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Susan Bowar-Ferres Scholarship Fund

Created in 2023, the Susan Bowar-Ferres Scholarship is devoted to nursing leadership in the Magnet Recognition Program which recognizes health-care organizations for quality patient care, nursing excellence and innovations in professional nursing pra... read more.
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Mathy Mezey, Named Nursing Living Legend

In the American Academy's online announcement on July 18, 2024, it states the following about Dr. Mezey: Mathy Mezey EdD, RN, FAAN, Professor Emerita, Senior Research Scientist, and Associate Director (and Founding Director) of the Hartford Institute... read more.
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NEF - Gala Reception, May 15, 2024: A Night to Remember

View More 2024 Gala Photos NEF honored Dr. Susan Bowar-Ferres and the establishment of the Susan Bowar-Ferres Scholarship Fund, on May 15, 2024 - the first scholarship devoted to Nursing Leadership in the Magnet Recognition Program. The event took pl... read more.
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NEF Celebrates M. Elizabeth Carnegie During the Month of April

Dr. Carnegie was an educator and author in the field of nursing, known for breaking down racial barriers. She was the first black nurse to serve as a voting member on the board of a state nursing association. She was later president of the American A... read more.
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NEF Scholar Francine Bono-Neri Creates Scholarship Fund for Nurses Studying Human Trafficking

Dr. Francine Bono-Neri is a pediatric nurse practitioner, nurse educator, nurse leader, researcher, and the 2019 recipient of the Nurses Educational Funds (NEF) Jane Eleanor Knox Scholarship. Upon receiving the NEF Scholarship, Francine was determine... read more.
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In 2023, the American Academy of Nursing Inducted One NEF Board Member and Three NEF Scholars

Nurses Educational Funds is extremely honored to announce Dr. Michele Crespo-Fierro , NEF Board member; Irvin Ong a current 2023 NEF Scholar; Dr. Rebecca Hill , NEF Scholar in 2019 and 2020; and Dr. Calli Cook , NEF Scholar, 2018, have been inducted... read more.
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NEF 2022-2023 Scholar Liaison Board Member, Annie George, PhD, Awarded NYC Health + Hospitals’ Nursing Excellence Leader

NYC Health + Hospitals today announced that Annie George, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, NPD-BC, CCRN-K, Senior Director of Nursing Excellence/Research is the recipient of the Press Ganey Nurse of the Year – Nurse Leader award . The inaugural award was presented t... read more.
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2022 NEF Gala Reception Honoring Rita Reis Wieczorek, EdD, RN, PNP, FAAN

Rita Reis Wieczorek and Family ( Pictured above from left to right are ) Randa Trivisonno, Rita’s daughter, Rita, Robert Wieczorek, her husband, and son, Bob Wieczorek, II Nurses Educational Funds honored Rita Reis Wieczorek, Thursday, May 19, 2022 a... read more.
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Announcing A New NEF Scholarship for Long Term Nursing Care

Nurses Educational Funds, Inc. is proud to announce the creation of a new scholarship in Dr. Terry Fulmer’s name. This annual scholarship recognizes Terry’s enormous contributions to nursing and the health care community. At Terry’s request, the scho... read more.
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Nurses Educational Funds, Inc. Honored Margaret L. McClure, EdD, RN, FAAN on Wednesday, November 4, 2020 with a Zoom Virtual Celebration

Dr. Margaret “Maggie” McClure was honored by NEF on November 4, 2020 during a Zoom virtual event celebrating her distinguished career and the establishment of the Margaret L. McClure Scholarship Fund. This award is dedicated to nurses in graduate nur... read more.
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Rosanne Raso, MS, RN, NEA-BC

Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell, was selected as a member of the 2018 class of the American Academy of Nursing Fellows. Fellow selection criteria include evidence of significant contributions to nursing... read more.
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Mathy Mezey, EdD, RN, FAAN

Mathy Mezey joined the Nurses Educational Funds, Inc. Board of Directors in April 2017 and will be chairing the Thelma Schorr Society. The focus of Dr. Mezey’s interest and scholarship has been on nursing ethics and care of older adults, focusing on... read more.
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Edwidge J. Thomas, DNP, FAAN

Dr. Edwidge Thomas joined the NEF Board of Directors in 2017 and serves on the Executive Committee, Criteria and Eligibility Committee, and Finance/Investment Committee. Edwidge is currently employed with Holdings and Ventures to provide clinical lea... read more.
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Thelma Schorr, BSN, RN, FAAN

In 2018 the American Journal of Nursing under the leadership of the AJN Editor in Chief, Maureen “Shawn” Kennedy has renamed the American Journal of Nursing Scholarship annually distributed by Nurses Educational Funds, Inc. as the AJN/Thelma Schorr S... read more.
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Gala Reception on November 13, 2019

Wednesday, November 13, 2019, NEF honored Dr. Madeline Naegle, PhD, CNS-PMH, BC, FAAN, for her distinguished career in psychiatric-mental health nursing practice and education and for establishing the NEF Madeline A. Naegle Scholarship. Also honored... read more.
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Nurses Educational Funds, Inc. Honors Madeline A. Naegle

Nurses Educational Funds, Inc. has initiated a campaign to raise money for a mental health nursing scholarship honoring Madeline A. Naegle, PhD, CNS-PMH, RN, BC, FAAN, national and international nursing leader in mental health/substance abuse educati... read more.
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Villanova University President the Rev. Peter M. Donohue, OSA, PhD, announced the naming of the M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing

Villanova University President the Rev. Peter M. Donohue, OSA, PhD, announced the naming of the M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing, honoring the college’s visionary dean who passed away in September, 2017. Villanova’s College of Nursing develop... read more.
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Gala Reception on November 7, 2018

Nurses Educational Funds, Inc. Honors Donald and the late, Barbara Jonas & The Recipients of the 2018-2019 NEF Graduate Nursing Scholarships More than 75 guests gathered to celebrate Nurses Educational Funds, Inc., its honorees and scholarship recipi... read more.
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Nurses Educational Funds, Inc. Honors Donald and the late, Barbara Jonas & The Recipients of the 2018-2019 NEF Graduate Nursing Scholarships

More than 75 guests gathered to celebrate Nurses Educational Funds, Inc., its honorees and scholarship recipients on November 7, 2018, at the Griffis Faculty Club in New York City. The setting as always was lovely and the harpist, Sarah Loveland Gill... read more.
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Barbara Lynn Jonas, MSW, FAAN (h), FAANP (h), 1933 - 2018

Barbara Lynn Jonas, MSW, FAAN (h), FAANP (h), died on October 23, 2018. A long time activist in the arts, mental health, public policy and a respected psychiatric social worker, Barbara Jonas and her husband Donald Jonas, a leading retail executive,... read more.
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Marcus Henderson

Marcus Henderson

(2024-2025 Winner)

The recipient of the 2024-2025 NEF Madeline A. Naegle Scholarship for Mental Health Nursing is Marcus D. Henderson, MSN, RN, a PhD Candidate at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. His doctoral dissertation foc... read more.

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Nurses Educational Funds, Inc. (NEF) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization established by nurses for nurses in 1912, and since then, the organization has awarded over 1,500 scholarships to support the pursuit of advanced degrees in nursing.

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NEF’s named scholarships, created with a minimum donation of $50,000, honor and memorialize nurse leaders, from Isabel Hampton Robb to Thelma Schorr to Susan Bowar-Ferres. 100% of donations help to keep NEF scholarships funded in perpetuity; organization expenses are covered by prudent management of NEF’s investments.

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