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Erin K. George 2022-2023 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Erin K. George is the recipient of the 2022 Henry B. Spencer Scholarship. She is a Certified Nurse-Midwife and a third year PhD candidate at Boston College Connell School of Nursing. Erin received her Bachelor of Arts in Growth and Structure of Citie... read more.

Amy Goh 2022-2023 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Amy Goh is the recipient of the Miriam M. Powell Scholarship Award. She is a 2nd year PhD student at Boston College. Amy is a nurse-midwife who completed her BSN at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing and her Midwifery and Women’s Health Nurse Practition... read more.

Cecilia Igwe-Kalu 2022-2023 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: Cecilia Igwe-Kalu is the proud recipient of the Estelle Massey Osborne Scholarship, established by the Freedmen's Hospital School of Nursing, Alumni Clubs, Inc. Cecilia received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from the University of Rhode Is... read more.

Ghada Abu Irsheed 2022-2023 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Ghada Abu Irsheed, MSN, BSN, RN is the recipient of the 2022-2023 Evelyn J. Barclay Scholarship. She is currently a 4th year PhD Candidate at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), College of Nursing (CON). She received her BSN in Nursing Scien... read more.

Linnea Joffe-Nelson 2022-2023 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: Linnea Joffe-Nelson, BSN, RN, MA is the recipient of the 2022 Isabel McIssac Scholarship, an award designated for master’s degree candidates in honor of Isabel McIssac, the first chairperson of the original memorial fund for Isabel Hampton Robb. This... read more.

Lisa Lietzke 2022-2023 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Lisa Lietzke, MSN, RN, CEN, CPEN, TCRN is the recipient of the Judith G. Whitaker doctoral scholarship. Lisa earned her Master of Science in Nursing Leadership, educator track at Wilmington University in 2017. She is currently attending Wilmington Un... read more.

Phoebe Lim-Vuong 2022-2023 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Phoebe Lim-Vuong, the recipient of the Georgette Viellion Scholarship – awarded to nurses who intend to support future nurse educators and leaders, is currently studying for her doctoral degree, specializing as a Family Nurse Practitioner in the Doct... read more.

Lea Marineau 2022-2023 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Lea Marineau, MSN, ANP-BC, CNE is a 4th year Ph.D. candidate at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. She is a recipient of the 2022 Mary V. Insall Scholarship. Lea graduated with her Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2009 from the Universi... read more.

Elizabeth Parker 2022-2023 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Elizabeth “Ellis” Parker, MSN, RN-BC, CNE, CHSE is the recipient of the 2022 Jane Eleanor Knox Scholarship for the second year. Ellis is a doctoral candidate in the Doctor of Education in Nursing Education program at Teachers College, Columbia Univer... read more.

Veronica Pasha 2022-2023 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Veronica Pasha EMPA, RNC-OB, C-ONQS is the recipient of the Rita Reis Wieczorek Scholarship. Ms. Pasha obtained her Bachelor of Science from the City University of New York at Hunter College and an Executive Master’s in Public Administration from the... read more.

Noelle Pavlovic 2022-2023 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Noelle Pavlovic, PhD(c), MSN, RN is the recipient of the Eleanor C. Lambertsen Scholarship. She is a fourth year PhD Candidate at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing in Baltimore, MD. Noelle graduated from Oberlin College with a bachelor’s... read more.

Tiffany Riser 2022-2023 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Tiffany Riser is a second-year doctoral student at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. She was awarded the Mathy Mezey Scholarship for her engagement in geriatric nursing. As a Nurse Practitioner and Home-Based Primary Care (HBPC) Program Director,... read more.

Meredith Sheehan 2022-2023 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: Meredith Sheehan, BSN, RN, is the grateful recipient of the 2022 Geraldine Labecki/Nurses Educational Funds Scholarship. She obtained her bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania and is currently completing her master’s degree to become... read more.

Paige Stodtmeister 2022-2023 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Paige Stodtmeister was awarded the Madeline A. Naegle Scholarship. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Brigham Young University. She is currently pursuing a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree with an emphasis in Psychiatric/Mental Hea... read more.

Susan S. Stone 2022-2023 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Susan S. Stone is the honored and grateful recipient of the Philip D. Raso scholarship. Susan received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology from Boston University in 1987. Susan spent two years working in the hotel business, quickly advancing to mana... read more.

Clarissa M. Swope 2022-2023 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Clarissa M. Swope is the proud recipient of the Liesel M. Hiemenz Scholarship. She is a third-year doctoral student in the Doctor of Education in Nursing Education program at Teachers College, Columbia University in New York, NY. Clarissa earned a Ba... read more.

Zachary Taylor 2022-2023 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: My name is Zachary Taylor, MSN, CMSRN, PHN, and I am honored to have been awarded the first Charles Hamlin Scholarship. I received my undergraduate education at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, studying studio arts. Later, I decided to pursue... read more.

Whitney Thornton 2022-2023 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: Whitney Thornton is the first recipient of the Terry Fulmer Scholarship. Dr. Terry Fulmer is a leading expert in the field of geriatrics both nationally and internationally. Whitney received a Bachelor of Science degree in Public Health from Georgia... read more.

Samantha Weaver 2022-2023 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Samantha Weaver is the recipient of the Lucy C. Perry National Education Fund (NEF) Scholarship. Ms. Weaver attained her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from the University of Alabama in 2000 where she also completed the Veteran’s Affairs Valor... read more.

Nicole Williams 2022-2023 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: Nicole Williams is the honored recipient of the Margaret L. McClure 2022-2023 Scholarship. She received her undergraduate degree in Biology from Washington College in 2019 and her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from University of Maryland School of N... read more.

FEATURED SCHOLAR

Ashley Weber

(2014-2015 Winner)

Ashley Weber, the first winner of the Cynthia Davis Sculco Scholarship, knew early in her nursing career that she wanted to be a neonatal nurse researcher. In this specialty she is pursuing a doctorate at Ohio... read more.

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