NLN Foundation for Nursing Education Announces 2024 Scholarship Awards

NLN Foundation for Nursing Education Announces 2024 Scholarship Awards

17 Graduate Students in Nursing Share Over $100,000

Washington, DC — Seventeen advanced degree nursing students have been awarded a total of $114,645 in financial support through the annual competitive scholarship program run by the National League for Nursing Foundation for Nursing Education. These include the 2024 winner of the new NLN Steve Cerame Nurse Educator Scholarship Award of up to $8,000, honoring the former chief financial officer for his 26 years of dedicated service to the League.

In addition, there are a dozen recipients of foundation scholarships of up to $8,000 each; the winner of the Health Carousel Foundation Nurse Educator Scholarship Award of $8,000 to an international student pursing an advanced degree in nursing education in the U.S.; the winner of the Edmund J.Y. Pajarillo Scholarship of up to $5,000 for graduate study in informatics and innovation in the use of data analysis and health information technology; and the Cecelia Lou Vriheas Scholarship Award  winner of $8,000. The presentation to the scholarship winners will take place during the 2024 NLN Education Summit in San Antonio, Texas, September 18-20.

“We are proud to sponsor another year of scholarship support to deserving students enrolled in advanced degree programs who are committed to pursuing careers in nursing education. Thanks to the generosity of our dedicated donors to the NLN Foundation, the total available funds have increased every year, now over $100,000, which enables us to expand the number and size of scholarship awards and also focus on some specialized areas of study within nursing education,” said NLN Foundation Chair Patrick Robinson, PhD, RN, ACRN, CNE, ANEF, FAAN, vice president of nursing at Pacific College of Health and Science.

NLN President and CEO Beverly Malone, PhD, RN, FAAN, said, “Expanding the ranks of nurse faculty remains an urgent priority, helping the National League for Nursing to fulfill its mission to prepare a diverse nursing workforce to deliver outstanding and equitable care to advance the health of the nation and global community.”

2024 NLN Foundation for Nursing Education Faculty Scholarship Awards

The NLN Foundation Scholarship Awards Program seeks to support diverse nurses committed to careers in academic nursing education. Awards of up to $8,000 are made to nurses enrolled in accredited master’s or doctoral programs and have completed at least one year of advanced academic study toward their degrees. 

• Arienne Patano, BSN, RN, CHPN, Michigan State University College of Nursing 
• Fotini Katsipoutis, BSN, RN, CNOR, Chamberlain University
• Elicia Egozcue-Ochoa, MSN, APRN, CNRN, SCRN, CVRN, NPD, Grand Canyon University
• Adejoke Felicia Ogidan, MSN, RN, CCRN, CNE, University of Texas at Arlington College of Nursing and Health Innovation 
• Katherine Kreis, MSN, RN, CHSE, University of Texas at Arlington 
• Jasline Moreno, MSN, RN, CHSE-A, CNE, MGH Institute of Health Professions
• Courtney Taylor, MSN, RN, University of South Alabama
• Jennifer Remick, MSN, RN, CPN, Bryan College of Health Sciences 
• Courtney Klink, EdD(c), MSN, MBA, RN, University of West Georgia 
• Pauline Hwang, DNP, AGACNP-BC, RN, Penn State University
• Kellie Ashburn, MSN, RN, CNE, Post University 
• Tracy Scaletti, MSN, RN, CEN, CNE, Widener University
• Dorothy Addo-Mensah, MN, Bsc, RN, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

NLN Steve Cerame Nurse Educator Scholarship Award 

The NLN Steve Cerame Nurse Educator Scholarship honors the National League for Nursing’s former chief financial officer and his 26 years of service, providing funds up to $8,000 annually to a future nurse educator in a master's or doctoral program. This scholarship is awarded to nurses pursuing advanced degrees to advance their career as a full-time nurse educator. 

• Jennifer Roye, MSN, RN, CHSE, CNE, EdD (c) School: University of Alabama 

Edmund J.Y. Pajarillo Health Informatics and Innovation Scholarship Award: $5,000

With a focus on informatics and innovation in the use of data analysis and health information technology, the Edmund J.Y. Pajarillo scholarship opens a new avenue of scholarship to support the National League for Nursing and its members. Multiple real-world applications of these research studies are urgently needed. A scholarship of up to $5,000 is offered annually to support an applicant enrolled in an accredited graduate-level program in this growing field of nursing education.

• Clarissa Afable, PhD(c), MSN-NI, RN School: Nova Southeastern University 
  

Cecelia Lou Vriheas Scholarship Award: $8,000

The Cecelia Lou Scholarship is a single $8,000 scholarship awarded to nurses pursuing advanced degrees to advance their career as a full-time nurse educator who are the first in their family to pursue higher education and belong to an historically marginalized/excluded group, including but not limited to Black, Indigenous, Native American, Pacific Islander, immigrant populations, and those from rural areas. 

• Vera Bratnichenko, MSN, RN, University of South Carolina 

2024 NLN Health Carousel Foundation Nurse Educator Scholarship Award: $8,000 

The Health Carousel Foundation Nurse Educator Scholarship is a single $8,000 scholarship awarded to a nurse who received an initial nursing degree outside of the United States but are now registered in the United States and pursuing an advanced degree to further a career as a full-time nurse educator. 

• Hannah Durowaa Odei-Opoku, MPhil Nursing, BSc. Nursing, Dip Edu, University of Massachusetts  

 For information about the NLN Foundation for Nursing Education, visit NLN.org/Foundation.

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