Scholars

2000s Cycles

Matthew Hickling 2016-2017 Winner | Master’s Degree: Recipient of the Edith M. Pritchard Fund, Matt obtained his undergraduate baccalaureate nursing degree from Russell Sage College in Troy, NY in 2012. Matt always knew he wanted to continue on for an advanced practice degree in the nursing field after... read more.

Kattalina Navarro 2016-2017 Winner | Master’s Degree: Kattalina Navarro is the recipient of an NEF graduate nursing scholarship. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Molloy College in December 2012 and began her career in a multi-specialty operating room of a level 1 trauma center. Inspired by her own exp... read more.

Jaclyn Rosenthal 2016-2017 Winner | Master’s Degree: Recipient of the Columbia University-Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association, Inc./J. Margaret Ada Mutch Award, is pursuing a master’s degree to become a nurse practitioner specializing in adult/gerontology primary care with a sub-... read more.

Roberta Simes 2016-2017 Winner | Master’s Degree: Recipient of the Estelle Massey Osborne Scholarship. Roberta Simes received her BSN from the University of Washington. Upon attaining her registered nursing degree, Roberta worked as a Progressive Care nurse for two years, and then transitioned into... 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Erika Gathron 2017-2018 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Recipient of the Mary Elizabeth Carnegie Scholarship earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from The University of Texas at Austin in 2004 and her Master of Arts in Sociology from The University of New Orleans in 2013. She has been a nurse for 15... read more.

Cassandra Gozik 2017-2018 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Cassandra is the recipient of the Laura D. Smith NSNA Scholarship. She started her nursing journey as a nursing assistant in an older adult memory care unit. She went on to work as an EMT on a college-run ambulance and was exposed to psychiatric emer... read more.

Tamryn Gray 2017-2018 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Tamryn F. Gray, recipient of the Isabel Hampton Robb Memorial Scholarship, is a second year Ph.D. Candidate and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Future of Nursing Scholar at the Johns Hopkins University. She earned her BSN and MSN degrees from the Univ... read more.

Ashley Helmbrecht 2017-2018 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Ashley Helmbrecht is the recipient of the Nurses Educational Funds Miriam M. Powell Scholarship which is dedicated to clinical nursing leadership and scholarship. Ashley completed her undergraduate degree from the University of Oklahoma Health Scienc... read more.

Benjamin Hickox 2017-2018 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Recipient of the Henry B. Spencer scholarship, Ben Hickox completed his baccalaureate degree in Psychology at Dordt College, Sioux Center, Iowa and his baccalaureate degree in Nursing at Augustana University in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He completed... read more.

Kristan Langdon 2017-2018 Winner | Doctoral Degree

Andrea LeClaire 2017-2018 Winner | Doctoral Degree: The Eleanor C. Lambertsen Scholarship recipient has been a nurse for 32 years focusing on education and administration to proactively work with our mentally ill children and adolescents. Andrea initially received a bachelor of science degree in Psych... read more.

Carrie Rewakowski 2017-2018 Winner | Doctoral Degree: The recipient of the 2017 Judith G. Whitaker Scholarship is Carrie Rewakowski, who has practiced as a registered nurse for 19 years in a wide variety of roles. Carrie has held positions in acute care, oncology, clinical research, geriatric home care,... read more.

FEATURED SCHOLAR

Jasline Moreno

(2024-2025 Winner)

Jasline Moreno, MSN, RN, CHSE-Advanced, CNE, is the esteemed recipient of the Barbara Tate Scholarship for the second time. She obtained her Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2003 and her Master of Science in N... read more.

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