Scholars


Frances K. Clyde 1938-1939 Winner | Unspecified Degree
Frances K. Clyde was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.

Barbara Cohen 1979-1980 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Barbara Cohen was awarded the Perry Scholarship / W.B. Saunders Company Scholarship . read more.

Shannon Cohen 2008-2009 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Shannon Cohen attended the University of HI, Manoa. read more.

Ellan Cole 1976-1977 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Ellan Cole was awarded the Bernhard J. Springer/ American Journal of Nursing Scholarship. read more.

Heather S. Cole 2022-2023 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Heather S. Cole is the recipient of the Barbara L. Tate Scholarship. She obtained her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree at the University of Alabama in December 2013 and a Master of Science in Nursing degree at the University of North Alabama in... read more.

Faith A. Collins 1921-1922 Winner | Unspecified Degree
Faith A. Collins was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.

Janet M. Collomy 1968-1969 Winner | Baccalaureate Degreee
Janet M. Collomy was awarded the NSNA (Laura D. Smith Scholarship). Degree: BA read more.

Criseda Karen Colucci 1972-1973 Winner | Baccalaureate Degreee
Criseda Karen Colucci was awarded the Isabel McIsaac Scholarship. Degree: BA read more.

Amanda Combs 2014-2015 Winner | Master’s Degree
Amanda Combs, one of the 2014 - 2015 NEF Scholarship winners is pursuing her MSN degree at the University of Arkansas in the Medical Science College of Nursing. She plans to use her scholarship to further her plans to be an adult gerontology nurse pr... read more.

Margaret Compton 1991-1992 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Margaret Compton attended NYU. read more.

Molly Condit 2017-2018 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Molly is the recipient of the Barbara L. Tate Scholarship. She earned her BSN from Bellin College of Nursing 1n 1999 and has been a nurse for 18 years. Molly began her nursing career as a trauma nurse at Parkland Memorial Hospital. She earned her MS... read more.

Melissa Condren 2020-2021 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Melissa M. Condren, MSN, RN, CPNP is the recipient of the 2020 M. Louise Fitzpatrick Nursing Scholarship Award. Melissa earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Allied Health Sciences with a minor in Psychology from the University of Connecticut in 2... read more.

Patrick Conlon 2015-2016 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Awarded the Judith G. Whitaker Scholarship, has been involved in diabetes program development and clinical practice for over 15 years. He is currently a full time student in the PhD program at the University of Arizona, Tucson. He was most recently M... read more.

Mary Carole Connaughton 1973-1974 Winner | Unspecified Degree

Dana Connolly 2018-2019 Winner | Master’s Degree
Dana Connolly is honored to have received the Miriam M. Powell Scholarship. She graduated from the UCLA School of Nursing as an undergraduate in 2013 and worked as an ICU and emergency nurse at UCLA before deciding to return to UCLA’s Family Nurse Pr... read more.

Al Lionne Conta 1959-1960 Winner | Master’s Degree
Al Lionne Conta was awarded the Shirley Titus Scholarship. read more.

Christopher Contino 2011-2012 Winner | Master’s Degree
NEF scholarship winner Christopher Contino started his studies in mechanical engineering while working as an emergency medical technician and that led to his true career in healthcare. He first obtained his paramedic certification from Thomas Jeffers... read more.

Kelly Conway 2011-2012 Winner | Doctoral Degree
NEF scholarship winner, Kelly Conway, received her BSN and her MA from the University of San Francisco. Kelly feels a DNP would provide an improved ability to effect needed change on nursing practice, health care and health policy. Working in homeles... read more.

Yvette Conyers 2017-2018 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Yvette N. Conyers recipient of the Liesel M. Hiemenz Scholarship has been a registered nurse for over 15 years and is currently a DNP student at St. John Fisher College in Rochester, NY. She obtained her Post Masters Family Nurse Practitioner Certifi... read more.

Calli Cook 2018-2019 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Calli Cook awarded the Eleanor C. Lambertsen Scholarship is an Advanced Practice Registered Nursing practicing in Georgia. She holds a BSN from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, a MSN from Emory University, and is currently a DNP student at T... read more.

FEATURED SCHOLAR

Ashlee Fisher

Ashlee Fisher

(2025-2026 Winner)

Ashlee Fisher is the proud recipient of the Mary V. Insall Scholarship. This is a significant milestone in Ashlee's education provides essential financial support as she enters her final year in the Family Nurs... read more.

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