Seventy eighth grade students from 17 schools across Nebraska attended UNMC’s fifth annual Health/Science Meet in June for a three-day, educational, hands-on experience that hopes to inspire Nebraska eighth-graders, especially those from rural communities, to pursue careers in health care. The students qualified for the meet by submitting science projects in regional science competitions held in North Platte, Kearney, Lincoln, Beatrice, Scottsbluff and Omaha.
The expense-paid meet gives students the opportunity to participate in hands-on activities in education, research and patient care. Activities included touring UNMC’s 67-acre campus, visiting a research laboratory and conducting fun science experiments, making clay impressions to learn about the role of forensic dentistry, talking to health professionals about medical careers, and learning about heart disease.
Other activities included a pizza party, a visit to Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and the planetarium at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, and the Health/Science Bowl, a team competition held in a TV game show style.
UNMC, an academic health science center, is recognized nationally and internationally for its bone marrow and liver transplant programs, rural health care initiatives, biotechnology, geriatrics and cancer research and treatment. As Nebraska’s primary center for training health professionals, UNMC has been actively promoting programs which enable Nebraska to “grow its own” health care professionals. More than 50 percent of Nebraska physicians, pharmacists, dental professionals and other health professionals have graduated from UNMC.
Students in eighth-grade next year interested in applying to attend the 1998 Health/Science Meet should contact their science teacher, school counselor or principal in the fall of 1997. Information and applications for next year’s event will be sent to school officials during November 1997.
The students who participated in the 1997 Health/Science Meet and their hometowns and schools are listed below:
SCHOOL
Beatrice Middle School
Blue Hill Middle School
Blue Hill Middle School
Blue Hill Middle School
Bluffs Middle School
Bluffs Middle School
Bluffs Middle School
Bluffs Middle School
Bluffs Middle School
Bluffs Middle School
Bluffs Middle School
Bluffs Middle School
Bluffs Middle School
Bluffs Middle School
Bluffs Middle School
Bluffs Middle School
Bluffs Middle School
Broken Bow Middle School
Broken Bow Middle School
Dawes Middle School
Dawes Middle School
Dawes Middle School
Garden Prairie Academy
Grant Middle School
Grant Middle School
Grant Middle School
Grant Middle School
Grant Middle School
Grant Middle School
Hyannis High School
King Science Center
King Science Center
King Science Center
King Science Center
King Science Center
King Science Center
Lincoln Luthern
Lincoln Luthern
Lincoln Luthern
Lincoln Luthern
Lincoln Luthern
Lincoln Luthern
Lincoln Luthern
Lincoln Luthern
Lincoln Luthern
Lincoln Luthern
Lincoln Luthern
Lincoln Luthern
Lincoln Luthern
Lincoln Luthern
Lincoln Luthern
Lincoln Luthern
Lincoln Luthern
Lux Middle School
McMillan Magnet
McMillan Magnet
Monroe Middle School
South Platte
St. James/Seton
St. James/Seton
St. Patrick’s Jr. High School
St. Patrick’s Jr. High School
St. Patrick’s Jr. High School
Valley View
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STUDENT
Ty Dragoo
Michelle Pavelka
Andrew Karmazin
Michel Wallace
Justin Wickard
Stephanie Keller
Jennifer Eastman
Krista Hein
David Kretz
Katie McMillen
Cricket Naslund
Kelii Robinson
Carah Schaneman
Doug Scott
Anne Thieie
Veronica Van Voast
Naomi Schemm
Mary Shirkey
Angie Kraus
Effie Epke
Levi Gilbert
Laura Stevenson
Caleb Quick
Chad Stritt
Megan Bounds
Jessica Curlo
Tony Pofahl
Eric Gengenbach
Jennifer Tines
Jed Connealy
Veronica Barna
Steve Combs
Tiffany Strasser
Adam Marsh
Hanhan Li
Claire Devney
David Bliemeister
Julie Jank
Sarah Davy
Susanne Taege
Matthew Rabbe
Heather Foreman
Jennifer Duitsman
Suzanne House
Curtis Loontier
Nathan Tietz
Jason Wakerfield
Nate Gifford
Justin Lewallen
Matt Doerr
Jeremy Wiemer
Daniel Hellerich
Stefanie Horst
Amit Chakraborty
Heather Devivo
Michelle Martinez
Richard Tyler
Kenneth Balley
Rachel Kohles
Renee Kohles
Marie Colling
Adam Huebner
Mark Lindgren
Andrea Muff
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HOMETOWN
Beatrice
Bladen
Blue Hill
Glenvil
Gering
Mitchell
Scottsbluff
Scottsbluff
Scottsbluff
Scottsbluff
Scottsbluff
Scottsbluff
Scottsbluff
Scottsbluff
Scottsbluff
Scottsbluff
Scottsbluff
Broken Bow
Broken Bow
Lincoln
Lincoln
Lincoln
Whitman
Grant
Grant
Grant
Grant
Grant
Venango
Whitman
Omaha
Omaha
Omaha
Omaha
Omaha
Omaha
Lincoln
Lincoln
Lincoln
Lincoln
Lincoln
Lincoln
Lincoln
Lincoln
Lincoln
Lincoln
Lincoln
Lincoln
Lincoln
Lincoln
Lincoln
Lincoln
Lincoln
Lincoln
Omaha
Omaha
Omaha
Big Springs
Omaha
Omaha
McCook
North Platte
North Platte
Crete
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