The University of Nebraska Medical Center will host 60 eighth grade
students from 21 schools across Nebraska at its ninth Health/Science Meet
June 6-8, in Omaha. The students qualified for the meet by submitting science
projects in regional science competitions earlier this year.
The goal of the meet, an educational, hands-on experience, is to inspire
students to pursue careers in the health professions and ultimately reduce
shortages of rural Nebraska health professionals. Of Nebraska’s 93 counties,
more than half have a shortage of primary care professionals and nearly
two-thirds have shortages of mental health professionals.
The expense-paid meet introduces students to the health sciences.
Students will be exposed to a variety of educational experiences, including
meeting with researchers and health professionals to see and learn about
science experiments and various tools in the health professions. They also
will tour different parts of the campus and get an insight into health
research, education and patient care.
Activities also include entertainment at Mahoney State Park, as well
as a melodrama and the Health/Science Bowl, a team competition held in
a TV game show style.
The below schools are scheduled to be represented at the meet.
Arapahoe — Arapahoe Public Schools
Aurora — Aurora Middle School
Bellevue — Mission Middle School
Big Springs — South Platte Middle School
Blue Hill — Blue Hill Public Schools
Brady — Brady Public School
Broken Bow — Broken Bow Middle School
Crete Valley View District #18
Dix — Potter-Dix Public Schools
Farnam — Eustis-Farnam Middle Schools
Grant — Grant Middle School
Lincoln — Lincoln Lutheran Jr/Sr High
Maxwell — Maxwell Public Schools
Mitchell — Haig School
Neligh — Neligh-Oakdale Public School
North Platte — Adams Middle School and North Platte St. Patrick’s
Junior/Senior High
Omaha — Millard Central Middle School
Petersburg — Boone Central Middle School
Wallace — Wallace Public School
Winside — Winside Public School
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