Directory of Scholars

2020s Cycles

Susan S. Stone 2022-2023 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Susan S. Stone is the honored and grateful recipient of the Philip D. Raso scholarship. Susan received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology from Boston University in 1987. Susan spent two years working in the hotel business, quickly advancing to mana... read more.

Clarissa M. Swope 2022-2023 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Clarissa M. Swope is the proud recipient of the Liesel M. Hiemenz Scholarship. She is a third-year doctoral student in the Doctor of Education in Nursing Education program at Teachers College, Columbia University in New York, NY. Clarissa earned a Ba... read more.

Zachary Taylor 2022-2023 Winner | Doctoral Degree: My name is Zachary Taylor, MSN, CMSRN, PHN, and I am honored to have been awarded the first Charles Hamlin Scholarship. I received my undergraduate education at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, studying studio arts. Later, I decided to pursue... read more.

Samantha Weaver 2022-2023 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Samantha Weaver is the recipient of the Lucy C. Perry National Education Fund (NEF) Scholarship. Ms. Weaver attained her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from the University of Alabama in 2000 where she also completed the Veteran’s Affairs Valor... read more.

Audrey Arcari 2022-2023 Winner | Master’s Degree: Audrey Arcari is the recipient of the Joanne V. Pontier Scholarship. She is currently enrolled in a Family Nurse Practitioner program at Pace University, where she also received her undergraduate BSN. Audrey was inspired to go into nursing by shadowi... read more.

Stephanie Chmielewski 2022-2023 Winner | Master’s Degree: Stephanie Chmielewski, MSN, MSCJ, RN, PCCN, HNB-BC, is the gracious recipient of the 2022 American Journal of Nursing/Thelma Schorr Scholarship. “The awardee exemplifies a nursing leader who plans to exercise the “voice” of nursing through speaking,... read more.

Pamela P. Criscitiello 2022-2023 Winner | Master’s Degree: Pamela P. Criscitiello felt extraordinarily honored to have received the Nurses Educational Funds Scholarship. She received her undergraduate BSN from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1993 and has two remaining semesters to complete... read more.

Cecilia Igwe-Kalu 2022-2023 Winner | Master’s Degree: Cecilia Igwe-Kalu is the proud recipient of the Estelle Massey Osborne Scholarship, established by the Freedmen's Hospital School of Nursing, Alumni Clubs, Inc. Cecilia received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from the University of Rhode Is... read more.

Linnea Joffe-Nelson 2022-2023 Winner | Master’s Degree: Linnea Joffe-Nelson, BSN, RN, MA is the recipient of the 2022 Isabel McIssac Scholarship, an award designated for master’s degree candidates in honor of Isabel McIssac, the first chairperson of the original memorial fund for Isabel Hampton Robb. This... read more.

Meredith Sheehan 2022-2023 Winner | Master’s Degree: Meredith Sheehan, BSN, RN, is the grateful recipient of the 2022 Geraldine Labecki/Nurses Educational Funds Scholarship. She obtained her bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania and is currently completing her master’s degree to become... read more.

Whitney Thornton 2022-2023 Winner | Master’s Degree: Whitney Thornton is the first recipient of the Terry Fulmer Scholarship. Dr. Terry Fulmer is a leading expert in the field of geriatrics both nationally and internationally. Whitney received a Bachelor of Science degree in Public Health from Georgia... read more.

Nicole Williams 2022-2023 Winner | Master’s Degree: Nicole Williams is the honored recipient of the Margaret L. McClure 2022-2023 Scholarship. She received her undergraduate degree in Biology from Washington College in 2019 and her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from University of Maryland School of N... read more.

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