Scholars

Courtney Omary 2019-2020 Winner | Doctoral Degree: 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.

Irvin Ong 2023-2024 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Irvin Ong, EdD, MHPEd, RN received the Henry B. Spencer Scholarship, which is dedicated to leadership in nursing and health care. Dr. Ong earned his Bachelor of Science in Biology (2006) and Nursing (2008) from the Our Lady of Fatima University, Phil... read more.

Grace Onovo 2010-2011 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Grace Onovo grew up in Nigeria where she attended the School of Nursing at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital and the School of Midwifery at Mater Misericordia Hospital. To further advance her career in Nursing she migrated to the United Sta... read more.

Kate Oppegaard 2019-2020 Winner | Master’s Degree: 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.

Selina Oriekhoe 2026-2027 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Selina Oriekhoe, MSN, RN, CNOR, is the 2026-2027 recipient of the Robert V. Piemonte Memorial Scholarship from Nurses Educational Funds (NEF). She is a registered nurse with over a decade of experience in perioperative nursing. She is currently worki... read more.

Ukamaka Oruche 2009-2010 Winner | Doctoral Degree: "After obtaining my master's degree in child psychiatric-mental health nursing, I practiced for eight years before deciding to return for a PhD. In my work as a clinical nurse specialist with children and adolescents with serious emotional and behavi... read more.

Ukamaka M. Oruche 1998-1999 Winner | Master’s Degree: Ukamaka M. Oruche was awarded the Estelle Massey Osborne Scholarship. School attended: Purdue/Indiana University School of Nursing Degree: Child/Adolescent Psychiatric read more.

Judith Oshin 1981-1982 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Judith Oshin was awarded the Squibbs & Sons / Ursula Springer Scholarship. read more.

Onome Osokpo 2019-2020 Winner | Doctoral Degree: 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.

Mary S. Ossigner 1938-1939 Winner | Unspecified Degree: Mary S. Ossigner was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.

Alina Ostapchuk 2016-2017 Winner | Doctoral Degree: 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.

Brenda Owens 1985-1986 Winner | Unspecified Degree: Brenda Owens was awarded the M. Elizabeth Carnegie African American Scholarship. read more.

Tiffany Owens 2007-2008 Winner | Master’s Degree: Born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, Tiffany currently lives in Edwardsville, Illinois to be close to Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, where she is currently a graduate student pursuing her MSN in Anesthesia. From 1998-1999, she lived in... read more.

Christine M. Pacini 1984-1985 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Christine M. Pacini was awarded the AJN/Thelma Schorr Scholarship. read more.

Alice S. Packer 1975-1976 Winner | Master’s Degree: Alice S. Packer was awarded the E.R. Squibb & Sons Scholarship. read more.

Kathleen Page 2025-2026 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Kathleen "Katie" Page, CNM, MSN, FACNM, is honored to receive the 2025 Allison Adams Wieczorek Scholarship. Katie earned her BA in Health Services from Randolph College (formerly Randolph-Macon Woman’s College) in 2008 and her MSN – Nurse-Midwifery f... read more.

Frank R. Palin 1995-1996 Winner | Master’s Degree: Frank R. Palin attended Yale University. Degree: Pediatric Primary Care read more.

Lillian Del Pappa 1972-1973 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Lillian Del Pappa was awarded the Mead Johnson/ W.B. Saunders Company Scholarship. read more.

Kathaleen Ryan Pappas 1973-1974 Winner | Unspecified Degree

Jessica Parente 2019-2020 Winner | Master’s Degree: 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.

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FEATURED SCHOLAR

Jennifer Gil

(2025-2026 Winner)

Jennifer Gil, MHCI, MSN, RN is the proud recipient of the Cynthia Davis Sculco Scholarship. She is a fourth-year doctoral student in the PhD in Nursing program at the University of Pennsylvania, where she is a... read more.

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