Scholars

Frances T. Tomasuna 1948-1949 Winner | Unspecified Degree: Frances T. Tomasuna was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.

Mary Tombes 1985-1986 Winner | Unspecified Degree: Mary Tombes was awarded the Squibbs & Sons / F.A. Davis Scholarship. read more.

Josefina Torres 1961-1962 Winner | Master’s Degree: Josefina Torres was awarded the Mead Johnson Scholarship. read more.

Hilda M. Torrop 1936-1937 Winner | Unspecified Degree: Hilda M. Torrop was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.

Marie Toupou 2025-2026 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Marie Toupou, BSN, RN is the proud recipient of the Liesel M. Hiemenz Scholarship. Receiving this scholarship affirms Marie’s commitment to advancing her education to improve community and global health through nursing leadership, education, and advo... read more.

Lelin B. Townsend 1927-1928 Winner | Unspecified Degree: Lelin B. Townsend was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.

Emily Trester 2019-2020 Winner | Master’s Degree: Emily Trester, RN-BC, CCLS is the recipient of the Laura D. Smith NSNA Scholarship. Emily will complete her MSN Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Primary Care degree from Duke University in December 2019 and plans to continue with the program to complete... read more.

Rita Trivette 2016-2017 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Rita Trivette recipient of a NEF Scholarship has been a registered nurse for 33 years. She began working in a hospital upon graduation from high school with the intention of becoming a physician. It did not take long for her to realize that her calli... read more.

Kylie Trone 2026-2027 Winner | Master’s Degree: Kylie Trone, BSN, RN, CPEN, is the grateful recipient of the 2026-2027 Barbara L. Tate Scholarship from Nurses Educational Funds. Kylie is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania in the Pediatric Acute Care... read more.

Donna Tubb 2024-2025 Winner | Doctoral Degree: 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.

Paula Tucker 2023-2024 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Paula Tucker, DNP, FNP-BC, ENP-C, FAANP, is the recipient of the inaugural Nurses Educational Funds/Johnson & Johnson 2023 Health Equity Scholarship. Paula obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Georgia Baptist College of Nursing at Me... read more.

Carrie Tudor 2011-2012 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Winner of the Isabel Hampton Robb scholarship Carrie Tudor is currently enrolled in the PhD Program at The John Hopkins University School of Nursing. Her previous experience includes working as a public health professional with health providers and m... read more.

Katherine Rochelle Tufts 1995-1996 Winner | Master’s Degree: Katherine Rochelle Tufts was awarded the Isabel McIsaac Scholarship. School attended: Case Western Reserve University Degree: Nurse-Midwifery read more.

Roland Tuquero 2024-2025 Winner | Doctoral Degree: 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.

Carly Turner 2014-2015 Winner | Master’s Degree: Carly Turner who won an NEF Scholarship, began college focused on a career in graphic design but in her junior year changed her major and went on to earn a BSN degree. Her first job was in the neurological ICU at Johns Hopkins and later as “travel” n... read more.

Rosemary J. Turner 1995-1996 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Rosemary J. Turner attended Case Western Reserve University. Degree: Geriatrics read more.

John G. Twomey 1987-1988 Winner | Doctoral Degree: John G. Twomey was awarded the Philip E. DoLorey/ NEF Scholarship & Fellowship. read more.

Stephanie Uhr 2021-2022 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Stephanie Uhr is the recipient of the Miriam M. Powell Scholarship. Stephanie is a life-long learner who completed her baccalaureate nursing education at Northern Illinois University (NIU) in 1997. Her nursing career primarily involved the Labor & De... read more.

Veronica Umeh 2010-2011 Winner | Master’s Degree: Veronica Umeh received her first Baccalaureate degree in Food Science and Technology in her native Nigeria in 2000. In 2004, in the United States, she enrolled in the accelerated nursing program at Wayne State University in Detroit graduating with he... read more.

Amy Ushry 2024-2025 Winner | Doctoral Degree: 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.

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FEATURED SCHOLAR

Gabriel Montague

(2024-2025 Winner)

Gabriel Montague is the recipient of the NEF M. Louise Fitzpatrick Scholarship. He is currently a third-year PhD student at The University of North Carolina Greensboro where his research is focused mainly on th... read more.

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