227 UNMC Students To Receive Diplomas In Kearney, Omaha and Scottsbluff at Commencements

Diplomas will be conferred on 227 University of Nebraska Medical Center

students this week during commencement ceremonies in Kearney, Omaha and

Scottsbluff.

On Thursday, December 16 at 7 p.m., the Medical Center will hold the

winter commencement exercises in the Fine Arts Recital Hall on the Kearney

campus. At this time, approximately 22 graduates of the Kearney Division

of the College of Nursing will receive their diplomas and awards. 

A reception will follow the ceremony.

The Omaha UNMC commencement ceremony will take place on Friday, December

17, at 1 p.m. in the Witherspoon Concert Hall at the Joslyn Art Museum,

2200 Dodge Street.  About 100 students will receive degrees in nursing,

dentistry, graduate studies and the allied health professions.

The commencement ceremony of the West Nebraska Division of the College

of Nursing, in Scottsbluff, will take place on Saturday, Dec. 18, at 2

p.m. at the University of Nebraska Panhandle Research and Extension Center

Auditorium, 4502 Avenue I, Scottsbluff NE.  Eighteen nursing students

will receive their degrees and awards.  A reception will follow the

ceremony.

College of Dentistry

Doctor of Dental Surgery

SYRIA Samer Hakimeh

Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene

OMAHA Kelli Lynne Kleckner Kavan

College of Medicine


Doctor of Medicine

DRAPER, UTAH Marilyn Evonne Ashby Valentine

College of Nursing

Bachelor of Nursing (Kearney Division)

BROKEN BOW Darci Rae Horn (with High Distinction)


CALLAWAY Nicholette Kay Paulsen Hemphill


DUNCAN – Mari (Marianna) Lyn Spulak


FRIEND Jennifer Lynn McKeeman


GRAND ISLAND Kenzie Michelle Holsten and Jami Lynn Brooks Kennedy


HASTINGS Delbert LeRoy Miller


KEARNEY Ellen Marie Addison (with Distinction), Deena Lee Anderson,

Alyson Renee’ Eye, Loucinda Trevino Haffey, Rebecca Suzanne Hardekopf and

Amy Jo Townsend James


KIMBALL Brenda Jean Culek


LEXINGTON Amy LuNell Spotanski


MCCOOK Amy Lea Ahlers


NORTH PLATTE Diane LaNell Gellerman


PLEASANTON Katherine Elizabeth Geisler and Dalinda Dee Phillips


PURDUM Candice Leigh Kennedy


TRENTON Tammy Sue Schoenauer

SANBORN, IOWA Jamie Marie Getting

Bachelor of Nursing (Lincoln Division)

ALLIANCE Amy Elizabeth Nelson Cornish, Michelle Lynn Hance (with Distinction)

and Ann Elizabeth Wyman (with Distinction)


CLEARWATER Jennifer Lynn Esser (with High Distinction)


COLUMBUS Joni Lynn Andreasen


CREIGHTON Heather Marie Homan


FRANKLIN Sydnie Melissa Weaver Carraher (with High Distinction)


FREMONT Becky L. Bell and Holly Ann Cerny Petta


HARRISBURG Amy Marie Jimenez


LINCOLN Margaret Mary Adams, Jami L. K. Fulwider, Kristina Lynn Morin

Saunders, Carrie Lynn Tichota (with Distinction) and Margaret Lara Woeppel


MCCOOK Kimberly Ann Johnson


MINDEN Courtney Nicole Johnson


NEBRASKA CITY Hollie A. Heser


OMAHA Carrie Elizabeth Edwards and Cynthia Kay Yoder McCumbers


ORD Jennifer Leigh Gass Estudillo


OVERTON Kevin Kenneth Ourada


PAPILLION Kelly Lynne Klostermeyer (with Distinction)


STANTON Jessica Amy Eberly


STERLING Nicole Marie Goracke (with High Distinction)


UNADILLA Jamie Renee Schomerus

COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA Krissa Lynn Rogers


HUTCHINSON, MINN. Lisa Marie Thunstrom (with Distinction)


ST. LOUIS, MO. Tanya Dawn Stottlemyre Schielke

RUSSIA Rita Volochayev

Bachelor of Nursing (Omaha Division)

ARLINGTON Patricia Lynn Barger (with Distinction)


BELLEVUE Chang Suk Chun Giroux


CRETE Amy A. Bolen


FORT CALHOUN Sandra Kay Hobson


GRAND ISLAND Trinh Lam Huyen Nguyen


HAMPTON James Robert Kohtz


HASTINGS Kari Dawn Lauvetz


HOOPER Carrie Leigh Mueller (with High Distinction)


NEBRASKA CITY Mitchell Lee Barrett


NORFOLK Donna F. Novotny Canfield and Robin C. Prenzlow Merchant


OMAHA Anenye P. Nwokeocha Aloziem, Deborah Lynn Dulik, Brandy Lynn

Gorham, Sharifa Kathleen Klotz, Rachel Lynne Kozol (with High Distinction),

Kari Lynn Johnson Larrick, John A. McFayden, Stacy Lynn Sutton, Ina Marie

Diaz Ulanday, Jill Marie Upah, Matthew Dwayne Westercamp, Danielle Leigh

Whorlow, Tammy Payich Wisecup and Helen M. Wozniak


PONCA Debra Lynn Uehling


RALSTON David Bruce McIntyre


ST. EDWARD Teresa Leigh Wallick Reinhart


VERDIGRE Brian Lee Uhlir

HAMBURG, IOWA Kimberly Jo Hulsing


MISSOURI VALLEY, IOWA Kimberly Noele Smith


CHESAPEAKE BEACH, MD. Deidre Anne Jones (with Distinction)

ZIMBABWE Euredis Chipendo

Bachelor of Nursing (West Nebraska Division)

ALLIANCE Melissa Ann Lucas, Tonya J. Smith and Phyllis Ann Morris

Wallace (Academic Excellence)


BRIDGEPORT Holly Faye Catron Dobrinski (with High Distinction)


CHADRON – Renee’ Leigh Hughbanks


GERING Jason Dean Beals, Christine Kaye Peterson Buhr and Christina

Lee Walters


KIMBALL Carol Anne Pargiter Smith and Traci Jo Webb


RUSHVILLE Andrea Kay Kuester


SCOTTSBLUFF Ace George Backer, Judy Marie Bowlin (with Distinction),

Jeanne Marie Strauss Houchin, Laura Nadine Murrell Staman and Patricia

Ann Weddell Wysocki

EATON, COLO. Kimberly Diane Kreps Helzer


LYMAN, WYO. Niki Marie Jerome (with Distinction)


SHERIDAN, WYO. Sandra Sue Ward Suhr

Post Masters Certificate in Nursing

BLAIR Lynne Buchanan Larkin

School of Allied Health Professions

Post Baccalaureate Certificate in Cytotechnology

OMAHA Betty Ann Jackson

Master of Physician Assistant Studies

CLEARWATER Peter James Thiele


COLUMBUS Jeffrey Arlyn Johannes


FREMONT Lindsey Mari Bolton


FULLERTON Chelsea Marie Schuster (with High Distinction)


GERING Aaron I. Salomon (with Distinction)


HOLDREGE Jodie Lynn Scheele


HUMBOLDT Matthew D. Garris


KEARNEY Anthony John Cox


LINCOLN Pamela Lynn Dickey


MITCHELL Stephen Eugene Van Noy


MURRAY Bryan W. Corwin


NEBRASKA CITY Samantha Ann Satterfield (with Distinction)


OMAHA Richard E. Bailey III, Christina Leigh Bruning, Michelle Renee

Christensen, Nanette D. Coffey Diederich, Patrick Joseph Egger, Anne Elizabeth

Fell, Paula Marie Hillhouse (with High Distinction), Jennifer M. Huey-Voorhees,

David Matthew Kuphal, Jennye Marie Matula, Patrick L. McClaughry, Dana

D. Petersen, Shelly Marie Schutte, David Duane Siebels, Louis D. Sully

and Joseph Lewis Verzal


PLATTSMOUTH Rebecca Marie Wehrbein (with High Distinction)


SCOTTSBLUFF Susan Jo Deal


SHELTON Jaime Renee Rother


SUTTON Michelle Renae Nelson


UTICA Amy Kathryn Stoll


WILBER Michael John Sebek

ARVADA, COLO. Lorraine M. DiSalle


AURORA, COLO. Melanie Anicee Rendon Anderson


EDINA, MINN. Jonell Annette Obst Tempero (with Distinction)


OSLO, MINN. Nicole Cristine Anvinson (with Highest Distinction)

Bachelor of Science (Physician Assistant Military Program)

OMAHA Cindi K. Krueger-Uhing

DECATUR, ALA. Phillip Shannon Farris


JACKSONVILLE, ALA. Joseph Allen Clarke


TUSCALOOSA, ALA. Ronny Perry Bigham


VALLEY, ALA. Brian Ernest Walker


ANCHORAGE, ALASKA Paul Andrew Becker


LITTLE ROCK, ARK. Kenneth L. Weaver


CERRITOS, CALIF.  — Thomas Wayne Bingamon


CORONA, CALIF.   William Roy Reynolds


SAN DIEGO, CALIF. —  Steven Robert Noakes


SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. Jeffrey Walter Clark


ARVADA, COLO. Karen Christine Nzerem


COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. Charles Lloyd Stanley


WASHINGTON, D.C. Donald Adams


BRANDON, FLA. Jacqueline E. King


NAPLES, FLA. Lynn L. Grosvenor


ATLANTA, GA. Hector Ricardo Stephenson


MACON, GA. Arthur Ross Hooper


E. DUBUQUE, ILL. Mark Steven Buhr


HENRY, ILL. Jon Robert Fox


CERESCO, IOWA Diane Kay Patterson


WINTERSET, IOWA Bradley D. Frey


CLAY, KY. Ray Clark Vaughn


LOUISVILLE, KY. Barry Jerome Cleary and Stephen Michael DeLellis


BATON ROUGE, LA. David Wayne Broussard


BALTIMORE, MD. Enrico Lapena Sarmiento


FREDERICK, MD. Christopher Brannon Cole


WALDORF, MD. George Victor Nazarewicz


WORCESTER, MASS. Marc Vincent Bisceglia


NEW BOSTON, MICH. Gregory Allen Gootee


NEW YORK MILLS, MINN. Toni Denise Muckala


HATTIESBURG, MISS. Wendell Bart Bullock


JACKSON, MISS. Lynitta Denise McCoy


LEBANON, MO. Gregory Louis Beelek


THOMASVILLE, N.C. Kathy Renee’ Childress Hawkins


ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Mark Louis Donald II


TUCUMCARI, N.M. James Joseph Jones


DAYTON, OHIO Bryan William Meece


KENTON, OHIO Aaron Scott Holly


LIMA, OHIO Tom A. Judy


VINTON, OHIO Dean Robert Adkins


FOREST GROVE, ORE. Shawn Robert Vanderploeg


LEBANON, PA. Jason M. Cheyney


WRIGHTSVILLE, PA. Steven Michael Strocko


CHARLESTON, S.C. Gregory Steven Davidson


ELGIN, S.C. Kevin Walter Burnham


SMOAKS, S.C. Patrick Michael Hare


KNOXVILLE, TENN. Anthony Lynn Tillman


INEZ, TEXAS William D. Roberts


SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS Rudi Trujillo Dimas and Enrique Guerrero, Jr.


CHASE CITY, VA. Beverly Lynn West


WAITSFIELD, VT. Jeremy Brian Orr

CANADA Craig Leslie Knott


GERMANY Frank M. Dessauer


GUAM Ray C. Tajalle


PHILIPPINES Edwin Adona Chavez


TOA BAJA, PUERTO RICO Luis Angel Santiago

Bachelor of Science (Radiology Science Technology)

OMAHA Mary Louise Headley

Graduate College


Doctor of Philosophy

HASTINGS Michelle Lynn Kingsley Kallesen


WILBER Francine Ann Vana Nelson

GLENDALE, CALIF. Cibby Varkey Altamirano


AURORA, COLO. Sandra Lynn Willian


LATIMER, IOWA Marian Roberta Lona Elling Maas


ROCHESTER, MINN. Joyce Marie Graupmann Black


MADISON, WIS. Todd Jeffrey Page

ARGENTINA Nancy Esther Caceres


BRAZIL Rossana M. Allende


CHINA – Tzu-Ching Meng, Bing Wang and Peng Zhang

Master of Science

OMAHA Aimee Beth Schreiner and Margaret Kay St. John

STERLING, ILL. Jennifer M. Pettorini Craft


BRIGHAM CITY, UTAH Brian William Baird

Master of Science in Nursing

GERING Ginger Lynn Morris Brasuell and Japheth Gene Hessler

ELKADER, IOWA Mary Grace McGowan

IRELAND Kathleen Elizabeth O’Hearn Pepin

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 countrys leading centers for cancer research

and treatment and solid organ transplantation.  More than $32 million

in research grants and contracts are awarded to UNMC scientists annually. 

In addition, UNMCs educational programs are responsible for training more

health professionals practicing in Nebraska than any other institution.


 


 

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