Directory of Scholars

2010s Cycles

Tayyebeh Borogerdi 2016-2017 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Tayyebeh is the winner of Lucy C. Perry Fund Scholarship for public health. She is currently a doctoral candidate at Binghamton University, and her research focuses on high-risk pregnant patients, and rural health. She speaks four languages fluently,... read more.

Becky Bowler 2018-2019 Winner | Master’s Degree: 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.

Carolyn Boyle 2013-2014 Winner | Master’s Degree: The Isabel Mc Isaac Scholarship went to Carolyn Boyle who is pursuing her MSN degree in nurse anesthesia at Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College in St. Louis. From there she plans to continue on to earn a DNP. One of her passions is re... read more.

Maura Brain 2014-2015 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Maura Brain is a two-time Nurses Educational Funds, Inc. Scholarship winner – this year she was awarded a NEF Scholarship and last year she received the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. Maura is completing her doctoral degree at the University of Mas... read more.

Arica Brandford 2014-2015 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Winner of the M. Elizabeth Carnegie Scholarship, received a juris doctorate (JD) degree in 2006. After working as an attorney focusing on medical malpractice and public interest law for three years she decided to return to her first love and passion... read more.

Arica Brandford 2015-2016 Winner | Doctoral Degree: The M. Elizabeth Carnegie African American Memorial Scholarship recipient, obtained her BSN from Purdue University and MSN from the University of Cincinnati. Arica has worked in both the public and private sectors of nursing for companies such as Bap... read more.

Erica Brown 2010-2011 Winner | Master’s Degree: Continuing for her Masters at the University of Maryland, Baltimore School of Nursing where she also obtained her undergraduate degree is Erica Brown. Erica took time off from her work as an RN in the multi-trauma intermediate care unit at the Univer... read more.

Tiffany Brown 2010-2011 Winner | Master’s Degree: Tiffany Brown is continuing towards her goal of becoming a Family Nurse Practitioner at Wright State University where she obtained her undergraduate degree. She is also currently working as a Diabetes Educator and, after she gets her Masters, will co... read more.

Kathryn Burger 2019-2020 Winner | Master’s Degree: 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.

Adriane Burgess 2015-2016 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Winner of a NEF Scholarship, has been a nurse for 18 years and has worked in a variety of maternal infant health care settings. She earned her MSN degree in nursing education from Drexel University in 2012 and began teaching in the clinical setting.... read more.

Adriane Burgess 2016-2017 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Recipient of the Barbara L. Tate Scholarship earned her BSN from Villanova University in 1997 and has been a nurse for 19 years specializing in women’s health and obstetrical nursing. She earned her MSN degree in nursing education from Drexel Univers... read more.

Maan Isabella Cajita 2016-2017 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Recipient of the Mathy Mezey Endowed Scholarship Fund, is a PhD Candidate at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing in Baltimore. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Illinois at Chicago. In addition, Mia is ANCC-certified... read more.

Casey Cassidy 2017-2018 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Winner of the Margaret Gould Tyson Scholarship, Casey Cassidy, holds a bachelor of science in nursing from East Central University, and a master of science in nursing from Oklahoma Baptist University. The focus of Casey’s graduate research is the use... read more.

Beth Chiatti 2013-2014 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Beth Chiatti, a nurse educator and winner of an NEF Scholarship, is pursuing her doctoral degree at Widener University in Chester, Pa. (where she also got her Masters degree). Her BA in Anthropology gives her a particular insightful slant as a nurse... read more.

Renee Clark 2014-2015 Winner | Master’s Degree: Renee Clark, awarded a Nurses Educational Funds, Inc. (NEF) Scholarship, is pursuing her masters in nursing (MSN) in nurse midwifery and women’s health at Frontier Nursing University. A nurse for nine years, she has provided nursing care in the Unite... read more.

Amanda Combs 2014-2015 Winner | Master’s Degree: Amanda Combs, one of the 2014 - 2015 NEF Scholarship winners is pursuing her MSN degree at the University of Arkansas in the Medical Science College of Nursing. She plans to use her scholarship to further her plans to be an adult gerontology nurse pr... read more.

Molly Condit 2017-2018 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Molly is the recipient of the Barbara L. Tate Scholarship. She earned her BSN from Bellin College of Nursing 1n 1999 and has been a nurse for 18 years. Molly began her nursing career as a trauma nurse at Parkland Memorial Hospital. She earned her MS... read more.

Patrick Conlon 2015-2016 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Awarded the Judith G. Whitaker Scholarship, has been involved in diabetes program development and clinical practice for over 15 years. He is currently a full time student in the PhD program at the University of Arizona, Tucson. He was most recently M... read more.

Dana Connolly 2018-2019 Winner | Master’s Degree: 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.

Christopher Contino 2011-2012 Winner | Master’s Degree: NEF scholarship winner Christopher Contino started his studies in mechanical engineering while working as an emergency medical technician and that led to his true career in healthcare. He first obtained his paramedic certification from Thomas Jeffers... read more.

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