Scholars

2020s Cycles

Debra Miller 2018-2019 Winner | Master’s Degree: Debra Miller has been awarded the Barbara L. Tate Scholarship. While always working in the medical field, it was a dream of hers to become a nurse, however, her family always came first. Ms Miller raised five children before returning to finish her d... read more.

Megan Moyer 2018-2019 Winner | Doctoral Degree: The recipient of the 2018 M. Louise Fitzpatrick Nursing Scholarship Award, Megan Moyer earned her ASN in 1999 and BSN in 2001 from Gwynedd-Mercy College and her MSN from Thomas Jefferson University in 2007 specializing as an adult acute care nurse pr... read more.

Manka Nkimbeng 2018-2019 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Manka Nkimbeng, is the recipient of the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship awarded to the doctoral student with the highest evaluation score. Manka is currently a third-year doctoral candidate at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. She earned her Bachelors... read more.

Lauren Pfeifer 2018-2019 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Lauren E. Pfeifer, MSN, RN is the 2018 recipient of the Lucy C. Perry Scholarship. Lauren is a native of Boston, Massachusetts and was inspired to become a nurse after watching how committed her grandmother, aunt and mother were to providing compassi... read more.

Michael Schultz 2018-2019 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Michael Schultz, BSN, RN, is the recipient of the Henry B. Spencer Scholarship. He received his BA in philosophy at the University of California at San Diego prior to earning his BSN at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). After wor... read more.

Brianna Singleton 2018-2019 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Brianna Singleton is the 2018 recipient of the M. Elizabeth Carnegie African American Scholarship. She is currently enrolled at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) as a second-year student in the nursing PhD doctoral program. Her resea... read more.

Abigail Wilpers 2018-2019 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Abigail Wilpers, MSN, WHNP-BC is the 2018 recipient of the Edith M. Pritchard Scholarship. Abigail is a doctoral candidate at Yale University with 10 years of experience working with families whose pregnancies have become complicated by a fetal anoma... read more.

Lisa Woodley 2018-2019 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Lisa K. Woodley, MSN, RN, CNE, CHPN is the 2018 recipient of the Cynthia Davis Sculco Scholarship. Lisa is a fourth year PhD student at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Greensboro, N.C., as well as an Assistant Professor at UNC at Chapel Hil... 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.

Linda Armstrong 2017-2018 Winner | Master’s Degree: Linda Armstrong is a recipient of the Columbia University-Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association, Inc. J. Margaret Ada Mutch Scholarship. Linda is pursuing a master’s degree to become a Family Nurse Practitioner, subspecializing i... 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.

Naresa Baksh 2017-2018 Winner | Master’s Degree: Naresa Baksh is the recipient of the Laura D. Smith National Student Nurses' Association Scholarship. Naresa received her undergraduate Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Hunter College in New York City. She is currently pursuing her Masters... 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.

Yvette Conyers 2017-2018 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Yvette N. Conyers recipient of the Liesel M. Hiemenz Scholarship has been a registered nurse for over 15 years and is currently a DNP student at St. John Fisher College in Rochester, NY. She obtained her Post Masters Family Nurse Practitioner Certifi... read more.

Andrew Corley 2017-2018 Winner | Master’s Degree: Andrew Corley, awarded the Isabel McIsaac Memorial Scholarship for the second year in a row, 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 Nursin... read more.

Carrie Deer 2017-2018 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Recipient of the Nurses Educational Funds, Inc. scholarship, Carrie Deer serves as an adult psychiatric nurse practitioner for the Anderson Cherokee Community Enrichment Services (ACCESS) community mental health clinic(s) near Tyler, Texas. Utilizing... read more.

Jennifer Eccles 2017-2018 Winner | Doctoral Degree: The M. Louise Fitzpatrick Scholarship recipient began her career in nursing with an Honours Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario, in 1994. She then went on to complete a Master of Education at Lakehead Unive... read more.

Samantha Fils-Aime 2017-2018 Winner | Master’s Degree: My name is Samantha Fils-Aime and I am the recipient of the Freedmen’s Hospital Nurses Alumni Clubs, Inc., "Estelle Massey Osborne Memorial" Scholarship. Ever since I was a teenager pursing my Practical Nursing License at just the age of 17, I knew m... read more.

Melanie Freas 2017-2018 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Melanie Freas, winner of the Phillip D. Raso Scholarship, holds a master of science degree in nursing from the University of Pennsylvania, and is a board certified acute care nurse practitioner. She is currently a doctoral candidate in the Drexel Uni... read more.

FEATURED SCHOLAR

Elaina Parrillo

(2023-2024 Winner)

Elaina “Laina” Parrillo, BSN, RN is a recipient of the Jane Eleanor Knox Scholarship, given to a doctoral student who has illustrated a unique commitment to nursing and clearly demonstrated leadership potential... read more.

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