Scholars

Penny Watts 2008-2009 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Penny Watts attended the University of Alabama at Birmingham. read more.

Patricia Wright 2008-2009 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Patricia Wright attended Loyola University. read more.

Kristen Bradley 2008-2009 Winner | Master’s Degree: Kristen Bradley attended UCLA. read more.

Susan Hartford 2008-2009 Winner | Master’s Degree

Mary Johnson 2008-2009 Winner | Master’s Degree: Mary Johnson was awarded the Edith M. Pritchard Scholarship. School attended: Walden University read more.

Kelly Kollar 2008-2009 Winner | Master’s Degree: Kelly Kollar attended Northeastern University . read more.

Carina Sterling 2008-2009 Winner | Master’s Degree: Carina Sterling attended UCLA. read more.

Christine Strayhorn 2008-2009 Winner | Master’s Degree: Christine Strayhorn attended Duke University. read more.

Lindsay Thomas 2008-2009 Winner | Master’s Degree: Lindsay Thomas attended UCSF. read more.

Felicia Williams 2008-2009 Winner | Master’s Degree

Nancy Duffy 2009-2010 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Nancy Duffy is a leader in the South Carolina Nurse Educator Coalition (SCNEC) comprising the state's three state-supported baccalaureate nursing programs: Medical University of South Carolina, Clemson and the University of South Carolina. The coalit... read more.

Monika Eckfield 2009-2010 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Monika Eckfield was born and raised in Washington, D.C. and as a teenager moved with her family to California. In California, she lived close to her German and Swedish grandparents and through those interactions her interest in gerontology began. Mon... read more.

Gillian Ehrlich 2009-2010 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Gillian Ehrlich's mission is to make holistic health our common ground in medicine and improve universal access to primary care. This vision of health evolved over a decade spent working mainly with non-profit organizations in direct-service level po... read more.

Melissa Ferdinandi 2009-2010 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Melissa Taylor Ferdinandi followed a unique path towards nursing. She graduated with a B.A. in English from the University of Vermont before attending law school at Seattle University. Upon obtaining her law degree, Ms. Ferdinandi worked in various c... read more.

Deborah Himes 2009-2010 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Deborah Himes was born in Salt Lake City, Utah to Ray and Rhonda Olson. She is married to Trent Himes and has four children ages 8 through 16. Deborah graduated from Brigham Young University with a Bachelors of Science in Nursing in 1991. As an RN sh... read more.

Giselle Holness 2009-2010 Winner | Doctoral Degree: "My great aunt who was a nurse for 40 years inspired our family to enter the profession of nursing. Included in this legacy are 12 family members including my mother. I have enjoyed a rewarding carrier in nursing for over 15 years. I had been working... read more.

Mary Lough 2009-2010 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Mary E. Lough, a critical care clinical specialist working on her doctorate at the University of California at San F r a n c i s c o (UCSF), is the winner of the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship, NEF's highest award. After years of implementing resear... read more.

Shannon Mead 2009-2010 Winner | Doctoral Degree

Ukamaka Oruche 2009-2010 Winner | Doctoral Degree: "After obtaining my master's degree in child psychiatric-mental health nursing, I practiced for eight years before deciding to return for a PhD. In my work as a clinical nurse specialist with children and adolescents with serious emotional and behavi... read more.

Lauri Welch 2009-2010 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Lauri Welch is a nurse practitioner concerned with the cost of medications and the ability of patients to pay for them, particularly in a period of economic downturn. She is a doctoral candidate at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, where she al... read more.

FEATURED SCHOLAR

Jade Spencer

(2013-2014 Winner)

The Estelle Massey Osborne Scholarship was awarded to Jade Spencer who’s interest in nursing began when she saw a visiting nurse care for her father during his illness. She began her nursing education at Pace U... read more.

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