Eighty-eight students from the University of Nebraska Medical
Center College of Nursing were named to the dean’s list following the 1998
spring semester. To qualify for the dean’s list, students must have
a grade point average of 3.8 or above.
The UNMC College of Nursing, with divisions in Omaha, Lincoln, Kearney
and Scottsbluff, is the largest nursing college in Nebraska. It is
the only nursing college in the state to offer bachelor’s, master’s and
doctoral degrees.
Names and hometowns of students on the dean’s list are listed below
by campus:
KEARNEY CAMPUS
ALEXANDRIA – Lecia Seitz
ALLEN – Abbey Schroeder
BROKEN BOW – Darci Horn
FULLERTON – Sara Horacek
GERING – Heather Sixel
HARTINGTON – Jamie Jansen
HASTINGS – Carlene Bass
HERMAN – Katie Peters
KEARNEY – Jennifer Allison, Patricia Matson, Cynthia McCoun,
Candace Olsen and Kellie Wulf
LITCHFIELD – Samantha Schultz
MCCOOK – Andrea Bunstock
NORTH PLATTE – Rebecca Colvin and Brooke Simon
LINCOLN CAMPUS
ADAMS – Lori Widdifield
ALLIANCE – Manda White
AUBORN – Abby Nies
BEAVER CROSSING – Brook Knisley
BELLEVUE – Jenni Rollins
BROKEN BOW – Heather Snurr
DECATUR – Leslie Haeffner
FRANKLIN – Sydnie Weaver
FREMONT – Lori Kadavy
HICKMAN – Jill Doolittle
IMPERIAL – Jane Bessler
LEXINGTON – Jennifer Senn
LINCOLN – Candy Ashcraft, Jane Bitney, Joellen Frey, Jay Hawkins, Catherine
Keown, Matthew Montgomery, Carrie
Tichota and Rita Volochayev
McCOOK – Jessica Mondero
NEBRASKA CITY – Laura Crooker
NORTH PLATTE – Sydney BucklandOMAHA – Amber Combs
PAPILLION – Kelly Klostermeyer and Stacia Welch
STERLING – Nicole Goracke
VALENTINE – Summer Markus
WEST POINTE – Emily Kindschuh
HUTCHINSON, MINN. – Lisa Thunstrom
MINNITONKA, MINN. – Karen Walstad
SIOUX FALLS, SD. – Heather Palmer
OMAHA CAMPUS
ARLINGTON – Paticia Barger
BELLEVUE – Catherine Laugesen (also listed under LEAVENWORTH, KAN.)
BROKEN BOW – Heather Peck
CHESTER – Diane Hokamp
FALLS CITY – Amy Yager
LINCOLN – Kristine Remmers
NORFOLK – Stacy Unger
OMAHA – Victoria Baasch, Deborah Becker, Michelle Distenfano, Kendra
Fish, Maureen Geiger, Shantel Kruse, Tracy Reick, Heather Scholting, Elizabeth
Schreiner and Jennifer Sutton
GLENWOOD, IA – Jennifer Goos
LEAVENWORTH, KAN. – Catherine Laugesen (also listed under BELLEVUE)
SCOTTSBLUFF CAMPUS
ALLIANCE – Diana Varvel
BAYARD – Cindy Buchmeier (listed under FAIRBURY also)
BRIDGEPORT – Jennifer Hass
CHADRON – Susan Hoff and Sandy Pohl
CLARKS – Amber Ziemba
CRAWFORD – Stephanie Hughart
FAIRBURY – Cindy Buchmeier (listed under BAYARD also)
HASTINGS – Elizabeth Nemetz
LINCOLN – James Wolfe
MITCHELL – Mary Lafler and Lenna Booth (Booth listed under YODER,
WYO. also)
SCHUYLER – Jeremiah Jensen
SCOTTSBLUFF – Judy Bowlin, Kadie Bringelson, Alana Haffner, Allyson
Happold and Dana Kilthau
GARFIELD, COLO. – Karen Andersen
ESTES PARK, COLO. and LOVELAND, COLO. – Jan Conner
LAFAYETTE, COLO. – Elizabeth Moeller
NEW CASTLE, WYO. – Brian Cooley
YODER, WYO. – Lenna Booth (listed under MITCHELL also)
UNMC is the only public academic health science center in the state.
Through its commitment to research, education and patient care, UNMC has
established itself as one of the country’s leading centers for cancer research
and treatment and solid organ transplantation. More than $27 million
in research grants and contracts are awarded to UNMC scientists annually.
In addition, UNMC’s educational programs are responsible for training more
health professionals practicing in Nebraska than any other institution.