Directory of Scholars

2010s Cycles

Melissa Kurtz 2016-2017 Winner | Doctoral Degree: During my healthcare career, the most satisfying moments always seem to be the simple moments…a simple thank you for making someone more comfortable, a simple smile for explaining a patient’s medication schedule or a simple hug for making a patient l... read more.

Elizabeth Leary 2016-2017 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Winner of the Philip D. Raso Scholarship, Elizabeth Leary holds a master of science degree in nursing, management, policy and leadership from Yale University, and is currently a doctoral candidate in the Yale University Doctor of Nursing Practice (DN... read more.

Marian Morris 2016-2017 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Marian Morris is the recipient of the Isabel Hampton Robb Memorial Award. She is currently completing the Alternate Entry-PhD program at The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing. She received her BA in cultural anthropology at the Universi... read more.

Paula V. Nersesian 2016-2017 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Upon graduation, Dr. Nersesian joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. Then, after living in the Washington, DC area for 33 years, she moved to Maine and joined the faculty of the University of Southern Maine School of Nursing in Portl... read more.

Alina Ostapchuk 2016-2017 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Alina Ostapchuk is the recipient of the National Student Nurses Association Scholarship. This is Alina’s unique story. I was born in Ternopil, a small village in the Western Ukraine, and three days later my mother died. Because of the unexpected deat... read more.

Jessie Reich 2016-2017 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Jessie Reich is the recipient of the 2016 “American Journal of Nursing Scholarship.” Jessie received both her BSN and MSN degrees from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. Her graduate area of study was Health Administration. In addition... read more.

Brittany Sullivan 2016-2017 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Brittney Sullivan was awarded the “Henry B. Spencer Scholarship” dedicated to leadership in nursing and health care. Brittney received her BS and MS at Boston College Connell School of Nursing and is currently a third year PhD student at Duke Univers... 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.

Andrew Corley 2016-2017 Winner | Master’s Degree: Andrew Corley, awarded the Isabel McIsaac Memorial Scholarship, is studying to receive a joint degree of Master of Science in Nursing and Master of Public Health (MSN/MPH) from Johns Hopkins University’s Schools of Nursing and Public Health in Baltim... read more.

Rachel Eakley 2016-2017 Winner | Master’s Degree: Recipient of a Nurses Educational Funds, Inc. scholarship, Rachel received her undergraduate degree in nursing from NYU Rory Meyer College of Nursing in 2012. In addition, she holds a bachelor degree in English and Psychology from Boston University a... read more.

Sylvia Fallon 2016-2017 Winner | Master’s Degree

Ricardo Gray 2016-2017 Winner | Master’s Degree: Ricardo Gray is a junior student in the Nurse Anesthesia Program at Columbia University and has won the Columbia University-Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association, Inc./J. Margaret Ada Mutch Award. Ricardo obtained his Bachelor of... read more.

Matthew Hickling 2016-2017 Winner | Master’s Degree: Recipient of the Edith M. Pritchard Fund, Matt obtained his undergraduate baccalaureate nursing degree from Russell Sage College in Troy, NY in 2012. Matt always knew he wanted to continue on for an advanced practice degree in the nursing field after... read more.

Kattalina Navarro 2016-2017 Winner | Master’s Degree: Kattalina Navarro is the recipient of an NEF graduate nursing scholarship. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Molloy College in December 2012 and began her career in a multi-specialty operating room of a level 1 trauma center. Inspired by her own exp... read more.

Jaclyn Rosenthal 2016-2017 Winner | Master’s Degree: Recipient of the Columbia University-Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association, Inc./J. Margaret Ada Mutch Award, is pursuing a master’s degree to become a nurse practitioner specializing in adult/gerontology primary care with a sub-... read more.

Roberta Simes 2016-2017 Winner | Master’s Degree: Recipient of the Estelle Massey Osborne Scholarship. Roberta Simes received her BSN from the University of Washington. Upon attaining her registered nursing degree, Roberta worked as a Progressive Care nurse for two years, and then transitioned into... read more.

Jennifer Alderman 2017-2018 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Jennifer T. Alderman, MSN, RNC-OB, CNL, is the 2017 recipient of the Cynthia Davis Sculco Scholarship. Jennifer, a native of North Carolina, received a BSN from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 1997 and worked as a labor and delivery... read more.

Mary Ashong 2017-2018 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Mary is the recipient of the Nurses Educational Funds, Inc. Evelyn J. Barclay Fund Scholarship. After spending many years raising a family, Mary was drawn to the nursing field by some touching experiences she encountered as a patient. She was inspire... read more.

Casey Cassidy 2017-2018 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Winner of the Margaret Gould Tyson Scholarship, Casey Cassidy, holds a bachelor of science in nursing from East Central University, and a master of science in nursing from Oklahoma Baptist University. The focus of Casey’s graduate research is the use... 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.

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