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Rachelle Gray 2021-2022 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Rachelle Gray, PhD(c), DNP, MBA, FNP-BC, is the proud recipient of the NEF AJN/Thelma Schorr Scholarship award. Rachelle earned her Associate of Applied Science as a registered nurse from Owens Community College in 1987, her Bachelor of Science in Nu... read more.

Carolina M. Gustafson 2021-2022 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Carolina M. Gustafson, a current fourth year PhD student in nursing at the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University, is the 2021-2022 recipient of the NEF Margaret Gould Tyson Scholarship. Carolina completed her initial undergradua... read more.

Miriam Kamau 2021-2022 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: Miriam Kamau, BSN, RN, PHN, PMH-BC is the honored recipient of the NEF Madeline A. Naegle Scholarship. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from California State University San Bernardino in 2006 and is currently pursuing a Master’s of Sci... read more.

Mary Killela 2021-2022 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Mary Killela of Raleigh, North Carolina is the recipient of the Henry Spencer Scholarship. She earned her bachelor’s degrees in Biology and Chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in 2015. She earned her Bachelor of Science in... read more.

Nicole Knight 2021-2022 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: Nicole Knight is the recipient of the Liesel M. Hiemenz Scholarship. Nicole currently attends Frontier Nursing University pursuing her master’s degree to become a Certified Nurse Midwife. Nicole earned her BS from the University of California, Davis... read more.

Shai Lev 2021-2022 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: Shai Lev, BSN, RN, PCCN, is the honored recipient of the Lucy C. Perry Memorial Scholarship which will support her final year as a student in the Family Nurse Practitioner program at Kent State University. She began her professional career as a regis... read more.

Annmarie Muñana 2021-2022 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Annmarie Muñana, MSN, MJ, RN, CNE is the proud and grateful recipient of the Philip D. Raso Scholarship. As a healthcare and academic nurse leader with a commitment to excellence, she believes in continuous improvement for herself, the nursing profes... read more.

BethAnn Nowak 2021-2022 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: BethAnn Nowak is the inaugural recipient of the Mary V. Insall Scholarship. She earned her first Master’s degree in Nursing from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee as a Clinical Nurse Leader in 2018 and her post-Master’s Certificate in Nursing as... read more.

Elizabeth Parker 2021-2022 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Elizabeth “Ellis” Parker, MSN, RN-BC, CNE is the recipient of the 2021 Jane Eleanor Knox Scholarship. She is entering her third year in the Doctor of Education in Nursing Education program at Teachers College, Columbia University in New York, NY. Thi... read more.

Nisha Patel 2021-2022 Winner | Master’s Degree Scholarship: Nisha Patel is the recipient of the 2021 Isabel McIssac Scholarship, which is awarded to master’s degree students in honor of Isabel McIssac, the first chairman of the original memorial fund for Isabel Hampton Robb. Nisha received a Bachelor of Scien... read more.

Corinne L. Plesko 2021-2022 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Corinne “Cori” Plesko, BSN, RN is the recipient of the 2021-2022 Margaret L. McClure Scholarship Fund. Cori is currently a 4 th year DNP/PhD candidate at Johns Hopkins University, School of Nursing, where she is specializing in both the pediatric acu... read more.

Wayne Quashie 2021-2022 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Wayne Quashie is the first recipient of the Georgette Viellion NEF Scholarship as well as the recipient of the NEF M. Elizabeth Carnegie Scholarship last year. He attained his Master’s Degree in Nursing from Indiana State University, Master of Public... read more.

Jennifer Roye 2021-2022 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Jennifer Roye, MSN, RN, CHSE, CNE is the 2021 recipient of the NEF M. Louise Fitzpatrick Scholarship. She holds an MSN from the University of Texas at Arlington and is currently obtaining an EdD in Instructional Leadership from the University of Alab... read more.

Chun-An Sun 2021-2022 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Chun-An Sun is the recipient of the Judith G. Whitaker Scholarship. She is currently a DNP/PhD student at Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from National Taiwan University, Taiwan in 2011 and he... read more.

Clifton Thornton 2021-2022 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Clifton Thornton, MSN, BS, RN, CPNP is the proud recipient of the first Rita Reis Wieczorek Maternal-Infant & Pediatric Nursing Scholarship. He is currently a 3rd year PhD Candidate at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, a NIH NCATS predo... read more.

Adrienne Thymes Leflore 2021-2022 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Adrienne Thymes Leflore, MN, RN-BC, CCM, APRN-CNS is the recipient of the 2021 Cynthia Davis Sculco Scholarship. Mrs. Leflore received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Dillard University and her Masters in Nursing from the Louisiana State Univ... read more.

Stephanie Uhr 2021-2022 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Stephanie Uhr is the recipient of the Miriam M. Powell Scholarship. Stephanie is a life-long learner who completed her baccalaureate nursing education at Northern Illinois University (NIU) in 1997. Her nursing career primarily involved the Labor & De... read more.

Elizabeth Wolotira 2021-2022 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Elizabeth Wolotira, MSN, RN, CEN, CPEN, CFRN is the recipient of the 2021-2022 Eleanor C. Lambertsen Scholarship. Elizabeth completed her Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) on the La Grande campus in eas... read more.

Alisha Bhimani 2020-2021 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Alisha Bhimani is the current 2020 recipient of the Eleanor C. Lambertsen Scholarship. She holds a BSN from Emory University and is currently obtaining a Population Health Doctorate in Nursing Practice with a focus in Family and Emergency Medicine at... read more.

Jade Chatman 2020-2021 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship: Jade Montanez Chatman is the proud recipient of the Laura D. Smith National Student Nurses' Association (NSNA) Scholarship. She is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Louisville School of Nursing (ULSON). Her dissertation is focused on add... read more.

FEATURED SCHOLAR

Noelene Jeffers

(2019-2020 Winner)

Noelene K. Jeffers, CNM, MSN, is the recipient of the Cynthia Davis Sculco Scholarship. She is currently a third year PhD Candidate and a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Future of Nursing Scholar at Johns Hopkin... read more.

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