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Melissa Kurtz 2014-2015 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Melissa Kurtz, winner of the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship, attends Johns Hopkins School of Nursing in Baltimore. She earned her masters of nursing and masters of religion degrees from Yale University after getting her BSN at the University of Flor... read more.

Nathan Levitt 2014-2015 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: Nathan Levitt, who was awarded an NEF Scholarship, is pursuing his graduate studies in the State University of New York Family Nurse Practitioner Program at SUNY Downstate College of Nursing. He plans to dedicate his career to working in the lesbian,... read more.

Ralph Mangusan 2014-2015 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: Ralph Mangusan, winner of a NEF Scholarship, began his nursing career in the Philippines before moving to the United States in 2006. Certified in gerontological nursing, medical surgical nursing, progressive care, and wound care, he started his state... read more.

Diana Minor 2014-2015 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: Diana Minor who won an NEF Scholarship, is pursuing her goal to become an acute care nurse practitioner at Virginia Commonwealth University while she works full time in a medical surgical trauma intensive care unit and raises a lively three-year old... read more.

Laura Mood 2014-2015 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Laura Mood, winner of an NEF scholarship is also a two-time winner. Presently she is pursuing her doctorate at Oregon Health and Science University where she is also working as an assistant clinical professor. She is eager ito help others learn the s... read more.

Rachel Moscicki 2014-2015 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: Rachel Moscicki, winner of the Columbia University-Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association, Inc. / J. MargaretAda Mutch Scholarship, is pursuing a masters of public health and masters of nursing as a adult-geriatric nurse practitio... read more.

Tenzin Nangkyi 2014-2015 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: Tenzin Nangkyi who won the Isabel Mc Isaac Scholarship, is a clinical liaison nurse for a non-profit hospice in Washington, D.C. while she is pursuing her masters of nursing and masters in business administration, MSN/MBA, at Johns Hopkins University... read more.

Caitlin O'Connell 2014-2015 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Caitlin O'Connell is this year’s winner of the Columbia University-Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association, Inc. /J. Margaret Ada Mutch Scholarship. A practicing pediatric nurse for eleven years at New York Presbyterian Hospital in... read more.

Cheryl Petersen 2014-2015 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Cheryl Petersen was awarded her second NEF Scholarship as she completes her doctoral studies at Marquette University in Milwaukee. Cheryl is currently working as an oncology research nurse at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin. During her twenty years... read more.

Jennifer Poliwka 2014-2015 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: Jennifer Poliwka, winner of the Edith Prichard Scholarship, is pursuing a masters of science in public health nursing at Johns Hopkins University. She has worked in a number of settings that spurred her interest in public health including: Uganda whe... read more.

Nancy Roecklein 2014-2015 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Nancy Roecklin, winner of the Judith Whittaker Scholarship, is also a two-time winner. Nancy’s initial career path was in journalism and she earned a Journalism BA from NYU In 1987. She changed career paths in 1994 when she acquired an associate of a... read more.

Kelli Roush 2014-2015 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Kelli Roush, who is the winner of the Lucy C. Perry Scholarship, has been a nurse for six years and for the past five years has worked at Indiana University Health North Hospital. She currently serves as a charge nurse in the adult medical-surgical d... read more.

Mary Ann Siciliano McLaughlin 2014-2015 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Awarded the Eleanor Lambertsen Scholarship, has been a nurse for over twenty-four years. She completed her undergraduate (BSN) and graduate (MSN) studies at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. Currently she is pursuing her doctorate at... read more.

Cynthia Thompson 2014-2015 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Cynthia Thompson was awarded the Lillian Heimenz Scholarship as she pursues her PhD in Nursing at the University of Massachusetts Worcester. Cynthia started on a different career path obtaining a BA in English from Holy Cross College, then went on to... read more.

Carly Turner 2014-2015 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: Carly Turner who won an NEF Scholarship, began college focused on a career in graphic design but in her junior year changed her major and went on to earn a BSN degree. Her first job was in the neurological ICU at Johns Hopkins and later as “travel” n... read more.

Ashley Weber 2014-2015 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: 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 State University while maintaining a par... read more.

Nancy Wise 2014-2015 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: 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 of interest is the number of pregnant ado... read more.

Jenelle Zambrano 2014-2015 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Jenelle Zambrano, awarded an NEF Scholarship, is a neonatal clinical nurse specialist serving the underserved population of Los Angeles County at Los Angeles County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. She attended California State University for her BSN and... read more.

Kenneth Zeyak 2014-2015 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: Kenneth Zeyak, NEF Scholarship winner, began his career in healthcare as a volunteer emergency medical technician with his local community ambulance service. In 1992 he graduated from St. Joseph Hospital Paramedic Institute in Lancaster, Pa. His init... read more.

Ashley Beavers 2013-2014 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: After earning a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Virginia Commonwealth in Richmond, Virginia, and working in a psychiatric hospital, Ashley Beavers, winner of an NEF Scholarship enrolled at Bon Secours Memorial School of Nursing, also in Richmond... read more.

FEATURED SCHOLAR

Emily Gray

(2021-2022 Winner)

Emily Gray is the honored recipient of the Barbara L. Tate 2021-2022 scholarship. Emily received her undergraduate BSN degree from Azusa Pacific University. She is now in her second year in the Dual Acute and P... read more.

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