Sixty-four eighth-grade students from 26 schools across Nebraska are
attending the University of Nebraska Medical Centers 12th annual Health/Science
Meet June 10-12, for an educational and fun experience. The meets goal
is to inspire students, especially those from rural communities, to pursue
careers in health care. The students qualified for the meet by submitting
science projects in regional science competitions earlier in the year.
The expense-paid meet exposes students to the health professions, medical
research and patient care. Events include hands-on science activities,
presentations about a variety of health science disciplines, touring UNMC,
a team science competition and entertainment.
Students interested in applying to attend next years eighth-grade Health/Science
Meet should contact their science teacher, school counselor or principal
in the fall.
Below is a list of all the students who participated. Identification
of students in photos are left to right in alphabetical order of their
last names (as listed below).
Location of school/School name/Student/Students hometown
Ainsworth — Ainsworth Middle School: Lane Carr, Monisha Dixit, Kyle
Klammer, Brandon Painter and Dustin Thornton, all of Ainsworth
Brady — Brady Public Schools: Brandon Davis and Kendra Hansen of Brady
Cody — Cody-Kilgore Jr. High: Samantha Bryant of Kilgore
Crete — Valley View Public School: Logan Sand of Crete
Elgin — Elgin Public Schools: Jennifer Bush and Amanda Hemenway of
Elgin
Elkhorn — Elkhorn Ridge Middle School: Madison Rezaei of Omaha
Farnam — Eustis-Farnam Middle School: Lindsey Ferrell and Courtney
Gengenbach of Eustis and Taryn Pieper of Farnam
Giltner — Kyle Schroeder of Alda
Grant — Grant Elementary School: China Dixon and Troy Erlewine of
Ogallala and Todd Ford, Jr. and Ross Kurkowski of Grant
Lincoln — Lefler Middle School: Katie Bencken of Lincoln
Lincoln Lutheran Junior High School: Jesse Heibel and Ryan Huck
of Lincoln
Mitchell — Haig Public School: Joel Brown (Scottsbluff), Taylor Johns
(Mitchell), Nathan Keller (Mitchell), Nick Martin and Heidi Strauch (Mitchell)
Neligh — Neligh-Oakdale Public School: Kelsey Kallhoff of Neligh
Norfolk — Norfolk Jr. High: Idalia Castillo, and Christopher Tiedtke
of Norfolk
North Platte — St. Patrick’s Jr./Sr. High: Mikaela Baxter, Erin Dobesh,
Halley Faulhaber, Jessica Gutschenritter, Kortnei Hoeft, Jenna Miller,
Danielle Wieseler, and Katherine Wyatt of North Platte
Omaha — Andersen Middle School: Jacob Gruber of Omaha
Beveridge Magnet School: Michael Blecha, Ehiamen Okoruwa
St. Cecilia Cathedral School: Emily Reeder of Omaha
Ord — Ord High School: Riley Machal of Ord
Raymond — Raymond Central Junior High: Elizabeth Grimes of Raymond
Roseland — Silver Lake High School: Aurora Gibson and Derrick Shaw
of Roseland and Maddie Thurston of Campbell
Schuyler — District #24 Colfax County School: Angela Brichacek of
Clarkson
Wallace — Wallace School Dist. 65R: Raymond Bringewatt of Wallace
and Ilene Jameson of Elsie
Waterloo — Waterloo Public Schools: Chalie Walvoord of Waterloo
Wayne — Wayne Middle School: Jonathan Carranza (Wayne), Heidi Garvin
(Wayne), Tina Glassmeyer (Wayne), Madelynn Jager (Wayne), Abigail Kenny
(Carroll), Jessica Kranz (Wayne), Ashley Kudrna (Wayne), Ally Miller (Wakefield),
Elizabeth Shultheis (Carroll), and William Smith (Wayne)
Wood River — Wood River Middle School: Markeya Dubbs of Wood River