Scholarship Day

College of Nursing & Health Sciences scholarship awards 2024

Highest GPA

Undergraduate

BSN Traditional

• Maya Olivia Desmond
• Kayla McLaughlin 

RN-ABSN

• Amanda Towne

RN-BSN (Online)

• Sara Ann Fusaro
• Jocelyn Rivas

Graduate

MSN

• Stephanie Anne Gouldrup
• Kerri Anne Parsons
• Heather Marie Piekarz

DNP

• Jessica Ashley Leavitt
• Kathryn Stiff

PhD

• Karen Hunt

Poster winners 

Undergraduate category

1st place: Danielle Jones, "Using culturally relevant foods to combat food insecurity in the Hispanic community"

2nd place: Jocelyn Gagon, Juliana Galhardo, Kaitlyn Greenwell: "How do non-pharmacological interventions alleviate pain during needlesticks in the pediatric population?"

2nd place: Paige Bernier, Amanda Little, Abby Soares: "Personal protective equipment use by registered nurses in Southeastern Masschusetts"

3rd place: Chloe Naff, "Incentivizing Hepatitis, HIV, and STI screenings for a population receiving medications for opioid use disorder"

Graduate category

1st place: Michelle Pinto, "Simulation in mental health nursing education: A scoping review"

2nd place: Nicholas DiGiovine, "Interpersonal violence: A Concept Analysis of Nurse Assault"

3rd place: Yeo Jeong Nam, "A spirituality theory of heart failure self-care: Synthesizing situation-specific theory of heart failure self-care and self-transcendence theory"

PhD students achieving candidacy

• Nancy Ferreira Brown
• Emily Crosse
• Danielle Degonge
• Kerry Richardson

PhD students graduating

• Ouida Dowd
• Jillian Hatch
• Karen Hunt

Nursing Scholarship Day 2024 Brochure (PDF)

A Virtual Celebration of Student Scholarship on April 25, 2022

The College of Nursing & Health Sciences Scholarship Day is being held virtually on this web page.

You can view videos of the Chancellor's Welcome, a Message from Dean Kimberly Christopher, and student presentations here.

We are excited to present our students' research projects and celebrate their achievements.

Highest GPA’s

PhD

• Destiny Brady

DNP

• Hannah Barth

MS

• Elizabeth Bennett
• Kristina Hone
• Jessica Peckham
• Michelle Leger

Traditional Undergraduate

• Rebecca Dawicki
• Tessa Irving

ABS

• Celine Burns

RN-BS

• Amber Fitzgerald
• Kaitlyn Merriam
• Megan Chapman
• Angelina Howe

PhD Students who have Achieved Candidacy

• Fatima Alzyoud, RN
• Gerri-Lyn Boyden, RN
• Joyce Cadorette, RN
• Jillian Hatch, RN
• Karen Hunt, RN
• Rhonda Tierney, RN
• Michelle Whyte, RN

2022 Scholarship Day Brochure (PDF)

View research poster video presentations

We are proud to present our students' research poster video presentations on a range of topics in health care and nursing practice.

See research poster video presentations on YouTube.

College of Nursing & Health Sciences Nursing Scholarship Awards

2020-2021 Academic Year

Congratulations to all of the students in the College of Nursing & Health Sciences who were named scholarship recipients as part of our virtual Scholarship Day Celebration.

Highest GPAs of graduates in each program

PhD: Christine Bell

DNP: Jillian McMahon

MS:

• Mary Elizabeth Fountaine
• Kherri-Lynn Donnelly
• Brittany Lynn Medeiros
• Claire Ann Elizabeth Scaramella
• Kelley Ann Sears
• Jennifer Lyn Kelly

RN-BS: Rebekah Sylvia

BS: Amber DiBona

Scholarship Day Program 2021 (PDF)

View research poster video presentations

We are proud to present our students' research poster video presentations on a range of topics in health care and nursing practice.

See research poster video presentations on YouTube.

College of Nursing & Health Sciences Nursing Scholarship Awards

2020-2021 Academic Year 

Congratulations to all of the students in the College of Nursing & Health Sciences who were named scholarship recipients as part of our virtual Scholarship Day Celebration.

Robert John Fisher Memorial Scholarship: This scholarship is awarded to a full-time junior or senior nursing student who demonstrats exceptional leadership ability and high academic and professional accomplishments. Recipient: Morgan Oliveira '22

Jacqueline Bazinet Cobert Memorial Scholarship Fund: This scholarship is awarded to a full-time matriculated graduate or undergraduate student in the College of Nursing & Health Sciences. Recipient:  Jael M. Costa '22

Jeanne Castonguay Violette Memorial Scholarship: This scholarship is to benefit a full-time student who has completed the third year of a four-year program and is a senior leading to a Bachelor's degree in the College of Nursing & Health Sciences. Recipient:  Amber L. DiBona '21

Rose Castonguay Memorial Scholarship: This scholarship is awarded to a full-time student who has completed the third year of the four-year bachelor's program (must be a senior) in the College of Nursing & Health Sciences.  Recipient will have demonstrated high academic and professional accomplishment and financial need as determined by the Financial Aid Office and should display the qualities of empathy, equanimity, and devotion to duty. Recipient:  Maeve K. Hennebury '21

Eleanor S. Fontaine Memorial Scholarship: This scholarship is awarded to a full-time sophomore student enrolled in the College of Nursing & Health Sciences with demonstrated financial need and a grade point average of 3.0 or higher.  Preference is for a female student from the greater New Bedford area. Recipient:  Vanessa Branco '23

Marie M. Howard Scholarship: This scholarship is awarded in support for talented full-time junior or senior students enrolled in the College of Nursing & Health Sciences with demonstrated financial need. Recipient:  Adanna Nwamka Aniagboso '21

Frank Lepreau and Betty Welch Scholarship: This scholarship is awarded in support for full-time undergraduate student in the College of Nursing & Health Sciences.  Preference will be given to students who demonstrate financial need as determined by the Financial Aid Department and who reside in Fall River and Westport. Recipient:  Shaelyn M. Carreiro '22

Grace and Henry C. Lincoln, MD Scholarship: This scholarship is awarded to provide support to a full-time undergraduate student in the College of Nursing & Health Sciences.  Recipient will be selected first on the basis of merit and then on financial need. Recipient:  Greenly D. Kelly '23

Phyllis Porth Darrell Memorial Scholarship: This scholarship is awarded to provide  support to one or more 3rd or 4th Year full time students in the College of Nursing & Health Sciences who have financial need as determined by the Financial Aid Department. Recipient:  Adanna Nwamka Aniagboso '21

St. Luke’s Hospital Nursing Alumni Scholarship: This scholarship is awarded to support a full-time student enrolled in the College of Nursing & Health Sciences.  The recipient shall be chosen on the basis of financial need. Recipient:  Brianna Montville '21

Truesdale Hospital Nurses Alumnae Association Scholarship: This scholarship is awarded in support of a third-year undergraduate student in the BSN program in the College of Nursing & Health Sciences who has financial need and academic merit. Recipient:  Brianna Montville '21

Highest GPAs of graduates in each program 

PhD: Shannon Avery-Desmaris 

DNP: Jocelyn Reis 

MS: 

• Gerri-Lynn Boyden
• Melissa Duclos
• Katie Pelland
• Cory Urban
• Michelle Whyte 

RN-BS: 

• Nicholas Carvalho  
• Heather Cockroft  
• Cristina Leduc  

BS: Alyssa Signs  

  Scholarship Day Program 2020

Nursing Scholarship Day celebrates students’ research and academic success

Nursing Scholarship Day 2019

All posters must be 36” x 48”. Presenters should provide their own trifold display board and clips.

The following site offers a template to assist you in preparing your own poster, as well as a service for purchasing a professionally prepared poster at a reasonable cost: 
https://www.lib.umassd.edu/photographics/postertemplate.

• Poster evaluation tool (PDF)
• Poster as an educational tool (PDF)
• Poster how-to guide (PDF)
• Creating effective poster presentations