Scholars

Jodi Feinberg 2018-2019 Winner | Master’s Degree: Jodi Feinberg is the recipient of the Isabel McIsaac Scholarship. She attended the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing for her undergraduate degree, and is currently a graduate student at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing in the Adult Geron... read more.

Linda Felver 1981-1982 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Linda Felver was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.

Melissa Ferdinandi 2009-2010 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Melissa Taylor Ferdinandi followed a unique path towards nursing. She graduated with a B.A. in English from the University of Vermont before attending law school at Seattle University. Upon obtaining her law degree, Ms. Ferdinandi worked in various c... read more.

Erin Ferrante 2010-2011 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Winner of the Margaret Tyson award, Erin Ferrante, is continuing her graduate studies at Emory University where she got her MSN in Public Health Nursing. This mother of three young boys is committed to research and to educating both nursing professio... read more.

Nita V. Ferriera 1989-1990 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Nita V. Ferriera was awarded the Margaret G. Tyson / Liesel M. Hiemenz Scholarship. School attended: Oregon Health Sciences University Degree: Practitioner/ researcher of nurse midwifery read more.

Jamie Ferris 2026-2027 Winner | Master’s Degree: Jamie Ferris is the recipient of the 2026–2027 Isabel McIsaac Scholarship from Nurses Educational Funds (NEF). She is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Nursing with a Family Nurse Practitioner concentration at Salve Regina University in Newpo... read more.

Janet L. Fickeissen 1992-1993 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Janet L. Fickeissen was awarded the Ursula Springer / Liesel M. Hiemenz Scholarship. read more.

Virginia M. Fidrocki 1977-1978 Winner | Master’s Degree: Virginia M. Fidrocki was awarded the Edith Pritchard/ Nurses’ Scholarship. read more.

Anna M. Fillmore 1938-1939 Winner | Unspecified Degree: Anna M. Fillmore was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.

Samantha Fils-Aime 2017-2018 Winner | Master’s Degree: My name is Samantha Fils-Aime and I am the recipient of the Freedmen’s Hospital Nurses Alumni Clubs, Inc., "Estelle Massey Osborne Memorial" Scholarship. Ever since I was a teenager pursing my Practical Nursing License at just the age of 17, I knew m... read more.

Anne G. Fine 1987-1988 Winner | Master’s Degree: Anne G. Fine was awarded the Isabel McIsaac Scholarship. read more.

Ashlee Fisher 2025-2026 Winner | Master’s Degree: 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 Nurse Practitioner (FNP) program at Walden U... read more.

Marlena Fisher 2021-2022 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Marlena Fisher, MSN, RN, CNL, CCRN Alumnus is the recipient of the 2021 M. Elizabeth Carnegie Scholarship. She is currently a third year PhD candidate at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD. Marlena graduated with her Bachelor’s in Health and S... read more.

Victoria Fisher 2026-2027 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Victoria Fisher, MSN, CRNP, PMHNP-BC, is honored to be a recipient of the M. Louise Fitzpatrick Scholarship from Nurses Educational Funds, Inc. (NEF). Currently pursuing a PhD in Nursing at Villanova University's M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nurs... read more.

Laura Fisher-Sova 1998-1999 Winner | Master’s Degree: Laura Fisher-Sova was awarded the Isabel McIsaac Scholarship. School attended: Michigan State University in East Lansing Degree: FNP read more.

Katie Fitzgerald Jones 2021-2022 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Katie Fitzgerald Jones, BSN, MSN, APN is the recipient of the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship awarded to the doctoral student with the highest evaluation score. Katie is a Palliative Nurse Practitioner and second-year PhD student at Boston College Co... read more.

M. Louise Fitzpatrick 1970-1971 Winner | Doctoral Degree: M. Louise Fitzpatrick was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.

Marie A. Flannery 1995-1996 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Marie A. Flannery attended the University of Rochester. Degree: Oncology read more.

Gemma Flattly 1963-1964 Winner | Baccalaureate Degreee: Gemma Flattly was awarded the Nurses Educational Funds, Inc. Scholarship. Degree: BA read more.

Rebekah Lucile Fleeger 1975-1976 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Rebekah Lucile Fleeger was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb / Nurses’ Scholarship. read more.

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FEATURED SCHOLAR

Jodiey Bondurant

(2025-2026 Winner)

Jodiey Bondurant is the recipient of the Joan L. Conroy Scholarship. Jodiey received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Master of Science in Nursing, and Doctor of Nursing Practice degrees from the University... read more.

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