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 her BSN Summa Cum Laude a year later. This mother of two returned to Wayne State in 2009 to continue her graduate work and wants to be a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist.

(2013-2014 Winner)
Gina Kearney, winner of an NEF Scholarship is a doctoral candidate at Molloy College in Long Island, New York. Gina has been a nurse for over 20 years. She received her undergraduate degree in nursing from Bowl... read more.
NEF’s only purpose is to provide nursing scholarship assistance to make graduate level nursing education possible. NEF is one of the largest, national, private, professionally endorsed source of funds for advanced nursing study with over one hundred years of service to and for professional nursing.
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