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Heather Crowe 2011-2012 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: Heather Crowe got her BSN from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa in 2008 and went on to work as a Cardiovascular ICU nurse for two years. She will use her NEF scholarship monies to pursue her Master’s degree with a concentration in Nurse Anesthes... read more.

Keyona Grant 2011-2012 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: Winner of the Estelle Massey Osborne scholarship Keyona Grant received her BSN from Emory University in Atlanta. She went on to work for the next two and a half years at Emory University Hospital in their Cardiovascular/Thoracic Intensive Care unit.... read more.

Karen Johnson 2011-2012 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Karen Johnson is our winner of the NSNA scholarship that she is using towards her PhD degree from the University of Kansas. Karen currently works as a nursing instructor at Pittsburg State University in the undergraduate and graduate programs as well... read more.

Sara Markt 2011-2012 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: Winner of the Columbia University-Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association/Ada Mutch scholarship, Sara Markt had a “pre-nursing” career with a BA in Anthropology and working as Deputy Secretary for the NYC Dept, of Health and Mental... read more.

Jamal Norman 2011-2012 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Winner of the Lucy Perry scholarship, Jamal Norman, started her nursing career after she received her baccalaureate degree from the University of Central Arkansas. She worked as a labor and delivery nurse in Louisiana and, while working with medical... read more.

Tara O’Brien 2011-2012 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Barclay scholarship winner Tara O’Brien combined her BSN in Nursing with a minor in Psychology from Ohio University. Her nursing career has been a diverse one, including staff nurse, case manager and nurse educator --- this last includes teaching wit... read more.

Ellen O’Neal 2011-2012 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: A native of Illinois, Lillian Hiemenz award winner Ellen O’Neal got her Bachelor’s degree at Marquette University in Wisconsin and a Masters in nurse-midwifery At Georgetown University. Her work has taken her to a wide variety of settings including G... read more.

Sheila Pennell 2011-2012 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Winner of the Margaret Tyson scholarship, Sheila Pennell, is working on her doctoral degree in nursing through UMass’s BS to PhD program where her graduate course work includes in-depth specialization in geriatrics. Her passion about Geriatric nursin... read more.

Nicholas Perrino 2011-2012 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: A Chicago native, Eleanore C. Lambertsen scholarship winner Nicholas Perrino did his undergraduate work at Loyola University and continued with his graduate work at Northwestern University and Columbia. He currently serves as the Director of Professi... read more.

Carolyn Rios 2011-2012 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: NEF scholarship winner Carolyn Rios earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Buffalo. During that time she also participated in two summer internships – one at Rochester Medical Center in the MICU/CCU and one at NYU Langone Medical Center... read more.

Dina Salvatore 2011-2012 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: With NEF scholarship winner Dina Salvatore we have a two time winner. Dina is continuing to pursue her graduate degree at the Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing. One of Dina’s primary concerns is the lack of sufficient medical care in th... read more.

Sean Thompson 2011-2012 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: Winning the Columbia University-Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association/Ada Mutch scholarship is Sean Thompson, a native Californian. Getting his BS in Neurobiology, Physiology and behavior in 2003, Sean went to live and work in Ne... read more.

Carrie Tudor 2011-2012 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Winner of the Isabel Hampton Robb scholarship Carrie Tudor is currently enrolled in the PhD Program at The John Hopkins University School of Nursing. Her previous experience includes working as a public health professional with health providers and m... read more.

Amanda Younger 2011-2012 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: NEF scholarship winner Amanda Younger is completing her Adult Nurse Practitioners degree at Madonna University on Livonia, MI. Her primary goal is to work within a primary care setting to actively promote health and prevent chronic disease. Her long... read more.

Julia Yurcich 2011-2012 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: The Miriam M. Powell scholarship went to Julia Yurcich who received her BS degree from Grand Canyon University in Arizona in 2008. She continued on to the DNP program with an emphasis in geriatrics at Arizona State University. While working on her ed... read more.

Victoria Ball 2009-2010 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: My career goals have always involved working with and helping others. Since a career in nursing involves serving a community, socializing, helping others, and assisting people in reaching optimal health, it seemed a natural fit. I was able to fulfill... read more.

Nancy Duffy 2009-2010 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Nancy Duffy is a leader in the South Carolina Nurse Educator Coalition (SCNEC) comprising the state's three state-supported baccalaureate nursing programs: Medical University of South Carolina, Clemson and the University of South Carolina. The coalit... read more.

Monika Eckfield 2009-2010 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Monika Eckfield was born and raised in Washington, D.C. and as a teenager moved with her family to California. In California, she lived close to her German and Swedish grandparents and through those interactions her interest in gerontology began. Mon... read more.

Gillian Ehrlich 2009-2010 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Gillian Ehrlich's mission is to make holistic health our common ground in medicine and improve universal access to primary care. This vision of health evolved over a decade spent working mainly with non-profit organizations in direct-service level po... read more.

Melissa Ferdinandi 2009-2010 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Melissa Taylor Ferdinandi followed a unique path towards nursing. She graduated with a B.A. in English from the University of Vermont before attending law school at Seattle University. Upon obtaining her law degree, Ms. Ferdinandi worked in various c... read more.

FEATURED SCHOLAR

Kate Oppegaard

(2019-2020 Winner)

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,... read more.

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