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Katherine Mitchell Wentzell 2019-2020 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Katie Wentzell is the recipient of the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship, which is awarded to the doctoral student with the highest evaluation score. Katie is currently a second year doctoral student at Boston College William F. Connell School of Nursi... read more.

Jasmine Nakayama 2019-2020 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Jasmine Nakayama, BSN, RN, CEN, was awarded the Barbara Jonas Scholarship for academic excellence and active community service. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Augusta University and is currently a Nursing PhD candidate at Emory Un... read more.

Kelsey Naruse 2019-2020 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Kelsey Naruse, MS, RN is the 2019 recipient of the Columbia University-Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association, Inc./J. Margaret Ada Mutch Scholarship. She is currently attending Columbia University in pursuit of a Doctorate in Nur... read more.

Courtney Omary 2019-2020 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Courtney Omary, awarded the Lucy C. Perry Scholarship for Public Health, is an IT Clinical Strategy Consultant at Augusta University in Augusta, Georgia. Focused on clinician adoption and satisfaction, Courtney assists Augusta University Medical Cent... read more.

Kate Oppegaard 2019-2020 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: Kate Oppegaard, RN, BSN, OCN, CMSRN is the recipient of the 2019 Mathy Mezey Scholarship. Kate received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Arizona State University in 2005. Kate’s mother was also a nurse, and Kate has fond memories of how much s... read more.

Onome Osokpo 2019-2020 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Onome Osokpo, winner of the 2019 M. Elizabeth Carnegie African American Scholarship, earned a Bachelor of Science in nursing degree at Stony Brook University and a Master of Science in nursing in the Adult and Gerontology Nurse Practitioner Program a... read more.

Jessica Parente 2019-2020 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: Jessica L. Parente is a recipient of a Nurses Educational Funds, Inc. Scholarship for the 2019-2020 academic year. She is currently obtaining her Masters as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner through Eastern Kentucky University Online. Sh... read more.

Brennan Parmelee 2019-2020 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Brennan Parmelee, PhD(c), MSN, RN, CNE, awarded the Eleanor C. Lambertsen Scholarship, is a senior Stem Cell Transplant RN Coordinator at Houston Methodist Hospital. She received her BSN degree from The University of Texas at Austin, her MSN in Nursi... read more.

Jasmine Perkins 2019-2020 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: Jasmine Perkins is the recipient of the Estelle Massey Osborne Scholarship which is awarded to students interested in clinical nursing education. Miss. Perkins currently attends Texas Woman’s University and is pursuing a double masters in Nursing Edu... read more.

Rebecca Piasecki 2019-2020 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Rebecca J. Piasecki is the recipient of the Philip D. Raso Scholarship. She is currently a doctoral candidate in the PhD program at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. A native of the Metro Detroit area, she earned her Bachelor of Science... read more.

Sarah Sakala 2019-2020 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Sarah Sakala, BSN, RN is the 2019 recipient of the Laura D. Smith National Student Nurses’ Association (NSNA) Scholarship. She earned a BA in illustration from Rochester Institute of Technology in 2007 and a BS in nursing from the University of Centr... read more.

Chelsea Schafer 2019-2020 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Chelsea Schafer, BSN, RN, TCRN is the recipient of the 2019 AJN/Thelma Schorr Scholarship. In 2014, Chelsea graduated magna cum laude with her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of South Carolina's Honors College. She also graduated w... read more.

Sunoz Soroosh 2019-2020 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: Sunoz "Sunny" Soroosh, RN, MPH is the recipient of the Columbia University-Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association, Inc./J. Margaret Ada Mutch Scholarship. She is a MSN/Nurse-Midwifery student at Frontier Nursing University. She re... read more.

Bethany Thomas 2019-2020 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Bethany Thomas CRNP, CNRN is the recipient of the 2019 Miriam M. Powell Scholarship. Bethany graduated from Thomas Jefferson University with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree in 2009. She worked at the Hospital of the University of Pennsy... read more.

Emily Trester 2019-2020 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: Emily Trester, RN-BC, CCLS is the recipient of the Laura D. Smith NSNA Scholarship. Emily will complete her MSN Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Primary Care degree from Duke University in December 2019 and plans to continue with the program to complete... read more.

Loralie Woods 2019-2020 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Loralie Woods MSN, RN-BC is the recipient of the 2019 Madeline Naegle Scholarship Fund Award for Mental Health Nursing. Loralie obtained her Bachelor of Nursing from Memorial University Faculty of Nursing in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. In 1999,... read more.

Camille Almada 2018-2019 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: Camille Almada is the recipient of the Liesel M. Hiemenz Scholarship which is awarded to students interested in public health. She currently attends Pace University’s Family Nurse Practitioner Master’s Program. Her first undergraduate degree was a BA... read more.

Elizabeth Balleweg 2018-2019 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: Elizabeth Balleweg, recipient of the Geraldine Labecki Scholarship, is pursuing a Master’s Degree at Frontier Nursing University to become a Family Nurse Practitioner. After receiving a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Montana State University in... read more.

Becky Bowler 2018-2019 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: Becky Bowler is the recipient of the Norman and Alicia Volk/NEF Scholarship. She is currently attending Boston College in pursuit of a Master’s Degree in the Adult Gerontology Nurse Practitioner program. Becky received her Bachelors degree in nursing... read more.

Dana Connolly 2018-2019 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: Dana Connolly is honored to have received the Miriam M. Powell Scholarship. She graduated from the UCLA School of Nursing as an undergraduate in 2013 and worked as an ICU and emergency nurse at UCLA before deciding to return to UCLA’s Family Nurse Pr... read more.

FEATURED SCHOLAR

Heather Warlan

(2012-2013 Winner)

Heather Warlan is using her Barbara Tate scholarship towards her second year of pursuing a doctorate at the University of San Diego. Her undergraduate degree was in Psychology. She has worked as a research coor... read more.

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