Directory of Scholars

2010s Cycles

Brennan Parmelee 2019-2020 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Brennan Parmelee, PhD(c), MSN, RN, CNE, awarded the Eleanor C. Lambertsen Scholarship, is a senior Stem Cell Transplant RN Coordinator at Houston Methodist Hospital. She received her BSN degree from The University of Texas at Austin, her MSN in Nursi... read more.

Jasmine Perkins 2019-2020 Winner | Master’s Degree: Jasmine Perkins is the recipient of the Estelle Massey Osborne Scholarship which is awarded to students interested in clinical nursing education. Miss. Perkins currently attends Texas Woman’s University and is pursuing a double masters in Nursing Edu... read more.

Rebecca Piasecki 2019-2020 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Rebecca J. Piasecki is the recipient of the Philip D. Raso Scholarship. She is currently a doctoral candidate in the PhD program at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. A native of the Metro Detroit area, she earned her Bachelor of Science... read more.

Sarah Sakala 2019-2020 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Sarah Sakala, BSN, RN is the 2019 recipient of the Laura D. Smith National Student Nurses’ Association (NSNA) Scholarship. She earned a BA in illustration from Rochester Institute of Technology in 2007 and a BS in nursing from the University of Centr... read more.

Chelsea Schafer 2019-2020 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Chelsea Schafer, BSN, RN, TCRN is the recipient of the 2019 AJN/Thelma Schorr Scholarship. In 2014, Chelsea graduated magna cum laude with her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of South Carolina's Honors College. She also graduated w... read more.

Sunoz Soroosh 2019-2020 Winner | Master’s Degree: Sunoz "Sunny" Soroosh, RN, MPH is the recipient of the Columbia University-Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association, Inc./J. Margaret Ada Mutch Scholarship. She is a MSN/Nurse-Midwifery student at Frontier Nursing University. She re... read more.

Bethany Thomas 2019-2020 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Bethany Thomas CRNP, CNRN is the recipient of the 2019 Miriam M. Powell Scholarship. Bethany graduated from Thomas Jefferson University with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree in 2009. She worked at the Hospital of the University of Pennsy... read more.

Emily Trester 2019-2020 Winner | Master’s Degree: Emily Trester, RN-BC, CCLS is the recipient of the Laura D. Smith NSNA Scholarship. Emily will complete her MSN Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Primary Care degree from Duke University in December 2019 and plans to continue with the program to complete... read more.

Loralie Woods 2019-2020 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Loralie Woods MSN, RN-BC is the recipient of the 2019 Madeline Naegle Scholarship Fund Award for Mental Health Nursing. Loralie obtained her Bachelor of Nursing from Memorial University Faculty of Nursing in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. In 1999,... read more.

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