The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) has announced six Minority Nurse Faculty Scholars who were selected through a national scholarship program funded by the Johnson & Johnson Campaign for Nursing’s Future. The program was developed to help address the nationwide faculty shortage while enhancing diversity among nurse educators by offering financial support, mentoring, and leadership development to graduate students from minority backgrounds who aspire to teach.
The six new scholars will be joining 60 scholars previously selected for the prestigious honor. The new recipients are all enrolled in PhD or DNP programs and their names include:
- Lourdes Carhuapoma, University of Virginia
- Jenna Magallanes, University of Michigan
- Angelina Nguyen, University of Arizona
- Safiyyah Okoye, Johns Hopkins University
- Sangita Pudasainee-Kapri, Rutgers University
- Armiel Suriaga, Florida Atlantic University
Dr. Ann Cary, Chair of the AACN Board of Directors, tells Newswise.com, “AACN recognizes the strong connection between preparing a culturally diverse nursing workforce and the ability to provide quality patient care. We applaud the Johnson & Johnson Campaign for their generous support of our Faculty Scholars program that is opening new doors to careers in academic nursing for some of our best and brightest graduate students.”
To learn more about this year’s AACN/Johnson & Johnson Minority Nurse Faculty Scholarship recipients, visit here.
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