Scholars


Judy B. Spruhan 1994-1995 Winner | Master’s Degree
Judy B. Spruhan was awarded the . School attended: North Park College Degree: Maternal/Child Nurse Practitioner with transcultural focus. read more.

Angela Spruill 2010-2011 Winner | Master’s Degree
Winner of the Isabel McIsaac award, Angela Spruill has spent her entire nursing career since graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in oncology at University of N C Health Care. She has been an OCN since 2006 and has worked o... read more.

Roberta Spurgeon 1963-1964 Winner | Master’s Degree
Roberta Spurgeon was awarded the Mead Johnson Scholarship. read more.

Allison Squires 2004-2005 Winner | Master’s Degree
Allison Squires, MSN, RN, BC is a third year doctoral student at Yale University School of Nursing. Her dissertation work is focusing on completing an exploratory case analysis study of the development of professional nursing in Mexico in the late 20... read more.

Moureen Srocynski 1984-1985 Winner | Master’s Degree
Moureen Srocynski was awarded the Michael Kelly Memorial / NSFA / Quality Care Scholarship. read more.

Jeanne L. St. Amand 1977-1978 Winner | Master’s Degree
Jeanne L. St. Amand was awarded the W.B. Saunders Company Scholarship. read more.

Patricia Staes 1975-1976 Winner | Baccalaureate Degreee
Patricia Staes was awarded the Isabel McIsaac Scholarship. Degree: BA read more.

Jennifer A. Stager 1989-1990 Winner | Master’s Degree
Jennifer A. Stager was awarded the Isabel McIsaac Scholarship. School attended: University of Utah Degree: Gerontology read more.

Daniel Stanley 2024-2025 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Daniel Stanley, the recipient of the esteemed NEF Joanne V. Pontier Scholarship, has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to his academic journey. His achievements include a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Campbell University, a Bachelor of Scie... read more.

Mary Lou Stanley 1970-1971 Winner | Master’s Degree
Mary Lou Stanley was awarded the W.B. Saunders Company Scholarship. read more.

Jane Stanwich 1967-1968 Winner | Baccalaureate Degreee
Jane Stanwich was awarded the Mead Johnson Scholarship. Degree: BA read more.

Sandra Star 2004-2005 Winner | Master’s Degree

Laura Starbird 2015-2016 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Recipient of the Henry Spencer Scholarship, is a public health nurse and PhD student at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing in Baltimore. She earned her Master of Science in Advanced Practice Public Health Nursing with a minor in HIV/AIDS from University... read more.

Rosemary Starkman 1964-1965 Winner | Master’s Degree
Rosemary Starkman was awarded the Mead Johnson Scholarship. read more.

Nathan Stefanovsky 2020-2021 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Nathan Stefanovsky is the proud recipient of the Jane Eleanor Knox Scholarship. He holds a BSN from Michigan State University and is currently working towards a DNP-FNP at the University of Michigan. In addition to his doctoral studies, he is working... read more.

Helen M. Stelling 1922-1923 Winner | Unspecified Degree
Helen M. Stelling was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.

Thomas E. Stenvig 1995-1996 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Thomas E. Stenvig attended the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Degree: Adult Health Nursing read more.

Catherine Stephens 2023-2024 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Catherine Stephens is the honored recipient of the Charles Hamlin Scholarship. Ms. Stephens obtained her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in 2008 and her Master of Science in Nursing Administration fro... read more.

Jessie E. Stephens 1931-1932 Winner | Unspecified Degree
Jessie E. Stephens was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.

Carina Sterling 2008-2009 Winner | Master’s Degree
Carina Sterling attended UCLA. read more.

FEATURED SCHOLAR

Jennifer Eccles

Jennifer Eccles

(2017-2018 Winner)

The M. Louise Fitzpatrick Scholarship recipient began her career in nursing with an Honours Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario, in 1994. She then went on to complete... read more.

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