Scholars

1980s Cycles

Thelma Lee Myers 1982-1983 Winner | Master’s Degree: Thelma Lee Myers was awarded the Liesel M. Hiemenz Scholarship. read more.

Sandra Picot 1982-1983 Winner | Master’s Degree: Sandra Picot was awarded the W.B. Saunders Company Scholarship. read more.

Mary Lou Schmidt 1982-1983 Winner | Master’s Degree: Mary Lou Schmidt was awarded the Liesel M. Hiemenz Scholarship. read more.

Rita Sara Schreiber 1982-1983 Winner | Master’s Degree: Rita Sara Schreiber was awarded the Liesel M. Hiemenz / NEF Scholarship & Fellowship. read more.

Linda Diane Vlastuin 1982-1983 Winner | Master’s Degree: Linda Diane Vlastuin was awarded the NEF / AJN Scholarship. read more.

Carolyn Sue Witt 1982-1983 Winner | Master’s Degree: Carolyn Sue Witt was awarded the Micheal Kelly / E. Brooks Scholarship. read more.

Naomi Yoshimoto 1982-1983 Winner | Master’s Degree

Dorinda Dove 1983-1984 Winner | Baccalaureate Degreee: Dorinda Dove was awarded the Nurses Scholarship & Fellowship / NSNA (Laura D. Smith) Scholarship. Degree: BA read more.

Mary McCullogh 1983-1984 Winner | Baccalaureate Degreee: Mary McCullogh was awarded the Edith M. Pritchard Scholarship. Degree: BA read more.

Donna Lee Algase 1983-1984 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Donna Lee Algase was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.

Nora Hickey 1983-1984 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Nora Hickey was awarded the Isabel McIsaac / Nurses Scholarship & Fellowship. read more.

Marilyn King 1983-1984 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Marilyn King was awarded the Liesel M. Hiemenz Scholarship. read more.

Jane Kirschling 1983-1984 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Jane Kirschling was awarded the Nurses Scholarship & Fellowship / Lucy C. Perry Scholarship. read more.

Deborah Lumley 1983-1984 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Deborah Lumley was awarded the AJN/Thelma Schorr Scholarship. read more.

Lonna Milburn 1983-1984 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Lonna Milburn was awarded the Nurses Scholarship & Fellowship / Lucy C. Perry Scholarship. read more.

Sadie Smalls 1983-1984 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Sadie Smalls was awarded the M. Elizabeth Carnegie African American Scholarship. read more.

Margaret Tagg 1983-1984 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Margaret Tagg was awarded the Liesel M. Hiemenz Scholarship. read more.

Christine Verber 1983-1984 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Christine Verber was awarded the Margaret G. Tyson / Bernard J. Springer / Blanche Urey Scholarship. read more.

Judith Vessey 1983-1984 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Judith Vessey was awarded the AJN/Thelma Schorr Scholarship. read more.

Jance Bistritz 1983-1984 Winner | Master’s Degree: Jance Bistritz was awarded the Nurses Scholarship & Fellowship / Mead Johnson Scholarship. read more.

FEATURED SCHOLAR

Ihuoma Ezebuihe

(2024-2025 Winner)

Ihuoma Ezebuihe is the recipient of the Johnson & Johnson Edwidge Thomas Scholarship Award. She obtained both a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) and a Master of Public Health (MPH) from Howard University, W... read more.

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