Scholars

2020s Cycles

Ralph Mangusan 2014-2015 Winner | Master’s Degree: Ralph Mangusan, winner of a NEF Scholarship, began his nursing career in the Philippines before moving to the United States in 2006. Certified in gerontological nursing, medical surgical nursing, progressive care, and wound care, he started his state... read more.

Diana Minor 2014-2015 Winner | Master’s Degree: Diana Minor who won an NEF Scholarship, is pursuing her goal to become an acute care nurse practitioner at Virginia Commonwealth University while she works full time in a medical surgical trauma intensive care unit and raises a lively three-year old... read more.

Rachel Moscicki 2014-2015 Winner | Master’s Degree: Rachel Moscicki, winner of the Columbia University-Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association, Inc. / J. MargaretAda Mutch Scholarship, is pursuing a masters of public health and masters of nursing as a adult-geriatric nurse practitio... read more.

Tenzin Nangkyi 2014-2015 Winner | Master’s Degree: Tenzin Nangkyi who won the Isabel Mc Isaac Scholarship, is a clinical liaison nurse for a non-profit hospice in Washington, D.C. while she is pursuing her masters of nursing and masters in business administration, MSN/MBA, at Johns Hopkins University... read more.

Jennifer Poliwka 2014-2015 Winner | Master’s Degree: Jennifer Poliwka, winner of the Edith Prichard Scholarship, is pursuing a masters of science in public health nursing at Johns Hopkins University. She has worked in a number of settings that spurred her interest in public health including: Uganda whe... read more.

Carly Turner 2014-2015 Winner | Master’s Degree: Carly Turner who won an NEF Scholarship, began college focused on a career in graphic design but in her junior year changed her major and went on to earn a BSN degree. Her first job was in the neurological ICU at Johns Hopkins and later as “travel” n... read more.

Kenneth Zeyak 2014-2015 Winner | Master’s Degree: Kenneth Zeyak, NEF Scholarship winner, began his career in healthcare as a volunteer emergency medical technician with his local community ambulance service. In 1992 he graduated from St. Joseph Hospital Paramedic Institute in Lancaster, Pa. His init... read more.

Martha Abshire 2015-2016 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Winner of the Margaret Gould Tyson Memorial Scholarship, completed her bachelor’s degree in linguistics before traveling throughout Latin America, witnessing the devastating effects of untreated illnesses and learning about the importance of language... read more.

Arica Brandford 2015-2016 Winner | Doctoral Degree: The M. Elizabeth Carnegie African American Memorial Scholarship recipient, obtained her BSN from Purdue University and MSN from the University of Cincinnati. Arica has worked in both the public and private sectors of nursing for companies such as Bap... read more.

Adriane Burgess 2015-2016 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Winner of a NEF Scholarship, has been a nurse for 18 years and has worked in a variety of maternal infant health care settings. She earned her MSN degree in nursing education from Drexel University in 2012 and began teaching in the clinical setting.... read more.

Patrick Conlon 2015-2016 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Awarded the Judith G. Whitaker Scholarship, has been involved in diabetes program development and clinical practice for over 15 years. He is currently a full time student in the PhD program at the University of Arizona, Tucson. He was most recently M... read more.

Louise Fleming 2015-2016 Winner | Doctoral Degree: The Cynthia Davis Sculco Scholarship winner, is a fourth year PhD nursing student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she is currently a teaching fellow. Prior to beginning her PhD in nursing studies she received a Masters Degree... read more.

Katherine Heinze 2015-2016 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Winner of the Evelyn J. Barclay Scholarship, is a PhD candidate at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing in Baltimore, Maryland. Prior to beginning her doctoral studies, she earned a BSN from the University of Colorado and a graduate certifi... read more.

Ashley Henneghan 2015-2016 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Recipient of a NEF scholarship, is pursuing her doctoral degree at the University of Texas at Austin, and intends to secure a nursing education faculty position, conduct research to improve patient outcomes. Her nursing experience has focused on help... read more.

Martha Kimpton-Badger 2015-2016 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Recipient of a NEF Scholarship, is a bilingual (English/French) dual citizen (United States/Canada) who discovered her passion for nursing while volunteering at a health clinic in Cameroon, West Africa, twenty-five years ago. Upon earning her RN dipl... read more.

Amy Loeb 2015-2016 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Recipient of the Eleanor C. Lambertsen Memorial Scholarship, started her career in 2003 as an associate degree nurse, spending eight years in various roles within oncology nursing. In 2006 she earned a BSN from St. Joseph’s College on Long Island. Th... read more.

Cherlie Magny-Normilus 2015-2016 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Recipient of the Miriam M. Powell Fellowship, is a Professor of Nursing at Regis College and Director of Policy and Advocacy for the Regis College Haiti Project. She is the recipient of awards from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Clinton Bush Haiti Fund... read more.

Mary Ann McLaughlin 2015-2016 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Is a two-time NEF Scholarship winner and has been a nurse for over 24 years. Ms. McLaughlin completed her undergraduate (BSN) and graduate (MSN) studies at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing in 1990 and 1993 respectively. Mary Ann ‘s gr... read more.

Megan Pfitzinger 2015-2016 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Winner of the Mathy Mezey Scholarship, is a fourth year doctoral student at the University of Texas at Austin, where she also completed her MSN (’11) and BSN (’09). Her research area focuses on palliative care, end-of-life care, and nursing education... read more.

Laura Starbird 2015-2016 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Recipient of the Henry Spencer Scholarship, is a public health nurse and PhD student at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing in Baltimore. She earned her Master of Science in Advanced Practice Public Health Nursing with a minor in HIV/AIDS from University... read more.

FEATURED SCHOLAR

Devon McCabe

(2017-2018 Winner)

My name is Devon McCabe and it is with much gratitude that I am accepting the Laura D. Smith National Student Nurses Association scholarship. I received my undergraduate Bachelor’s in Science (BSN) from Bingham... read more.

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