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Peri Stevens 2024-2025 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: Peri Stevens received a Nurses Educational Finds Scholarship and is a dedicated and compassionate nurse with a strong passion for oncology and clinical trials. With an honors degree from Indiana University, Peri has honed her skills as an oncology nu... read more.

Clarissa M. Swope 2024-2025 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Clarissa M. Swope is the proud recipient of the Cynthia Davis Sculco Scholarship. Clarissa is a fourth-year doctoral student in the Doctor of Education in Nursing Education program at Teachers College, Columbia University in New York, NY. Clarissa ea... read more.

Whitney Thornton 2024-2025 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Whitney Thornton is the proud recipient of the Mathy Mezey Scholarship. Dr. Mathy Mezey is a noted international geriatric expert. Whitney previously was the first recipient of the 2022-2023 NEF Terry Fulmer Scholarship. Ms. Thornton received a Bache... read more.

Donna Tubb 2024-2025 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Donna Tubb, APRN, FNP-C, was recognized with the prestigious Terry Fulmer Scholarship, a testament to her unwavering dedication to geriatric nursing and the long-term care of the elderly. Currently, she is embarking on a transformative journey, pursu... read more.

Roland Tuquero 2024-2025 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Roland Tuquero, MSN, CRNA is the recipient of the NEF Georgette Viellion Scholarship. This scholarship is awarded to an exceptional doctoral applicant who is a nurse educator/leader with career plans to develop expertise in teaching while incorporati... read more.

Amy Ushry 2024-2025 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Amy Ushry, MPH, BSN, RN is the recipient of the NEF Rita Reis Wieczorek Scholarship for Maternal-Infant and Pediatric Nursing. She is a doctoral student at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing in Baltimore, Maryland. She also holds a Bachel... read more.

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.

FEATURED SCHOLAR

Nicholas Perrino

(2011-2012 Winner)

A Chicago native, Eleanore C. Lambertsen scholarship winner Nicholas Perrino did his undergraduate work at Loyola University and continued with his graduate work at Northwestern University and Columbia. He curr... read more.

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