

(2023-2024 Winner)

Sarah Guimaraes, Ph.D.(c), R.N., CHSE, is the recipient of the Philip Raso Scholarship. She obtained her Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2005 from Tennessee Tech University's (TTU) Whitson-Hester School of Nu... read more.

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