Scholars


Jessica Parente 2019-2020 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship
Jessica L. Parente is a recipient of a Nurses Educational Funds, Inc. Scholarship for the 2019-2020 academic year. She is currently obtaining her Masters as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner through Eastern Kentucky University Online. Sh... read more.

Brennan Parmelee 2019-2020 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship
Brennan Parmelee, PhD(c), MSN, RN, CNE, awarded the Eleanor C. Lambertsen Scholarship, is a senior Stem Cell Transplant RN Coordinator at Houston Methodist Hospital. She received her BSN degree from The University of Texas at Austin, her MSN in Nursi... read more.

Jasmine Perkins 2019-2020 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship
Jasmine Perkins is the recipient of the Estelle Massey Osborne Scholarship which is awarded to students interested in clinical nursing education. Miss. Perkins currently attends Texas Woman’s University and is pursuing a double masters in Nursing Edu... read more.

Rebecca Piasecki 2019-2020 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship
Rebecca J. Piasecki is the recipient of the Philip D. Raso Scholarship. She is currently a doctoral candidate in the PhD program at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. A native of the Metro Detroit area, she earned her Bachelor of Science... read more.

Sarah Sakala 2019-2020 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship
Sarah Sakala, BSN, RN is the 2019 recipient of the Laura D. Smith National Student Nurses’ Association (NSNA) Scholarship. She earned a BA in illustration from Rochester Institute of Technology in 2007 and a BS in nursing from the University of Centr... read more.

Chelsea Schafer 2019-2020 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship
Chelsea Schafer, BSN, RN, TCRN is the recipient of the 2019 AJN/Thelma Schorr Scholarship. In 2014, Chelsea graduated magna cum laude with her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of South Carolina's Honors College. She also graduated w... read more.

Sunoz Soroosh 2019-2020 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship
Sunoz "Sunny" Soroosh, RN, MPH is the recipient of the Columbia University-Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association, Inc./J. Margaret Ada Mutch Scholarship. She is a MSN/Nurse-Midwifery student at Frontier Nursing University. She re... read more.

Bethany Thomas 2019-2020 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship
Bethany Thomas CRNP, CNRN is the recipient of the 2019 Miriam M. Powell Scholarship. Bethany graduated from Thomas Jefferson University with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree in 2009. She worked at the Hospital of the University of Pennsy... read more.

Emily Trester 2019-2020 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship
Emily Trester, RN-BC, CCLS is the recipient of the Laura D. Smith NSNA Scholarship. Emily will complete her MSN Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Primary Care degree from Duke University in December 2019 and plans to continue with the program to complete... read more.

Loralie Woods 2019-2020 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship
Loralie Woods MSN, RN-BC is the recipient of the 2019 Madeline Naegle Scholarship Fund Award for Mental Health Nursing. Loralie obtained her Bachelor of Nursing from Memorial University Faculty of Nursing in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. In 1999,... read more.

Camille Almada 2018-2019 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship
Camille Almada is the recipient of the Liesel M. Hiemenz Scholarship which is awarded to students interested in public health. She currently attends Pace University’s Family Nurse Practitioner Master’s Program. Her first undergraduate degree was a BA... read more.

Elizabeth Balleweg 2018-2019 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship
Elizabeth Balleweg, recipient of the Geraldine Labecki Scholarship, is pursuing a Master’s Degree at Frontier Nursing University to become a Family Nurse Practitioner. After receiving a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Montana State University in... read more.

Becky Bowler 2018-2019 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship
Becky Bowler is the recipient of the Norman and Alicia Volk/NEF Scholarship. She is currently attending Boston College in pursuit of a Master’s Degree in the Adult Gerontology Nurse Practitioner program. Becky received her Bachelors degree in nursing... read more.

Dana Connolly 2018-2019 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship
Dana Connolly is honored to have received the Miriam M. Powell Scholarship. She graduated from the UCLA School of Nursing as an undergraduate in 2013 and worked as an ICU and emergency nurse at UCLA before deciding to return to UCLA’s Family Nurse Pr... read more.

Calli Cook 2018-2019 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship
Calli Cook awarded the Eleanor C. Lambertsen Scholarship is an Advanced Practice Registered Nursing practicing in Georgia. She holds a BSN from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, a MSN from Emory University, and is currently a DNP student at T... read more.

Jennifer Dillon 2018-2019 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship
Jennifer Dillon MPA, RN-BC is the recipient of the 2018 Mathy Mezey Scholarship. Following a six-year enlistment in the U.S. Air Force, Jennifer made the decision to pursue nursing as she has a passion for both science and healthcare. She graduated c... read more.

Jodi Feinberg 2018-2019 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship
Jodi Feinberg is the recipient of the Isabel McIsaac Scholarship. She attended the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing for her undergraduate degree, and is currently a graduate student at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing in the Adult Geron... read more.

Athena Ford 2018-2019 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship
Athena D. Ford, PhD(c), BSN, RN is the recipient of the AJN/Thelma Schorr Scholarship – given to a graduate nurse who exemplifies characteristics of a nursing leader who plans to exercise the "voice" of nursing through speaking or writing. Ford is a... read more.

Annie George 2018-2019 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship
Dr. Annie George is the Senior Director of Nursing Excellence and Research at the Office of Patient Centered Care NYC Health+ Hospitals, the largest muncipal health system in the country. In her current role at the Office of Patient Centered Care/Off... read more.

Allison Gilmer 2018-2019 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship
Allison Gilmer is a recipient of the Nurses Educational Funds, Inc. Scholarship. Allison is pursuing a master’s degree to become a Family Nurse Practitioner at Boston College William F. Connell School of Nursing. She chose a career in nursing because... read more.

FEATURED SCHOLAR

Heidi Gilroy

(2013-2014 Winner)

Heidi Gilroy, winner of the Judith Whittaker Scholarship is studying for her PhD in nursing science at Texas Woman’s University in Houston, Texas. She earned her masters in nursing at Benedictine University bef... read more.

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