Scholarships Awarded to UNMC
Students
Twenty-nine outstanding students at the
University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha have been awarded
scholarships for the 1997-1998 academic year. The scholarships,
which totaled more than $116,000, were awarded by the Nebraska
Medical Education Fund, the UNMC Faculty Women’s Club, the
College of Medicine Alumni Association as well as several other
foundations or scholarship funds. The students represent all of
UNMC’s educational programs including the Colleges of
Nursing, Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy, the School of Allied
Health Professions and the Graduate College.
The scholarship recipients are listed below by
hometown, name and amount of the scholarship awarded, and the
college or school that he or she attends:
NEBRASKA:
ALLIANCE — Lisa McMeekin, College of
Medicine Alumni Association, $11,300, College of Medicine
AURORA — Gregory Alberts, College of
Medicine Alumni Association, $11,300, College of Medicine
AXTELL — Myrna Groothuis, UNMC Faculty
Women’s Club, $2,405 and Gilbert C. Swanson Foundation,
$1,000, School of Allied Health Professions
BRIDGEPORT — Katherine Panas, UNMC
Faculty Women’s Club, $650, School of Allied Health
Professions
CRETE — Lance Schupbach, Nebraska
Medical Education Fund, $5,000, College of Medicine
DE WITT — Amy Klasek, UNMC Faculty
Women’s Club, $1,038, College of Nursing
GILTNER — Stephanie Neuhaus, UNMC
Faculty Women’s Club, $4,187, College of Medicine
HASTINGS — Ryan Hughes, Philip I.
Mockett Memorial Scholarship, $600, College of Dentistry
KEARNEY — Kristin Heuermann, Nebraska
Medical Education Fund, $5,000, College of Medicine
LEXINGTON — Sarah Svoboda, Marjorie
Merwin Simons Memorial Scholarship, $1,800, College of Medicine
LINCOLN — Trevor Lundstrom, Nebraska
Medical Educational Fund, $5,000, College of Medicine Tina
Padley, UNMC Faculty Women’s Club, $2,405, College of
Dentistry
Trisha Powers, Nebraska Medical Educational
Fund, $5,000, College of Medicine
Cathleen Steinegger, College of Medicine Alumni
Association, $11,300, College of Medicine
Lisa Thurber, Nebraska Medical Educational
Fund, $5,000, College of Medicine
OMAHA — Julie Chase, Philip I.
Mockett Memorial Scholarship, $600, College of Pharmacy
Amy Farha-Neary, Gilbert C. Swanson Foundation,
$1,000, College of Pharmacy
Lance Hoffman, Nebraska Medical Education Fund,
$5,000, College of MedicineBonnie Jones, College of Medicine
Alumni Association, $11,300, College of Medicine
Karen Mark, Nora Parker Linn Memorial
Scholarship, $600, Graduate College
Vu Nguyen, Nebraska Medical Education Fund,
$5,000, College of Medicine
SEWARD — Brian Dinkelman, Philip I.
Mockett Memorial Scholarship, $600, School of Allied Health Professions
SOUTH SIOUX CITY — Traci Redler, UNMC
Faculty Women’s Club, $1,825, College of Pharmacy
WAHOO — Susan Sabatka, UNMC Faculty
Women’s Club, $1,045, College of Dentistry
OUTSIDE NEBRASKA:
GRAND MEADOW, MINNESOTA — Donald
Skifter, UNMC Faculty Women’s Club, $700, Graduate College
MOUNT CALVARY, WISCONSIN — Michael
Stang, College of Medicine Alumni Association, $11,300, College
of Medicine
PAWTUCKET, RHODE ISLAND — Kathryn
Hughes, Nora Parker Linn Memorial Scholarship, $600, College of
Medicine
SHENANDOAH, IOWA — Janet Johnson,
Gilbert C. Swanson Foundation, $1,000, College of Nursing
WESTMINSTER, CALIFORNIA — Monique
Mathews, Nebraska Medical Education Fund, $5,000, College of
Medicine