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Fuld Service Learning Fellows

The Fuld Service Learning Fellowship provides a 50% tuition scholarship for Accelerated MN Pathway to MSN students who have a special commitment to social responsibility as a component of professional nursing practice. Candidates should have a prior history of social responsibility activities and have definitive plans to work with under-served populations in the United States or abroad. The Fuld Service Learning Fellowship provides for 50 percent tuition to cover four (4) semester of the pre-licensure program and four (4) semester of the MSN program.

The studies and experiences of Fuld Fellows are further defined through the school's social responsibility programs such as the Farm Worker Family Health Program and Alternative Winter and Spring Break Trips. These and other opportunities for the Fuld Fellows are coordinated through the Lillian Carter Center for Global Health and Social Responsibility. After graduation, Fuld Fellows will re-enter their careers as master’s prepared nurses with a deep working knowledge of health issues for vulnerable people in the US and internationally, coupled with a strong sense of direction and mission for realistically addressing these problems.

The Fuld Fellowships are made possible through a grant from the Helene Fuld Health Trust.

Requirements

Qualifications

  • Must be an Accelerated MN Pathway to MSN student who has demonstrated a special commitment to scholarship, leadership and social responsibility as a component of professional nursing practice
  • Have a GPA of 3.5 of above (the average GPA of previous recipients is a 3.71)

Expectations

Recipients of the Fuld Service Learning Fellowship are expected to:

  • Spend additional time on Fuld Fellowship interdisciplinary seminars and activities
  • Remain committed to leadership activities related to social responsibility
  • Share their experiences with others in the School
  • Complete a MSN degree at Emory University
  • Demonstrate to the profession and the broader public a fine example of nursing leadership and engagement in socially responsible nursing

Applications

Applications are not accepted for this award. All students are automatically reviewed for this award during the admission review process and will be notified individually if they are chosen to receive the award.

Contact US

For questions or additional information about the Fuld Service Learning Fellowship, please contact:

Office of Enrollment and Student Affairs
Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing | Emory University
Phone: 404.727.7980 or 1.800.222.3879

nursingquestions@emory.edu

Fuld Fellows

Heather Allstrom - Fuld Fellow
Heather
Allstrom
Current DNP Student
12/2024
Heather Allstrom - Fuld Fellow

heather.allstrom@emory.edu

The Fuld Fellowship has created a community of dedicated, service-orientated nurse leaders that continually help me develop my nursing perspective and come up with tangible ways to better our surrounding community. Beyond the financial benefit, another component of this fellowship is a project we complete which provides the opportunity to connect directly with the community and form a meaningful relationship with a community partner that benefits us all.

Leah Bercovitch - Fuld Fellow
Leah
Bercovitch
Current MN Student
MSN graduation: December 2024
Leah Bercovitch - Fuld Fellow
Lupe Castaneda - Fuld Fellow
Lupe
Castaneda
Current MN Student
08/2023 MN & 12/2025 MSN
Lupe Castaneda - Fuld Fellow

guadalupe.castaneda@emory.edu

This Fuld fellowship opportunity has been a great opportunity for me since it has benefited me in several ways. I have had the chance to collaborate with the nonprofit organization, the Latino Community Fund of Georgia. This fellowship has provided me with financial assistance, allowing me to concentrate on my academics while still being able to give back to the community. I have been able to connect with classmates and mentors via this fellowship who share my goals, which has inspired me to continue my studies and pursue a master's degree in nursing to become a Family Nurse Practitioner.

Robert W. Woodruff Scholars and Fellows

The Robert W. Woodruff Scholarships and Fellowships, named for the renowned businessman and philanthropist who headed The Coca-Cola Company for many years and gave generously to Emory University, are the founding and signature scholarships at Emory University.  

Young men and women who demonstrate qualities of forceful and unselfish character, intellectual and personal vigor, outstanding academic achievement, impressive skills in communication, significant leadership and creativity in school or community, and clear potential for enriching the lives of their contemporaries at Emory University receive these awards.

The Robert W. Woodruff Scholarships and Fellowships include full tuition and fees.

Woodruff Scholars and Fellows are a part of a larger community of Woodruff Scholars and Fellows which exist across all of the Colleges and Schools within Emory University.  The Woodruff Scholarship and Fellowship provides students with much more than just a merit scholarship. The School of Nursing invests time in every scholar's personal development through a set of leadership development programming and opportunities.

Current Fellows

Tiffany Chiang - Woodruff
Tiffany
Chiang
Tiffany Chiang - Woodruff

Tiffany is in her first semester of the MN pre-licensure program in the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing. She gained her B.S. from the University of Michigan in Biology, Health, and Society. She has had professional experiences in research, healthcare, and community engagement with her interests focusing on sustainability, food insecurity, and education. Her personal interests include hiking, climbing, playing the piano and making ceramics.

Paul Cruz Jr. - Woodruff
Paul
Cruz Jr.
Paul Cruz Jr. - Woodruff

Paul Cruz is from Houston, TX where he was born and raised and uses He/Him/His pronouns. He is a Woodruff Scholar for the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing. He is currently on the board for the Latinx Student Organization, an Office Assistant at the Office of LGBT Life, and a facilitator for the Queer Latinx Discussion group on campus. Paul’s ultimate goal is to become a Doctorate Nurse Practitioner, with a focus in Trauma or Neurology. Through his career, Paul hopes to help fight against the systemic racism that is facing marginalized communities through his Nursing career. After graduating, he plans to emerge himself in communities where healthcare isn’t accessible or effectively given, to address and help combat the high death rates of the marginalized. On his free time, he enjoys exploring different restaurants and tourist attractions in Atlanta in addition to hanging out with friends and listening to music!

Abby Ngo - Woodruff
Abby
Ngo
Abby Ngo - Woodruff

Abby is an MN pre-licensure student at the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing. She graduated with a B.S in Business Administration and a minor in Health and Medical Sciences from Georgia Tech. She is mainly interested in Labor and Delivery, Pediatrics, and Women’s Health, but is also open to other specialties. Her personal interests include traveling, playing strategic board games, cooking, taking photos, and reading psychological thrillers.

Margo Walton - Woodruff
Margo
Walton
Margo Walton - Woodruff

Margo Walton is a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) student in the Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Program in the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing. She has been practicing as a Registered Nurse for three years, and currently works at Emory University Hospital on a Cardiac Surgical and Heart Failure Floor. She is a Progressive Care Certified Nurse (PCCN) and a Certified Heart Failure Nurse (CHFN). Her work involves the care of adults with advanced heart failure, requiring either mechanical device therapies, like the use of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD), or open-heart transplant. Additionally, Margo cares for patients post-operatively following various other open-heart surgeries, such as valve and aortic aneurysm repairs. Margo is interested in a career as a primary care nurse practitioner so she can follow patients over time, establish long-lasting relationships, and to educate her patients using evidence-based guidelines to prevent hospital readmissions, ultimately keeping patients accountable for their health. Margo graduated from Miami University of Ohio with a Bachelor of Art in Biology and minor in Neuroscience in 2017. She then attended Villanova University and completed her Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) in 2019. She worked at the University of Virginia Medical Center for two years on a cardiology floor before moving to Atlanta, Georgia in October 2021. In her free time, Margo enjoys running half marathons, hiking, spending time with friends and family, traveling, and reading.

Fuld Palliative Care

The Fuld Palliative Care Fellowship program is an innovative palliative care program at Emory University’s Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing and the Emory Palliative Care Center established by the Helene Fuld Health Trust.

The program aims to develop nurse leaders who can make an impact in palliative care, an area of health care that is rapidly growing as more Americans are facing life-threatening and chronic illnesses.

This Fuld Palliative Care Fellowship Program will prepare nursing students to work collaboratively with physicians, social workers, physical therapists, and chaplains to provide specialized holistic palliative care, which is a unique care model that provides patients with relief from the symptoms, pain and stress often associated with serious illnesses, with the ultimate goal of improving the quality of life for patients and their families.

This fellowship program will provide program support and scholarships to select students each year to become immersed in palliative care clinical initiatives, research, and policy development by working with the Emory Palliative Care Center, an organization that provides team-based palliative care to nearly 5,000 adult and pediatric patients each year.

Application

The Fuld Fellowship Program in Palliative Care was established in 2015 with generous gifts from the Fuld Trust. The goal of this program is to prepare nursing students to be leaders in improving quality of life for people with serious illnesses and their families by focused palliative care education, interdisciplinary practice, and research activities in their nursing curriculum. The program is led by co-directors, Shella Chawda, NP, and Debbie Gunter, FNP-BC, ACHPN, who are dedicated to nursing excellence in palliative care education and practice.

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Must be an Accelerated MN Pathway to MSN student who has demonstrated a special commitment to scholarship, leadership and social responsibility as a component of professional nursing practice
  • Available to students who can reasonably return to school with only financial support from the Fellowship program
  • Have a GPA of 3.5 of above (the average GPA of previous recipients is a 3.71)

EXPECTATIONS

Recipients of the Fuld Palliative Care Fellowship are expected to:

  • Spend additional time on Fuld Fellowship interdisciplinary seminars and activities
  • MUST have definitive plans to work in a palliative care environment
  • Remain committed to leadership activities related to palliative care
  • Share their experiences with others in the School
  • Complete a MSN degree at Emory University
  • Demonstrate to the profession and the broader public a fine example of nursing leadership and engagement in palliative care

Application & Contact

Applications are not accepted for this award. All students are automatically reviewed for this award during the admission review process and will be notified individually if they are chosen to receive the award.

For questions or additional information about the Fuld Palliative Care Fellowship, please contact:

Dr. Mi-Kyung Song
Director, Center for Nursing Excellence in Palliative Care
Phone: 404.727.3134
Email: mi-kyung.song@emory.edu

Current Fellows

Kendra Taylor - Palliative Care
Kendra
Taylor
08/2023 MN & 12/2024 MSN
Kendra Taylor - Palliative Care

ktayl48@emory.edu

Being a Fuld Fellow has given me the opportunity to learn from palliative practitioners and has reaffirmed my commitment to being a palliative provider when I complete my nursing program at Emory. What is so special about being a part of the Fuld Palliative Care program is that I have had the chance to gain additional clinical experiences in palliative care. My most formative clinical time has been spent with palliative providers and their patients. Fuld has also been wonderful in connecting me with a group of scholars in palliative care through the monthly seminars where we discuss current issues and research in palliative care. I am so grateful to be a part of the Fuld program and I believe it is giving me a strong foundation to become a palliative care practitioner.

Ashley Rose - Palliative Care
Ashley
Rose
08/2023 MN & 12/2024 MSN
Ashley Rose - Palliative Care

ashley.rose@emory.edu

The Fuld Palliative Care Fellowship is preparing me to provide compassionate and individualized care to my future patients and their families. I will be able to incorporate the tenets of improving quality of life, preventing suffering, and respecting patient autonomy into my nursing practice. In a field like palliative care, this couldn't be more important. I'm grateful for how much I've grown as a nursing student thanks to the investment the fellowship has made in my professional development.

Kristie Erin Barnes - Palliative Care
Kristie Erin
Barnes
12/2023
Kristie Erin Barnes - Palliative Care

kristie.erin.barnes@emory.edu

Being a Fuld Palliative Care Fellow has been the most rewarding piece of my MN+MSN experience. I am honored to get such incredible clinical experience and to help improve quality of life for patients with life-limiting illnesses. Palliative Care is what drew me to nursing in the first place, and it means the world to me that through this fellowship I've had the opportunity to develop skills in not only specialty palliative care but also in its successful integration into routine primary care appointments. Fuld has inspired me to help further the reach of palliative care, no matter where my career ends up taking me.

Nell Fellows

Emory’s Nell Fellows program was created with a $3.5 million grant from the W. Woodruff Foundation to bolster the workforce and advance nursing education at Emory.

The Nell Fellows program will provide continued nursing education for recent School of Nursing alumni who have chosen to work at Emory Healthcare as clinical staff nurses. Fifteen students started in the four-year, postgraduate Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) program in fall 2022, and 60 additional students will begin studies in fall 2023.

Application

Alumni can apply for this program by applying to the Master of Science in Nursing program.

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Current Fellows

Logan Assam
Lily Caroline Brooks
Adam Bullock
Diana Coral Cruz
Rachel Pauline (Polly) Davis
Tonia Iwule
Eyere Ketia
Candice Madison
Krystin (Krissy) Morris
Hannah Nicole Pasch
Nathalie Bilina Paul

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