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Jessica Zemlak 2020-2021 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Jessica Zemlak RN, MSN, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC is the recipient of the 2020 Cynthia Davis Sculco Scholarship. She is currently a second year PhD candidate at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD. Jessica graduated summa cum laude with her Bachelor of... read more.

Francine Bono-Neri 2019-2020 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Francine Bono-Neri is the recipient of the 2019 Jane Eleanor Knox Scholarship. Francine earned her BSN in 1992 from Adelphi University, after which she began her nursing career as a PICU staff nurse. Falling in love with pediatrics and the ICU, Franc... read more.

Kathryn Burger 2019-2020 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: Kathryn Burger is the recipient of the Edith M. Pritchard Scholarship which is awarded to students interested in nursing education and public health. She currently attends the University of Washington Tacoma and is enrolled in the Master of Nursing L... read more.

Suja P. Davis 2019-2020 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Suja P. Davis is the recipient of the 2019 Margaret Gould Tyson Scholarship. She is a 3rd year PhD student at the College of Nursing, East Carolina University, NC, as well as an Assistant Professor at the School of Nursing, UN -CH, N.C. Suja received... read more.

Tommy Flynn 2019-2020 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Tommy Flynn, awarded the 2019 Henry B. Spencer Scholarship for leadership in nursing and health care, is a candidate for the degrees of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) at Emory University’s Nell Hodgson Woodruff Scho... read more.

Lauren Ghazal 2019-2020 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Lauren Ghazal is the proud recipient of the Foundation of the National Student Nurses’ Association (NSNA) 50th Anniversary Scholarship. Lauren is currently a student in the Florence S. Downs PhD Program in Nursing Research and Theory Development at t... read more.

Rebecca R. Hill 2019-2020 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Rebecca R. Hill, DNP, MSN, FNP-C is the recipient of the 2019 M. Louise Fitzpatrick Nursing Scholarship Award. Rebecca earned her BSN from the University of Rhode Island in 2006, her MSN and post-master’s certificate in nursing education from Duke Un... read more.

Hillary Hoskins 2019-2020 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Awarded the 2019 Liesel M. Hiemenz Scholarship, Hillary Hoskins is a Certified Nurse Midwife currently practicing as a Registered Nurse in Michigan. She holds a BSN from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and is currently a full time DNP-FNP st... read more.

Corinna Hughes 2019-2020 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Corinna Hughes, BSN, RN, CCRN is the recipient of the 2019-2020 Evelyn J. Barclay Scholarship. This scholarship is given to a doctoral applicant in nursing education or research. Corinna is a Spring 2020 candidate for a degree in Doctor of Nursing Pr... read more.

Noelene Jeffers 2019-2020 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Noelene K. Jeffers, CNM, MSN, is the recipient of the Cynthia Davis Sculco Scholarship. She is currently a third year PhD Candidate and a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Future of Nursing Scholar at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD. Noelene r... read more.

Adaya Kirk Kirk Bayless 2019-2020 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: Adaya Kirk Bayless is the recipient of the Isabel McIsaac Scholarship. She graduated from her undergraduate program at the University of Tennessee College of Nursing as the top collegiate scholar with her Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a minor in... read more.

Jared Kutzin 2019-2020 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Jared M. Kutzin, DNP, MS, MPH, RN, CPPS, CPHQ, NEA-BC, FSSH is the recipient of the 2019 Judith G. Whitaker Scholarship. Jared currently works at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City as the Director of Emergency Medicine Simulation. He graduated... read more.

Carolyn Levy 2019-2020 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: Carolyn Levy is a 2019-2020 recipient of the “Nurses’ Educational Fund Inc. Scholarship”. She is a nurse, student, veteran, small business owner, and volunteer with a passion for lifelong learning. As a pediatric nurse practitioner (PNP) student at S... read more.

Jenna Magallanes 2019-2020 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Jenna Magallanes BSN, RN is the recipient of the Barbara L. Tate Scholarship. Jenna is a DNP student at the University of Michigan and recently completed her studies for Nurse Midwifery. As a non-traditional student, Jenna began her career in 2012 as... read more.

Katherine Mitchell Wentzell 2019-2020 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Katie Wentzell is the recipient of the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship, which is awarded to the doctoral student with the highest evaluation score. Katie is currently a second year doctoral student at Boston College William F. Connell School of Nursi... read more.

Jasmine Nakayama 2019-2020 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Jasmine Nakayama, BSN, RN, CEN, was awarded the Barbara Jonas Scholarship for academic excellence and active community service. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Augusta University and is currently a Nursing PhD candidate at Emory Un... read more.

Kelsey Naruse 2019-2020 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Kelsey Naruse, MS, RN is the 2019 recipient of the Columbia University-Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association, Inc./J. Margaret Ada Mutch Scholarship. She is currently attending Columbia University in pursuit of a Doctorate in Nur... read more.

Courtney Omary 2019-2020 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Courtney Omary, awarded the Lucy C. Perry Scholarship for Public Health, is an IT Clinical Strategy Consultant at Augusta University in Augusta, Georgia. Focused on clinician adoption and satisfaction, Courtney assists Augusta University Medical Cent... read more.

Kate Oppegaard 2019-2020 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: Kate Oppegaard, RN, BSN, OCN, CMSRN is the recipient of the 2019 Mathy Mezey Scholarship. Kate received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Arizona State University in 2005. Kate’s mother was also a nurse, and Kate has fond memories of how much s... read more.

Onome Osokpo 2019-2020 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Onome Osokpo, winner of the 2019 M. Elizabeth Carnegie African American Scholarship, earned a Bachelor of Science in nursing degree at Stony Brook University and a Master of Science in nursing in the Adult and Gerontology Nurse Practitioner Program a... read more.

FEATURED SCHOLAR

Ricardo Gray

(2016-2017 Winner)

Ricardo Gray is a junior student in the Nurse Anesthesia Program at Columbia University and has won the Columbia University-Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association, Inc./J. Margaret Ada Mutch... read more.

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