Scholars


Florence R. Parisa 1935-1936 Winner | Unspecified Degree
Florence R. Parisa was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.

Elizabeth Parker 2021-2022 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Elizabeth “Ellis” Parker, MSN, RN-BC, CNE is the recipient of the 2021 Jane Eleanor Knox Scholarship. She is entering her third year in the Doctor of Education in Nursing Education program at Teachers College, Columbia University in New York, NY. Thi... read more.

Elizabeth Parker 2022-2023 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Elizabeth “Ellis” Parker, MSN, RN-BC, CNE, CHSE is the recipient of the 2022 Jane Eleanor Knox Scholarship for the second year. Ellis is a doctoral candidate in the Doctor of Education in Nursing Education program at Teachers College, Columbia Univer... read more.

Brennan Parmelee 2019-2020 Winner | Doctoral Degree
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.

Elaina Parrillo 2023-2024 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Elaina “Laina” Parrillo, BSN, RN is a recipient of the Jane Eleanor Knox Scholarship, given to a doctoral student who has illustrated a unique commitment to nursing and clearly demonstrated leadership potential. Laina is currently a candidate for her... read more.

Rosemarie Parse 1968-1969 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Rosemarie Parse was awarded the Nurses’ Scholarship & Fellowship / Mead Johnson Scholarship. read more.

Mary T. Parsons 2005-2006 Winner | Doctoral Degree
My educational background began with a Bachelor's Degree in Social Work from SU in 1985. Soon thereafter, I was married, raising two daughters, and running a home-based business. After getting through the early years of motherhood, I returned to scho... read more.

Alisa Pascale 2012-2013 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Alisa Pascale, winner of the Eleanor Lambertsen award, is a certified women’s health practitioner who spent the first 2 years of her NP career living and working in Cuba, New Mexico, with the Navajo Native Americans. Today she is practicing at Vincen... read more.

Veronica Pasha 2022-2023 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Veronica Pasha EMPA, RNC-OB, C-ONQS is the recipient of the Rita Reis Wieczorek Scholarship. Ms. Pasha obtained her Bachelor of Science from the City University of New York at Hunter College and an Executive Master’s in Public Administration from the... read more.

Megan E. Pate 2023-2024 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Megan E. Pate is the 2023-2024 proud recipient of the Judith G. Whitaker Scholarship. She is a PhD candidate at Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing and a 2023 graduate (MS) of The James T. Laney School of Graduate Studies at Emor... read more.

Nisha Patel 2021-2022 Winner | Master’s Degree
Nisha Patel is the recipient of the 2021 Isabel McIssac Scholarship, which is awarded to master’s degree students in honor of Isabel McIssac, the first chairman of the original memorial fund for Isabel Hampton Robb. Nisha received a Bachelor of Scien... read more.

Jacqueline B. Patton 1992-1993 Winner | Master’s Degree
Jacqueline B. Patton was awarded the Estelle Massey Osborne / Lucy C. Perry Scholarship. read more.

Mabel Ann Patton 1928-1929 Winner | Unspecified Degree
Mabel Ann Patton was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.

Keisha S. Paul 2024-2025 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Keisha S. Paul, MS, RN is the recipient of the Columbia University – Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association Inc./J. Margaret Ada Mutch Scholarship. Receiving this scholarship plays a significant role in providing Keisha the financ... read more.

Shirley Paul 2010-2011 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Planning a career as a Nurse Anesthetist, Shirley Paul received her BSN from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University in Tallahassee. She continued She is now pursuing her Doctorate at the University of Minnesota’s Doctorate of Nursing Practice... read more.

Noelle Pavlovic 2022-2023 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Noelle Pavlovic, PhD(c), MSN, RN is the recipient of the Eleanor C. Lambertsen Scholarship. She is a fourth year PhD Candidate at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing in Baltimore, MD. Noelle graduated from Oberlin College with a bachelor’s... read more.

Janice Pearson 1980-1981 Winner | Doctoral Degree

Purcelle Peck 1930-1931 Winner | Unspecified Degree
Purcelle Peck was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.

Agnes F. Peltz 1930-1931 Winner | Unspecified Degree
Agnes F. Peltz was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.

Sheila Pennell 2011-2012 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Winner of the Margaret Tyson scholarship, Sheila Pennell, is working on her doctoral degree in nursing through UMass’s BS to PhD program where her graduate course work includes in-depth specialization in geriatrics. Her passion about Geriatric nursin... read more.

FEATURED SCHOLAR

Donna Westmoreland

Donna Westmoreland

(2013-2014 Winner)

A student at Frontier Nursing University, in Hyden, Kentucky, Donna Westmoreland, was awarded the Lucy Perry Scholarship. Ms. Westmoreland’s goal is to become a family nurse practitioner. She began her nursing... read more.

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