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Beth Hartley 2013-2014 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: Winner of an NEF Scholarship, Beth Hartley, became interested in nursing when she "shadowed" a family friend who was a nurse anesthetist. After earning her BSN at Drexel University, in Philadelphia, PA, she worked in the Hahnemann University Hospital... read more.

Ashley Henneghan 2013-2014 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Pursuing her doctoral degree at the University of Texas at Austin, Ashley Henneghan, winner of the Evelyn Barclay Scholarship, intends to become a nurse educator with a tenured position in the school of nursing to help educate more nurses to meet the... read more.

La Monica Hunter 2013-2014 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: This year the Miriam Powell Scholarship went to La Monica Hunter, who has chosen to study in the Nursing MSN-Nurse Educator Program at Chamberlain College in Naperville, Il. La Monica, mother of three boys, has spent the last five of her twelve-year... read more.

Tanya Jenkins 2013-2014 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: After receiving her nursing diploma from the Beebe School of Nursing in Lewes, Delaware, Tanya Jenkins, winner of an NEF Scholarship, began her nursing career as a summer camp nurse and found she had a love for pediatric primary care. From there she... read more.

Gina Kearney 2013-2014 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Gina Kearney, winner of an NEF Scholarship is a doctoral candidate at Molloy College in Long Island, New York. Gina has been a nurse for over 20 years. She received her undergraduate degree in nursing from Bowling Green State University in Bowling Gr... read more.

Mary Kellar Lambert 2013-2014 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: Mary Kellar Lambert, winner of the American Journal of Nursing Scholarship is currently studying for her Masters in Nurse Anesthesia at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro’s Wake Forest Baptist Health Program. Mary Kellar Lambert came to t... read more.

Renee McLeod-Sordjan 2013-2014 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Renee McLeod-Sordjan, NEF Scholarship winner, is a native New Yorker and presently attends Adelphi University in Garden City, New York. She is studying for a PhD in nursing. Her road to a successful nursing career includes a BSN from Pace University... read more.

Maura Moran Brain 2013-2014 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Maura Moran Brain, winner of the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship, is pursuing her doctoral degree at the University of Massachusetts in Boston while working as a nurse practitioner at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. It was also at the Universit... read more.

Derek Nickerson 2013-2014 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: NEF Scholarship winner, Derek Nickerson, is enrolled in the University of South Florida Nurse Anesthesia Program in Tampa, Florida. He practiced as a registered nurse at Tampa General Hospital in the cardiothoracic intensive care unit for three years... read more.

Cheryl Petersen 2013-2014 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: The Barbara Tate Scholarship was awarded to Cheryl Petersen who is pursuing her doctoral degree at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, while working as an oncology research nurse at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin. With twenty years of nur... read more.

Leslie Rhodes 2013-2014 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: The Margaret Tyson Award went to Leslie Rhodes who is pursuing her doctorate at St. Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri, while working as a pediatric nurse practitioner at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. She is involved in b... read more.

Sarah Rozychi Giron 2013-2014 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Sarah Giron was awarded the Columbia University Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association/ J. M. Ida Mutch Scholarship. She will use her award to pursue her doctoral degree at the University of San Diego’s Hahn School of Nursing and... read more.

Jade Spencer 2013-2014 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: The Estelle Massey Osborne Scholarship was awarded to Jade Spencer who’s interest in nursing began when she saw a visiting nurse care for her father during his illness. She began her nursing education at Pace University in New York and her nursing ca... read more.

Anina Terry 2013-2014 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: Anina Terry, recipient of the Edith Pritchard Scholarship is pursuing her master’s in nursing at the John Hopkins University Primary Care Family Nurse Practitioner Program. She completed her undergraduate studies at New York University and worked in... read more.

Donna Westmoreland 2013-2014 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: A student at Frontier Nursing University, in Hyden, Kentucky, Donna Westmoreland, was awarded the Lucy Perry Scholarship. Ms. Westmoreland’s goal is to become a family nurse practitioner. She began her nursing career in critical care but moved on to... read more.

Nancy Wise 2013-2014 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: 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.

Angela Alston 2012-2013 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Angela Alston, Columbia University-Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association, Inc./Ada Mutch/NEF scholarship winner, is a North Carolina native currently pursuing her Doctoral degree at Ohio State University, where she also earned bo... read more.

Priscilla Hall 2012-2013 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Priscilla Hall, winner of the Judith Whittaker scholarship, is pursuing her doctorate at Emery University where her area of interest is the stress response of women during labor, especially as it relates to the experiences of coping. As a nurse-midwi... read more.

Katharine Haxall 2012-2013 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: Katharine Haxall is using her Columbia University-Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association, Inc./Ada Mutch/NEF scholarship to pursue a BS/MS degree at Columbia University. Prior to pursuing the role of Pediatric Nurse Practitioner,... read more.

Amity Heinbuck 2012-2013 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: Amity Heinbuck, NEF awardee, started her nursing career in 2007 after working as a medical Laboratory Technician for 8 years. After receiving her Associate Degree of Nursing she worked as a labor and delivery nurse, a career she loves. She is continu... read more.

FEATURED SCHOLAR

Naresa Baksh

(2017-2018 Winner)

Naresa Baksh is the recipient of the Laura D. Smith National Student Nurses' Association Scholarship. Naresa received her undergraduate Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Hunter College in New York City... read more.

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