Scholars

2020s Cycles

Ashley Henneghan 2014-2015 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Ashley Henneghan is celebrating her second NEF scholarship win with the award of the Margaret Gould Tyson Scholarship this year. Pursuing her doctoral degree at the University of Texas at Austin, Ashley intends to secure a nursing faculty position an... read more.

Melissa Kurtz 2014-2015 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Melissa Kurtz, winner of the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship, attends Johns Hopkins School of Nursing in Baltimore. She earned her masters of nursing and masters of religion degrees from Yale University after getting her BSN at the University of Flor... read more.

Laura Mood 2014-2015 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Laura Mood, winner of an NEF scholarship is also a two-time winner. Presently she is pursuing her doctorate at Oregon Health and Science University where she is also working as an assistant clinical professor. She is eager ito help others learn the s... read more.

Caitlin O'Connell 2014-2015 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Caitlin O'Connell is this year’s winner of the Columbia University-Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association, Inc. /J. Margaret Ada Mutch Scholarship. A practicing pediatric nurse for eleven years at New York Presbyterian Hospital in... read more.

Cheryl Petersen 2014-2015 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Cheryl Petersen was awarded her second NEF Scholarship as she completes her doctoral studies at Marquette University in Milwaukee. Cheryl is currently working as an oncology research nurse at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin. During her twenty years... read more.

Nancy Roecklein 2014-2015 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Nancy Roecklin, winner of the Judith Whittaker Scholarship, is also a two-time winner. Nancy’s initial career path was in journalism and she earned a Journalism BA from NYU In 1987. She changed career paths in 1994 when she acquired an associate of a... read more.

Kelli Roush 2014-2015 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Kelli Roush, who is the winner of the Lucy C. Perry Scholarship, has been a nurse for six years and for the past five years has worked at Indiana University Health North Hospital. She currently serves as a charge nurse in the adult medical-surgical d... read more.

Mary Ann Siciliano McLaughlin 2014-2015 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Awarded the Eleanor Lambertsen Scholarship, has been a nurse for over twenty-four years. She completed her undergraduate (BSN) and graduate (MSN) studies at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. Currently she is pursuing her doctorate at... read more.

Cynthia Thompson 2014-2015 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Cynthia Thompson was awarded the Lillian Heimenz Scholarship as she pursues her PhD in Nursing at the University of Massachusetts Worcester. Cynthia started on a different career path obtaining a BA in English from Holy Cross College, then went on to... read more.

Ashley Weber 2014-2015 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Ashley Weber, the first winner of the Cynthia Davis Sculco Scholarship, knew early in her nursing career that she wanted to be a neonatal nurse researcher. In this specialty she is pursuing a doctorate at Ohio State University while maintaining a par... read more.

Nancy Wise 2014-2015 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Nancy Wise, a doctoral student at Villanova University in Radnor Township, a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the first student to be awarded the Cynthia Davis Sculco Scholarship. Nancy’s primary area of interest is the number of pregnant ado... read more.

Jenelle Zambrano 2014-2015 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Jenelle Zambrano, awarded an NEF Scholarship, is a neonatal clinical nurse specialist serving the underserved population of Los Angeles County at Los Angeles County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. She attended California State University for her BSN and... read more.

Renee Clark 2014-2015 Winner | Master’s Degree: Renee Clark, awarded a Nurses Educational Funds, Inc. (NEF) Scholarship, is pursuing her masters in nursing (MSN) in nurse midwifery and women’s health at Frontier Nursing University. A nurse for nine years, she has provided nursing care in the Unite... read more.

Amanda Combs 2014-2015 Winner | Master’s Degree: Amanda Combs, one of the 2014 - 2015 NEF Scholarship winners is pursuing her MSN degree at the University of Arkansas in the Medical Science College of Nursing. She plans to use her scholarship to further her plans to be an adult gerontology nurse pr... read more.

Hayley Eichlin 2014-2015 Winner | Master’s Degree: Hayley Eichlin, NEF Scholarship award winner, developed an early interest in nursing after hearing a family friend talk about her experiences as a labor and delivery nurse. Hayley earned her BSN at Drexel University and went to work in the neonatal/i... read more.

Kelli Hardin 2014-2015 Winner | Master’s Degree: Kelli Hardin, a NEF Scholarship recipient, received her bachelor of nursing degree (BSN) from Kennesaw State University, Georgia. Following her graduation she worked as a registered nurse in the emergency department in a rural setting. Despite loving... read more.

Whitney Harris 2014-2015 Winner | Master’s Degree: Whitney Harris, winner of the Estelle Massey Osborne Scholarship, is a Mattel Children’s Center Pediatric Intensive Care Nurse. A master’s degree candidate at the University of California, Los Angeles, she is pursuing a dual degree as a pediatric cli... read more.

Nicole Hockenberry 2014-2015 Winner | Master’s Degree: Nicole Hockenberry, a NEF Scholarship winner, decided upon her chosen career path in high school. After graduating from a local community college she went on to earn her BSN degree in nursing from Colorado State University in Pueblo, Colorado. While... read more.

Elizabeth Hughett 2014-2015 Winner | Master’s Degree: Elizabeth Hughett, winner of an NEF Scholarship, knew from age three that she wanted to be a nurse. While studying at St. Louis University on scholarship, she fell in love with cardiovascular and critical care nursing and knew she wanted, one day, to... read more.

Nathan Levitt 2014-2015 Winner | Master’s Degree: Nathan Levitt, who was awarded an NEF Scholarship, is pursuing his graduate studies in the State University of New York Family Nurse Practitioner Program at SUNY Downstate College of Nursing. He plans to dedicate his career to working in the lesbian,... read more.

FEATURED SCHOLAR

Carrie Tudor

(2011-2012 Winner)

Winner of the Isabel Hampton Robb scholarship Carrie Tudor is currently enrolled in the PhD Program at The John Hopkins University School of Nursing. Her previous experience includes working as a public health... read more.

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