Scholars

Nancy Roecklein 2010-2011 Winner | Master’s Degree: A Bronx, New York native, Nancy Roecklein started in 1982 with a BA in Journalism from New York University. After the birth of her two children she returned to school to get an AAS in Nursing from Bronx Community College in 1994. She has worked prima... read more.

Annie Rohan 2010-2011 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Annie Rohan, winner of the Ada Munch/Columbia University Award is using her scholarship to expand her pre-dissertation education at Columbia University School of Nursing while working on a project evaluating the assessment of pain in premature, venti... read more.

Maritza Roman 2000-2001 Winner | Master’s Degree: Maritza Roman was awarded the Liesel M. Hiemenz Scholarship. School attended: Texas Woman’s University Degree: FNP read more.

Maria M. Romani 2000-2001 Winner | Master’s Degree: Maria M. Romani was awarded the BOC/ Nurses Scholarship and Fellowship. School attended: Emory University Degree: Certified Nurse Midwife and FNP read more.

Irene Romanko 1962-1963 Winner | Master’s Degree: Irene Romanko was awarded the E.R. Squibb & Sons Scholarship. read more.

Kimberly A. Rongren 1997-1998 Winner | Master’s Degree

Ruth Evelyn Rony 1958-1959 Winner | Baccalaureate Degreee: Ruth Evelyn Rony was awarded the Johnson & Johnson. Degree: BA read more.

Dorothy Rood 1929-1930 Winner | Unspecified Degree: Dorothy Rood was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.

Catherine Roraback 1966-1967 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Catherine Roraback was awarded the E.R. Squibb & Sons Scholarship. read more.

Ann M. Rosenow 1975-1976 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Ann M. Rosenow was awarded the C.V. Mosby/ American Journal of Nursing Scholarship. read more.

Jaclyn Rosenthal 2016-2017 Winner | Master’s Degree: 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.

Nicole Rouhana 2010-2011 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Winner of the Evelyn Barclay award, Nicole Rouhana, started her career over twenty-five years ago in Saudi Arabia as a Pediatric Registered Nurse. In 1996 she returned to school at Binghamton University to get her Masters and completed a post-Masters... read more.

Kelli Roush 2014-2015 Winner | Doctoral Degree: 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.

Sister Callista Roy 1976-1977 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Sister Callista Roy was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.

Jennifer Roye 2021-2022 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Jennifer Roye, MSN, RN, CHSE, CNE is the 2021 recipient of the NEF M. Louise Fitzpatrick Scholarship. She holds an MSN from the University of Texas at Arlington and is currently obtaining an EdD in Instructional Leadership from the University of Alab... read more.

Sarah Rozychi Giron 2013-2014 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Sarah Giron was awarded the Columbia University Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association/ J. M. Ida Mutch Scholarship. She will use her award to pursue her doctoral degree at the University of San Diego’s Hahn School of Nursing and... read more.

Katherine C. Rubin 1966-1967 Winner | Baccalaureate Degreee: Katherine C. Rubin was awarded the C.V. Mosby Scholarship. Degree: BA read more.

Angela Rule 1960-1961 Winner | Baccalaureate Degreee: Angela Rule was awarded the W.B. Saunders Company Scholarship. Degree: BA read more.

Jana Ryan 2012-2013 Winner | Master’s Degree: Jana Ryan, ISABEL McISAAC Scholarship, is completing her work toward an MSN at St. Louis University in the Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner track and plans to test for her ANCC certification in January. For the last 8 years she has wor... read more.

Rosemary Beford Ryan 1970-1971 Winner | Master’s Degree: Rosemary Beford Ryan was awarded the Laura D. Smith – NSNA Scholarship. read more.

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FEATURED SCHOLAR

Karen Grace

(2016-2017 Winner)

Recipient of the Cynthia Davis Sculco Scholarship, Ms. Grace is a Certified Nurse-Midwife at Mary’s Center in Washington, DC, an Adjunct Faculty member at Georgetown University, and a PhD student at Johns Hopki... read more.

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