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Deborah Himes 2009-2010 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Deborah Himes was born in Salt Lake City, Utah to Ray and Rhonda Olson. She is married to Trent Himes and has four children ages 8 through 16. Deborah graduated from Brigham Young University with a Bachelors of Science in Nursing in 1991. As an RN sh... read more.

Giselle Holness 2009-2010 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: "My great aunt who was a nurse for 40 years inspired our family to enter the profession of nursing. Included in this legacy are 12 family members including my mother. I have enjoyed a rewarding carrier in nursing for over 15 years. I had been working... read more.

Jessica Kramer 2009-2010 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: Jessica Kramer is in the master's program at the University of Pennsylvania and works at HUP, the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, located in Philadelphia's inner city. Her goal is to be a women's health nurse practitioner, helping the vul... read more.

Mary Lough 2009-2010 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Mary E. Lough, a critical care clinical specialist working on her doctorate at the University of California at San F r a n c i s c o (UCSF), is the winner of the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship, NEF's highest award. After years of implementing resear... read more.

Shelley Lynch 2009-2010 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: Winner of the Isabel McIsaac Memorial Scholarship, NEF's top master's award, Shelley Lynch is a critical care nurse with a passion for travel. As an undergraduate at Hartwick College, she studied transcultural nursing in the rural outposts of Jamaica... read more.

Shannon Mead 2009-2010 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship

Caroline Morin 2009-2010 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: I knew that I wanted to be a nurse from a very young age. I was a sophomore in high school when I shadowed my cousin, a nurse practitioner, for a day. I was inspired by his combination of passion for patients as well as his medical knowledge. I knew... read more.

Ukamaka Oruche 2009-2010 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: "After obtaining my master's degree in child psychiatric-mental health nursing, I practiced for eight years before deciding to return for a PhD. In my work as a clinical nurse specialist with children and adolescents with serious emotional and behavi... read more.

Janine Prime 2009-2010 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: Janine Prime graduated from the University of Virginia Bachelor of Science in Nursing program in 2005. She has practiced in hematology-oncology since her graduation. Her career began on the inpatient adult oncology unit at INOVA Fairfax Hospital. In... read more.

Kari Radoff 2009-2010 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: Kari Radoff is studying to be a nurse midwife at UCSF where she did her basic nursing program. Fluent in Spanish, she has volunteered throughout Latin America in hospitals, midwifery clinics, community health, an indigenous healer's hut and, most rec... read more.

Tashika Reeves 2009-2010 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: Tashika Reeves was the first in her family of 13 to graduate from high school and the only one to graduate from college. When her older brother died at the age of 10 from an undiagnosed brain aneurysm, she witnessed what she knows now was world-class... read more.

Lauri Welch 2009-2010 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Lauri Welch is a nurse practitioner concerned with the cost of medications and the ability of patients to pay for them, particularly in a period of economic downturn. She is a doctoral candidate at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, where she al... read more.

Jeanne Alhusen 2008-2009 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship

Karla Baning 2008-2009 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship

Kristen Bradley 2008-2009 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship

Shannon Cohen 2008-2009 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship

George Cox 2008-2009 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship

Kim Francis 2008-2009 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship

Brian French 2008-2009 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship

Stephanie Gilbertson-White 2008-2009 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship

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Irvin Ong

(2023-2024 Winner)

Irvin Ong, EdD, MHPEd, RN received the Henry B. Spencer Scholarship, which is dedicated to leadership in nursing and health care. Dr. Ong earned his Bachelor of Science in Biology (2006) and Nursing (2008) from... read more.

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