Current Scholarship Recipients

Thanks to our generous donors, this year we awarded $375,000 to 100 students—the most students ever to receive scholarship support in a single year at UIC Nursing.

Academy of International Leadership Development Scholarship

  • Leah Yeo

Craig and Sarah Allen Scholarship in Memory of Hal Gold

  • Mildred Silvestri

Alumni Association Scholarship  

  • Franc De Guzman

Joan Syer-Bailar Scholarship

  • Erykah Harris
  • Favian Rosales

Boothroyd Scholarship

  • Naivie Sinfleur
  • Omibukola Taiwo
  • Glorieuse Uwizeye
  • Norma Castillo
  • Elsi Flores
  • Jenine Johnson
  • Jessica Lechuga
  • Firdows Liameed
  • Nanyombi Lubimbi
  • Emmanuella Odiko-pim
  • Nick Perez

Willard and Penelope Busch Endowed Scholarship

  • Yolande Knight Tucker
  • Jeanette Bredeman
  • Edith Deters

Emily C. Cardew Scholarship

  • Madeline Nowak
  • Erica Tran
  • Sarah Hutchins

Cancer Federation Scholarship

  • Hannah Mikrut

College of Nursing Scholarship

  • Kristine Aglikin
  • Cali Buchanan
  • Emma Hall
  • Brooklyn Hastings
  • Min Jung Kim
  • Dao Mac
  • Mayra Perez
  • Chelsea Poulos
  • Cammie Ruhl
  • Ethan Sanders
  • Glen Song
  • Emmanuella Odiko-pim
  • Natalie Knutson
  • Hyunsoo Kim
  • Youngkwan Song

Lisa Corsini Memorial Scholarship

  • Tracy Nguyen

Sabina Dambrauskas Midwifery Scholarship

  • Larisa Savage

Dorothy J. Dethloff Scholarship

  • Susan Han
  • Brooklyn Hastings

Marguerite A. Dixon Award

  • Harrell Jordan

Mitzi L. Duxbury Perinatal Nursing, Neonatal Nursing, and Midwifery Scholarship

  • Lindsey Tyler
  • Oluwabusayo Ajasa

Mitzi L. Duxbury Perinatal Nursing, Neonatal Nursing, and Midwifery Scholarship in honor of Dr. Alexander (Mack) Schmidt

  • Mildred Silvestri

Carolyn and Andy Dystrup Scholarship

  • Kristine Aglikin
  • Janna Gornik
  • Kelly Grantham
  • Susan Han
  • Jessica Lechuga
  • Emmanuella Odiko-pim
  • Naivie Sinfleur

Helene Fuld Health Trust Graduate-Entry MS Scholarship

  • Bengi Durgunoglu
  • Hallie Irion
  • Bohui Jiang
  • Ashley Mincey
  • Abigail Ohrnstein

Helene Fuld Health Trust Baccalaureate Scholarship

  • Janna Gornik
  • Emily LaSota
  • Aren Novinkashani
  • Emmanuella Odiko-pim
  • Kayla Connolly
  • Lilly Stribling
  • Kayla Taylor
  • Franc De Guzman
  • Anne Watanabe

Jonas Scholars Program

  • Sara Mithani
  • Susan Hovers

Gloria A. Henderson Scholarship

  • Catherine Tran

Gertrude Hess Nursing Scholarship

  • Janna Gornik

Elizabeth M. Joyce Scholars

  • Natalie Knutson
  • Kawana Tharps
  • Shems Al-Taie
  • Minseung Chu
  • Jessica Gill

Kellogg Family Peoria Nursing Scholarship

  • Abigail Hardesty
  • Katie Hassan

Norma R. Kelly Peoria Nursing Scholarship

  • Kristine Papis
  • Elizabeth Saunches
  • Justin Leas
  • Ebonie Wright

Dorothy Mayer Memorial Endowed Scholarship

  • Ma Ana Patricia Malicdem
  • Christina Marbury
  • Antonio Nieto
  • Paulina Pieprz
  • Carolyn Pike
  • Karin Vermillion
  • Remah Abuhashish
  • Sarah Albanese
  • Rami Ballut
  • Lori Folken
  • Lucy Gallo

Memorial Health System Scholarship

  • Bridget Abebrese
  • Nicole Borjon
  • Jasmine Broida
  • Tina Dibofo
  • Rashidat Eleshin
  • Brooke Ginglen
  • Kaitlyn Hughes
  • Grace Jenkins
  • Kayla Metcalf
  • Guadalupe Nino
  • Darlene Steinkamp

Beverly J. McElmurry Scholarship

  • Elizabeth Rios
  • Min Kyeong Jang

Nursing Dean’s Scholarship

  • Kristine Aglikin
  • Jinghua An
  • Kathryn Cato
  • Edith Deters
  • Susan Han
  • Yolande Knight Tucker

Virginia Ohlson International Scholarship

  • Swaty Chapagai
  • Min Kyeong Jang
  • Min Jung Kim
  • Hyungkyung Kim
  • Sungwon Park
  • Youngkwan Song

Chieko Onoda Scholarship

  • Wiphawadee Potisopha

Owen Graduate Student Scholarship

  • Safia Khan
  • Erin Taylor

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Scholarship

  • Chelsea Poulos

PhD Alumni Award

  • Min Kyeong Jang
  • Priyoth Kittiteerasack
  • Ting-Ti Lin
  • Glorieuse Uwizeye
  • Jeffery Williams

Regional Nursing Scholarship

  • Meredith Baird
  • Mayra Perez
  • Lindsey Tyler

Joyce Roberts Midwifery Scholarship

  • Larisa Savage

Elizabeth M. Roche Memorial Scholarship

  • Jory Zhang

Rockford Regional Scholarship

  • Mayra Perez

Seth and Denise Rosen Memorial Research Award

  • Fatimah Abudayah
  • Elizabeth Rios
  • Karyn Roberts
  • Feyifunmi Sangoleye
  • Youngkwan Song

M. Christine Schwartz Scholarship

  • Kelly Grantham
  • Catherine Tran

Dean Joan L. Shaver Scholarship                

  • Hyungkyung Kim
  • Youngkwan Song

Traut Family Scholarship

  • Larisa Savage

Urbana Regional Scholarship

  • Kelly Grantham
  • Kirsten Landowne
  • Tracy Nguyen

W.E. Van Doren Scholarship

  • Jeanette Bredeman
  • Swaty Chapagai
  • Hyunsoo Kim
  • Sara Mithani
  • Anne Watanabe
  • Erica Tran
  • Erin Taylor
  • Omibukola Taiwo
  • Youngkwan Song
  • Katlynn Sims
  • Christina Marbury
  • Jessica Lechuga
  • Kirsten Landowne
  • Hyungkyung Kim
  • Bohui Jiang
  • Min Kyeong Jang
  • Sarah Hutchins
  • Erykah Harris
  • Tracy Nguyen
  • Christina Feng
  • Bengi Durgunoglu
  • Cali Buchana
  • Kathryn Cato
  • Mildred Silvestri

Kathryn Venolia Memorial Scholarship

  • Christine Feng
  • Katlynn Simms

UIC Nursing 65th Anniversary Scholarship

  • Cali Buchanan
  • Jory Zhang
  • Yolande Knight Tucker
  • Hallie Irion
  • Kathryn Cato
  • Kawana Tharps

UIC Quad Cities Classic Nursing Scholarship

  • Hayley Mills
  • Kelli Pool