Diplomas will be conferred on 164 University of Nebraska
Medical Center students this month during commencement ceremonies
in Kearney, Omaha, Lincoln and Scottsbluff.
In Kearney on Thursday, December 18, at 7 p.m., 23 students
from the College of Nursing will receive diplomas at the Fine
Arts Recital Hall at the University of Nebraska at Kearney.
In Omaha on Friday, December 19, at 2 p.m., at the Joslyn Art
Museum, 91 diplomas will be presented to graduates of the
Colleges of Nursing, Medicine, the School of Allied Health and
the Graduate College.
In Lincoln on Saturday, December 20, at 9:30 a.m., 28
graduates from the College of Nursing will receive their diplomas
at the Lied Center for Performing Arts on the University of
Nebraska Lincoln campus.
In Scottsbluff on Sunday, December 21, at 2 p.m., at
Scottsbluff Senior High School, 22 graduates of the College of
Nursing will receive their diplomas.
The following is a list of graduates by college, degree and
hometown:
COLLEGE OF NURSING
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (Omaha)
BELLEVUE — Shelby Lee Pagel and Melissa Kelli Towles
CLARKSON — Jennifer Sue Herling
FREMONT — Julie Diane Burke
HOLDREGE — Dianne Kathleen Koesters Heath
LINCOLN — Bruce O. Lovejoy
OMAHA — Dianna S. Hazard Adams (with High
Distinction), Kimberly Jo Bang Albaugh, Mary Francis McNeil
Bartek, Demerri J. Bond (with Distinction), Pamela Jean
Clifford (with Distinction), Rebecca Jeanette Cook,
Katherine A. Goltl, Laura Anne Goltl (with High Distinction),
Sarah Ann Moss (with High Distinction), Erin Nicole
Neufind, Susan Eileen Polson, Rita Jean Henley Reed, Kenneth Dean
Struble and Kristin Nicole Wooten (with Distinction)
PLATTSMOUTH — Kim Groenjes
WEST POINT — Mark E. Schulz
CLARINDA, IOWA — Dana Nichole Hemmen and Leah Michelle
Neumeyer
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA — Jodi Ann Kilibarda (with
High Distinction) and Jill Marie Petersen
CHICAGO, ILL. — Kristin Michelle Farritor
GRETNA, LA. — Pamela Althea Agee Pete
KEVIN, MONT. — Theresa Marie Knaup Hooper
BROOKINGS, S.D. — Christine Laree Drake Watts
OCONTO, WIS. — Connie Stageman
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (Lincoln)
NORFOLK — Melissa Camille Becker
BLAIR — Ellie Jo Nockels
CERESCO — Nicole Ranae Weyers
COLUMBUS — Pamela Dawn Jochens
ELMWOOD — Bryce Andrew Miller
FAIRBURY — Heather Ann Omel (with Distinction)
FREMONT — LeAnne M. Wendt
GENOA — Jennifer Lynn Rippke
LAUREL — Deborah Ann Ward (with Distinction)
LINCOLN — Jane Kay Harkrader Douglass, Michael Lee
Eisenhauer, Kristine Kay Vrooman Smith, Nancy Jeanne Kube
Sorensen and Kathryn Marie Westerhold
MERNA — Melissa Ann Caudle
MILLIGAN — Jo Ann Capek
NELIGH — Michelle Lynn Farber Furstenau
NORFOLK — Michelle Marie Brudigan and Kristin A.
Eberhardt
OMAHA — Jennifer Marie Cosgrove, Amy Sue Faller, Letha
Michelle Pugh and Nikki Louise Villotta
OSCEOLA — Justus Vina Anderson
STEINAUER — Jody Lynn Herrick
WEST POINT — Kristin Marie Lemmerman Kreikemeier
WESTON — Michelle Marie Ratkovec
WATERTOWN, S.D. — Kristin Louise Rector
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (Kearney)
ARAPAHOE — Kasey Lee Pearson Breinig and Jana Lynn
Dawson Koller (with High Distinction)
BEATRICE — Robert A. Weichel
BURWELL — Teresa Rose Bowers Fischer and Linda Lue
Janicek-Coufal (with Distinction)
ELWOOD — Shari Lynn Debban Rogers (with High
Distinction)
HASTINGS — Jessica Croft Dorsa (with Distinction)
and Crystal Dawn Murphy
HILDRETH — Jacqueline Loraine Graul
JUNIATA — Nicole Lynn Skrdla
KEARNEY — Sheila Lynn Phillippie Bissell, Tanya Marie
Montoya DeLaet, Sara Jo Gasseling, Audrey Mae Heath (with High
Distinction), Cynthia Hayes Shultz (with High Distinction),
Mary B. Stevenson (with High Distinction) and Cynthia Ann
Frey Willhoit
O’NEILL — Laurie Lynn Klitz
OMAHA — Jennifer Lea Dewey
ORD — Shannon Dawn Rice
SUPERIOR — Holly Renée Nelson
STRATTON, COLO. — Meredith Anne Siekman
HILL CITY, KAN. — Marguerite Renee Donnelly Walton
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (Scottsbluff)
ALLIANCE — Tracy Marie Kelly and Rachelle Christine
Reynolds
BRIDGEPORT — Melissa J. Johnson and Kimberly Lynn
Rehling-Anthony (with High Distinction)
GERING — Amy Lynne Robbins Campbell, Janelle Ann
Kelley (with Distinction) and Heather Marie Wilhelm
GORDON — Mark Charles Kersey (with Distinction)
GRANT — Kristen Dawn Gloy
HAYES CENTER — Robin Lynn Morehead
KIMBALL — Thomas A. Kellner and Susan A. Stineman
Nelson (with High Distinction)
MCCOOK — Charles Robert Woodruff (with Distinction)
OGALLALA — Debra Renee DeVoe
RED CLOUD — Sharri Lee Shipman
SCOTTSBLUFF — Christopher Daniel Contonis, Holly Lynn
Fabricus, Angela Dawn Martin and Sandra Sue Douglass Nerud (with
High Distinction)
MARSLAND — Trish A. Wilkins (with High Distinction)
NICEVILLE, FLA. — Jennifer Anne Griner
PINE RIDGE, S.D. — Sharon Twila Alford Munoz
COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
Doctor of Medicine
LOUISVILLE — Annette Marie Bojanski
OMAHA — Elisabeth Cleary Shearon
SCHOOL OF ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONS
Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology
CHINA — Lihua Yang
Bachelor of Science in Radiation Science
Technology
MCCOOK — Michelle Rae Chancellor Henrickson
Masters in Physician Assistant Studies
ALLIANCE — Jim M. Allen
ARAPAHOE — Ryan Joel Lieske
BELLEVUE — Kimberley Ann Meyer
BLAIR — Susan Lynne Stuart Ryan (with High
Distinction)
CEDAR RAPIDS — Karen R. Mackie Cotton
CENTRAL CITY — Brandi Lane Lesiak
CHADRON — M. Paul Lawrence
COLUMBUS — Marjorie B. Siems Strnad (with High
Distinction)
DAVID CITY — Lynn Marie Kocian
FREMONT — Cherie Renee Havranek Martinez
GRAND ISLAND — Laura Ann Luther Fox
LINCOLN — Ingra Renée Marrs
MCCOOK — Joseph Dean Blankenship (with High
Distinction)
OMAHA — Donald Wayne Allison, Jr., John Ross Bagley,
Brian Anthony Fontana, Curtis Floyd Forst, Scott Alan Hixson,
Heidi Christine Larson, Laura Ann Lindauer, Chad Jeffrey
McClellan (with High Distinction), Stella Garcia McKinney,
Richard Lee Pratt and Steven J. Warta
PAPILLION — Paul Wilson Jenkins
SCOTTSBLUFF — David L. Blauvelt and Brenda L. Hinze (with
High Distinction)
WACO — Bruce Lynn Kohtz
WALTHILL — Shellie Lynn Athey Harms (with High
Distinction)
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — Susanne A. Galvin (with
High Distinction)
FORT COLLINS, COLO. — James P. Wittstock
LENOX, IOWA — Darcy Lynn Rubenking
MONDAMIN, IOWA — Dena Ann Globe Keckler
SIOUX CITY, IOWA — Thomas William Homan
WATERLOO, IOWA — Kelly K. Stevens (with
Distinction)
NORTHBROOK, ILL. — Amy Anne Herhahn Eifert
LAS VEGAS, NEV. — Tamika Rosché Boulware
ELLWOOD CITY, PA. — Charles David Christie
TORRINGTON, WYO. — Vance V. Siedenburg
CHINA — Lu Liu
GRADUATE COLLEGE
Master of Science in Nursing
OMAHA — Barbara Kaye Byers Carnes and Mona L.
Dubinskas Casey
SCOTTSBLUFF — Anne Hippe
YORK — Jane R. Thompson
CHEROKEE, IOWA — Mary S. Benson
SIOUX CITY, IOWA — Collette Smith McCullough
Master of Science
LINCOLN — Anna Mae Ragland
NICARAGUA — Karla Patricia Fuentes
Doctor of Philosophy
LINCOLN — Vickie Lou Cooper
OMAHA — Juliane Kathryn Strauss-Soukup and Lisbeth Ann
Welniak
WORTHINGTON, MINN. — Marcelline R. Harris
KANSAS CITY, MO. — Ann L. Male Yaktine
CHINA — Zhi Xu and Kun Zhang
THAILAND — Viravan Prapapanich