NLN Foundation for Nursing Education Announces 2025 Scholarship Awards Winners
NLN Foundation for Nursing Education Announces 2025 Scholarship Awards Winners
Nineteen Graduate Students in Nursing Share from $125,000 in Funds
Washington, DC – Nineteen advanced degree nursing students have been awarded $125,000 in financial support for the coming academic term through the annual competitive scholarship program sponsored by the National League for Nursing Foundation for Nursing Education. Among them are fourteen winners of scholarships of up to $8,000 each, along with recipients of named scholarships awarded to students representing special sectors of the graduate nursing degree pool of candidates. The formal presentation to the scholarship winners will take place during the 2025 NLN Education Summit in Orlando, Florida, September 17-19.
“We are proud to sponsor yet another year of scholarship support to well-deserving students enrolled in advanced degree programs who are committed to careers in nursing education. Thanks to the generosity of our dedicated donors to the NLN Foundation, the total available funds have increased every year, leaping up to $125,000 this year. Their donations have helped us 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.
“With the cost of professional education continuing to rise and new caps on federal student borrowing putting graduate education out of reach for many, the National League for Nursing considers it an urgent priority to provide meaningful financial relief to those who want to pursue graduate nursing education and join the ranks of nurse faculty,” said NLN President and CEO Beverly Malone, PhD, RN, FAAN.
2025 NLN Foundation Nursing Education Faculty Scholarship Awards
- Emefa Adawudu, MSN, RN, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- Stephanie Gasser, MSN-Ed, RN-BC, CNE, University of Arizona
- Laura Hart, MSN, RN, EdD(c), University of West Georgia
- Karmen Hice, MS, RN, CNE, CNEcl, University of Maryland
- Rebekah Hoxie, MSN, RN, Post University
- Julie Larson, MSN, RN, Widener University
- Chelsea Lebo, MSN, RN, MEDSURG-BC, CNE, CHSE-A, Idaho State University
- Sarah Musovski, MSN-Ed, RN, COI, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- Laura Nold, MSN, RN, CPN, CNE, University of Missouri-Columbia
- Megan Ross, MSN, RNC-MNN, University of West Georgia
- Ekaterina Smith, EdD(c), RN-BC, CNE, University of West Georgia
- Fairah Solomon, MSN, RN, CNE, University of Arkansas Little Rock
- Elizabeth Sweet, MSN, PMHNP-BC, Duke University
- Galen Ziegler, MS, RN, CMSRN, CNE, Liberty University
NLN Steve Cerame Nurse Educator Scholarship Award: $8,000
Honoring former NLN Chief Financial Officer Steve Cerame for his 26 years of service, awarded annually to a future full-time nurse educator currently enrolled in a master's or doctoral program.
- Jennifer Wedster, DNP(c), MSN, RN, Regis College
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 supports applicants enrolled in an accredited graduate-level program in this growing field of nursing education.
- Nnenna Iwunze, RN, MSN, PMHMP-DC, Regis College
- Judy Staley, MSN, RNC-OB, CNEn, Arkansas State University
Cecelia Lou Vriheas Scholarship Award: $6,000
Awarded to a nurse pursuing an advanced degree in nursing education who is the first in the 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.
- April Rinner, MSN, RN, CNEcl, CNE, Oklahoma City University
2025 NLN Health Carousel Foundation Nurse Educator Scholarship Award: $8,000
Awarded to a nurse who received an initial nursing degree outside of the U.S. but is currently registered in the U.S. and pursuing an advanced degree to further a career as a full-time nurse educator.
- Jeongho "June" Kim, RN, BSN, Yale University
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About the National League for Nursing
Dedicated to excellence in nursing, the National League for Nursing is the premier organization for nurse faculty and leaders in nursing education. The NLN offers professional development, networking opportunities, testing services, nursing research grants, and public policy initiatives to its nearly 45,000 individual and 1,000 institutional members, comprising nursing education programs across the spectrum of higher education and health care organizations. Learn more at NLN.org.