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Deborah Benes-Nadworny 2010-2011 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: After receiving her BSN and MSN from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, Deborah Benes-Nadworny geared her career to academia teaching Pediatric Nursing at Fitchburg State University in Lowell, Massachusettes. She maintains her interest... read more.

Peggy Berry 2010-2011 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Peggy Berry, with 25 years of health care experience is using her NEF scholarship to pursue her Doctorate at the University of Cincinnati. Certified as a Senior Human Resources Professional she has done extensive research and programs on workplace vi... read more.

Erica Brown 2010-2011 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: 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 Scholarship: 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.

Pamela Crary 2010-2011 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Pamela Crary, NEF scholarship winner, received her MSN at the University of Wisconsin where she focused on Nursing Education. Now, while continuing her graduate work at this university she is on the faculty at Edgewater College teaching undergraduate... read more.

Rebecca Deal Poston 2010-2011 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: After completing a BA in Religious studies Rebecca Deal Poston made a career change, getting her second Baccalaureate degree in Nursing from the University of Virginia. She continues to pursue her interest in the field of Pediatric Nursing and feels... read more.

Oralia Diaz 2010-2011 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: Oralia Diaz got her undergraduate degree in nursing in the spring of 1996. Since then she has been actively involved in non profits including the one she founded, Arte Sana, which assists Latina victims of sexual abuse and intimate partner violence.... read more.

Erin Ferrante 2010-2011 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Winner of the Margaret Tyson award, Erin Ferrante, is continuing her graduate studies at Emory University where she got her MSN in Public Health Nursing. This mother of three young boys is committed to research and to educating both nursing professio... read more.

Patricia Geisler 2010-2011 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: Patricia Geisler graduated with her BSN from the University of Wisconsin in 1992.She worked for eighteen years at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Green Bay first on the medical/surgical floor, then in the medical/surgical intensive care unit. After finishi... read more.

Janassa Kapadia 2010-2011 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: An immigrant to the United States at age 9, Janassa Kapadia winner of the Estelle Massey award, credits her grandfather, a physician in Bombay, for her interest in the health care field. She first earned a BA degree in Spanish at the University of No... read more.

Susan Lane 2010-2011 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Susan Lane is currently a research assistant at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro where she is pursuing her Doctoral degree. She received her MSN at Gardner Webb University in 2003. She plans to continue her career in a faculty role in acad... read more.

Grace Onovo 2010-2011 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Grace Onovo grew up in Nigeria where she attended the School of Nursing at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital and the School of Midwifery at Mater Misericordia Hospital. To further advance her career in Nursing she migrated to the United Sta... read more.

Shirley Paul 2010-2011 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Planning a career as a Nurse Anesthetist, Shirley Paul received her BSN from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University in Tallahassee. She continued She is now pursuing her Doctorate at the University of Minnesota’s Doctorate of Nursing Practice... read more.

Teresa Richardson 2010-2011 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Teresa Richardson, winner of the M. Elizabeth Carnegie award, is a full time student at Catholic University of America where her doctoral research is related to the prevalence of depression among African American school aged children who are any way... read more.

Nancy Roecklein 2010-2011 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: A Bronx, New York native, Nancy Roecklein started in 1982 with a BA in Journalism from New York University. After the birth of her two children she returned to school to get an AAS in Nursing from Bronx Community College in 1994. She has worked prima... read more.

Annie Rohan 2010-2011 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Annie Rohan, winner of the Ada Munch/Columbia University Award is using her scholarship to expand her pre-dissertation education at Columbia University School of Nursing while working on a project evaluating the assessment of pain in premature, venti... read more.

Nicole Rouhana 2010-2011 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Winner of the Evelyn Barclay award, Nicole Rouhana, started her career over twenty-five years ago in Saudi Arabia as a Pediatric Registered Nurse. In 1996 she returned to school at Binghamton University to get her Masters and completed a post-Masters... read more.

Dina Salvatore 2010-2011 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: From her start in the health field as an LPN, (Central School of Practical Nursing) Dina Salvatore completed her Associate degree in Nursing in 2008 at Excelsior College.where she is now pursuing her MSN as a Family Nurse Practitioner. Dina lives on... read more.

Angela Spruill 2010-2011 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: Winner of the Isabel McIsaac award, Angela Spruill has spent her entire nursing career since graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in oncology at University of N C Health Care. She has been an OCN since 2006 and has worked o... read more.

Veronica Umeh 2010-2011 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: Veronica Umeh received her first Baccalaureate degree in Food Science and Technology in her native Nigeria in 2000. In 2004, in the United States, she enrolled in the accelerated nursing program at Wayne State University in Detroit graduating with he... read more.

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