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Elizabeth Leary 2016-2017 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Winner of the Philip D. Raso Scholarship, Elizabeth Leary holds a master of science degree in nursing, management, policy and leadership from Yale University, and is currently a doctoral candidate in the Yale University Doctor of Nursing Practice (DN... read more.

Marian Morris 2016-2017 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Marian Morris is the recipient of the Isabel Hampton Robb Memorial Award. She is currently completing the Alternate Entry-PhD program at The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing. She received her BA in cultural anthropology at the Universi... read more.

Kattalina Navarro 2016-2017 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: Kattalina Navarro is the recipient of an NEF graduate nursing scholarship. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Molloy College in December 2012 and began her career in a multi-specialty operating room of a level 1 trauma center. Inspired by her own exp... read more.

Paula V. Nersesian 2016-2017 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Upon graduation, Dr. Nersesian joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. Then, after living in the Washington, DC area for 33 years, she moved to Maine and joined the faculty of the University of Southern Maine School of Nursing in Portl... read more.

Alina Ostapchuk 2016-2017 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Alina Ostapchuk is the recipient of the National Student Nurses Association Scholarship. This is Alina’s unique story. I was born in Ternopil, a small village in the Western Ukraine, and three days later my mother died. Because of the unexpected deat... read more.

Jessie Reich 2016-2017 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Jessie Reich is the recipient of the 2016 “American Journal of Nursing Scholarship.” Jessie received both her BSN and MSN degrees from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. Her graduate area of study was Health Administration. In addition... read more.

Jaclyn Rosenthal 2016-2017 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: Recipient of the Columbia University-Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association, Inc./J. Margaret Ada Mutch Award, is pursuing a master’s degree to become a nurse practitioner specializing in adult/gerontology primary care with a sub-... read more.

Roberta Simes 2016-2017 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: Recipient of the Estelle Massey Osborne Scholarship. Roberta Simes received her BSN from the University of Washington. Upon attaining her registered nursing degree, Roberta worked as a Progressive Care nurse for two years, and then transitioned into... read more.

Brittany Sullivan 2016-2017 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Brittney Sullivan was awarded the “Henry B. Spencer Scholarship” dedicated to leadership in nursing and health care. Brittney received her BS and MS at Boston College Connell School of Nursing and is currently a third year PhD student at Duke Univers... read more.

Rita Trivette 2016-2017 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Rita Trivette recipient of a NEF Scholarship has been a registered nurse for 33 years. She began working in a hospital upon graduation from high school with the intention of becoming a physician. It did not take long for her to realize that her calli... read more.

Martha Abshire 2015-2016 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Winner of the Margaret Gould Tyson Memorial Scholarship, completed her bachelor’s degree in linguistics before traveling throughout Latin America, witnessing the devastating effects of untreated illnesses and learning about the importance of language... read more.

Arica Brandford-Dixon 2015-2016 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: The M. Elizabeth Carnegie African American Memorial Scholarship recipient, obtained her BSN from Purdue University and MSN from the University of Cincinnati. Arica has worked in both the public and private sectors of nursing for companies such as Bap... read more.

Adriane Burgess 2015-2016 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Winner of a NEF Scholarship, has been a nurse for 18 years and has worked in a variety of maternal infant health care settings. She earned her MSN degree in nursing education from Drexel University in 2012 and began teaching in the clinical setting.... read more.

Patrick Conlon 2015-2016 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Awarded the Judith G. Whitaker Scholarship, has been involved in diabetes program development and clinical practice for over 15 years. He is currently a full time student in the PhD program at the University of Arizona, Tucson. He was most recently M... read more.

Louise Fleming 2015-2016 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: The Cynthia Davis Sculco Scholarship winner, is a fourth year PhD nursing student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she is currently a teaching fellow. Prior to beginning her PhD in nursing studies she received a Masters Degree... read more.

Katherine Heinze 2015-2016 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Winner of the Evelyn J. Barclay Scholarship, is a PhD candidate at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing in Baltimore, Maryland. Prior to beginning her doctoral studies, she earned a BSN from the University of Colorado and a graduate certifi... read more.

Ashley Henneghan 2015-2016 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Recipient of a NEF scholarship, is pursuing her doctoral degree at the University of Texas at Austin, and intends to secure a nursing education faculty position, conduct research to improve patient outcomes. Her nursing experience has focused on help... read more.

Martha Kimpton-Badger 2015-2016 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Recipient of a NEF Scholarship, is a bilingual (English/French) dual citizen (United States/Canada) who discovered her passion for nursing while volunteering at a health clinic in Cameroon, West Africa, twenty-five years ago. Upon earning her RN dipl... read more.

Amy Loeb 2015-2016 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Recipient of the Eleanor C. Lambertsen Memorial Scholarship, started her career in 2003 as an associate degree nurse, spending eight years in various roles within oncology nursing. In 2006 she earned a BSN from St. Joseph’s College on Long Island. Th... read more.

Cherlie Magny-Normilus 2015-2016 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Recipient of the Miriam M. Powell Fellowship, is a Professor of Nursing at Regis College and Director of Policy and Advocacy for the Regis College Haiti Project. She is the recipient of awards from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Clinton Bush Haiti Fund... read more.

FEATURED SCHOLAR

Destinee Price

(2023-2024 Winner)

Destinee “Desti” Price, received the Nurses Educational Funds Inc. Scholarship. Ms. Price graduated with a BSN from Saint Louis University in 2019 and is continuing her education at Duke University. She is curr... read more.

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