Scholars


Marilyn-Lu Webb 1958-1959 Winner | Master’s Degree
Marilyn-Lu Webb was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.

Ashley Weber 2014-2015 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Ashley Weber, the first winner of the Cynthia Davis Sculco Scholarship, knew early in her nursing career that she wanted to be a neonatal nurse researcher. In this specialty she is pursuing a doctorate at Ohio State University while maintaining a par... read more.

Caitlin I. Webster 2023-2024 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Caitlin I. Webster, MSN, RN, CPHON, is the recipient of the Lucy Perry Scholarship. Caitlin obtained a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree at Texas Christian University in May 2015 and a Master of Science in Nursing Education Degree at Auburn Unive... read more.

Carla Cooper Weeks 1997-1998 Winner | Master’s Degree
Carla Cooper Weeks was awarded the Estelle Massey Osborne Scholarship. read more.

Hulda Wegener 1960-1961 Winner | Master’s Degree
Hulda Wegener was awarded the Shirley Titus Scholarship. read more.

Theresa C. Weir 1994-1995 Winner | Master’s Degree
Theresa C. Weir attended the University of Pennsylvania. Degree: FNP read more.

Cathryne A. Welch 1967-1968 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Cathryne A. Welch was awarded the AJN/Thelma Schorr Scholarship. read more.

Lauri Welch 2009-2010 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Lauri Welch is a nurse practitioner concerned with the cost of medications and the ability of patients to pay for them, particularly in a period of economic downturn. She is a doctoral candidate at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, where she al... read more.

Nada Riley Welden 1995-1996 Winner | Master’s Degree
Nada Riley Welden attended the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Degree: Adult Nurse Practitioner read more.

Marcia I. Wells 1989-1990 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Marcia I. Wells was awarded the M. Elizabeth Carnegie / NEF Scholarship. School attended: Harvard Graduate School of Education Degree: Community Heath/ Planning and Social Policy read more.

Marion H. Wells 1926-1927 Winner | Unspecified Degree
Marion H. Wells was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.

John C. Wendell 2002-2003 Winner | Master’s Degree
John C. Wendell was awarded the Estelle Massey Osborne Scholarship. School attended: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill read more.

Marcia Wertz 2007-2008 Winner | Doctoral Degree
A native to northern California, Marcia Wertz is the married mother of three children. Marcia received her BSN degree in 1982 from the University of San Francisco. Specializing in the care of neonates, Marcia spent her first 12 years in nursing in th... read more.

Marjorie G. Wesley 1996-1997 Winner | Master’s Degree
Marjorie G. Wesley attended College of Mount St. Vincent. Degree: Psychiatric / Mental Health Nurisng read more.

Rebecca West 2010-2011 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Isabel Hampton Robb award winner, Rebecca West, did her undergraduate and graduate (Masters) work at the University of Illinois. Rebecca feels that clinical research in mindfulness is a new and growing field and she wants to grow with it. She became... read more.

Donna Westmoreland 2013-2014 Winner | Master’s Degree
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 career in critical care but moved on to... read more.

Alice A. Weston 1927-1928 Winner | Unspecified Degree
Alice A. Weston was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.

Judith G. Whitaker 1951-1952 Winner | Unspecified Degree
Judith G. Whitaker was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.

Marguerite B. White 1968-1969 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Marguerite B. White was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.

Sandra L. White Ducar 1974-1975 Winner | Baccalaureate Degreee
Sandra L. White Ducar was awarded the AJN/Thelma Schorr Scholarship. Degree: BA read more.

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Heather Crowe

Heather Crowe

(2011-2012 Winner)

Heather Crowe got her BSN from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa in 2008 and went on to work as a Cardiovascular ICU nurse for two years. She will use her NEF scholarship monies to pursue her Master’s degre... read more.

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