Students enrolled in the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing and the College of Pharmacy were named to the dean’s list following the 2009 spring semester.
UNMC College of Nursing
Eighty-eight nursing students made the Spring 2009 dean’s list. To qualify for the UNMC College of Nursing dean’s list, students must be enrolled in at least 12 credit hours and have a grade point average of 3.75 or above. The following is a list of nursing students and their hometowns. Maiden names are included in parenthesis.
UNMC College of Nursing (Omaha)
Bellevue – Audreya Comes
Omaha – Jessica Bosn, Kimberly Dizona, Kristie Fear, Emilie Gausman, Emily Harms, Sarah Higgins, Ashley Holdsworth, Chelsea Huntington, Claire McGowan, Jessica Morris, Samantha Nelsen, Heather Schneider, Joseph Sodoro, Jackie Tewes and Lucas Thomsen
UNMC College of Nursing Lincoln Division
Ainsworth – Sarah Tucker
Ashland – McKayla Clark
Callaway – Laura-Leigh Norris
Columbus – Hilary Brewer and Brooke Rambour
DuBois – Laurel Sunneberg
Fremont – Emily Helget
Grand Island – Lacey Gee and April Lopez
Hastings – Leslie Wilson
Holdrege – Kinsey Brendel
Humboldt – Kelly Moyer
Lincoln –Rebekah Breght-Liechti, Chelsea Danek, Candice Fryda, Emily Harrison, Lisa Havick, Megan Johnson, Mikaela Sandhorst, Angela Scheer, Abby Schmith, Anna Tereshchecko and Linda Witte
Madrid – Roxanne Hagan
Norfolk – Brittany Pohlman
Omaha – Rebeeca Johnson and Erin Schrunk
Papillion – Erica Peters
Plattsmouth – Elizabeth Rolfson
Rising City – Joanna Schultz
Scotssbluff – Lacy Chlopek
Wayne – Emlyn Mann
Wilber— Tiffany Hollibaugh
Atlantic, IA – Kelsi Sharp
Hoffman Est, IL – Jill Kurbyun
Kansas City, MO – Kelsey Gutschow
Lake Zurich, IL – Kristin Penney
Lenexa, KS – Laura Dopp
Redwood Falls, MN – Jenna Hansen
Rolling Prairie, IN – Lindsey Bostock
UNMC College of Nursing Kearney Division
Beatrice – Megan (Smith) Blanton
Gothenburg – Samuel Auld
Wilcox – Shannon Bauer
UNMC College of Nursing West Nebraska Division (Scottsbluff)
Alliance – J. Floyd Colwell
Chappell – Rebecca Peters
Dannebrog – Jamissa Davis
Gering – Jeffrey Johnson
Grand Island – Seth Reher and Mollie Seim
Hay Springs – Amy Bond
Hemingford – Kristin Leeling
Hickman – Adam Zetterman
Hyannis – Jared Sibbitt
Imperial – Janette Davidson
Kenesaw – Luke Osler
Lincoln – Duong Hoang, David Hutcheson and Andrew Miller
Norfolk – Susan Samuels
North Platte – Meghan Allison and Michelle Cramer
Scottsbluff – Jennifer Lindeken
Sidney – Shari Fritz
Fresno, CA – Trisha Magnuson
Fort Collins, CO – Megan Ries
Julesburg, CO – Elizabeth Lowery
Salt Lake City, UT – Chantel Brewer
Lingle, WY – Tara Rose
Lusk, WY – Brandi Sides
Torrington, WY – Sherri Peterson, Sarah Voltmer and Shanel Wambolt
UNMC College of Pharmacy
Seventy-two students from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy were named to the Spring 2009 dean’s list. To qualify for the dean’s list, pharmacy students must place in the top 20 percent of their class and maintain a grade point average of 3.5 or above. The students and their hometowns are listed below. Maiden names are included in parenthesis.
Albion – Kathryn Carder
Ashland – Amanda (Klauck) Gilbert
Bellevue – Ryan Kolarik and Jolene Tiller
Blair – Elizabeth (Perrigo) Eickman
Burwell – Margaret (Piper) Kucera
Cambridge – Cara Bruckman
Columbus – Canice Coan
Creighton – Julie Sorensen
Fairbuy – Shannon Schultz
Gering – Regan Pettijohn
Grand Island – Katherine (Frost) Miller
Gretna – Michelle Anderson
Hastings – Theresa (Kober) Reiber
Hebron – Austin Farnstrom
Henderson – Lisa Weedin
Howells – Stacy (Vollmer) Ebel
Indianola – Jeanie Bayliss
Inland – Erin (Ablott) Kautz
Johnson – Rachel (Gerdes) Rohrs
Kearney – Lisa (Walters) Carstensen, Derek Deyle, Tessa (Smolik) Deyle and Danielle Reinke
Lincoln – Anna (Trosper) Foley, Robert Kurasawa and Ngoc-Thao Phan
Meadow Grove – Erin Koch
Nebraska City – Emily Rice
Norfolk — Megan (Renner) Altwine
North Platte — Levi Laubner
Omaha – Rebecca (Seeba) Evans, Ryan Frickell, Mary (Witt) Gargano, Elizabeth Gwilt, Sarah (Vavra) Hebda, Kathryn (Harman) Hentzen, Patrick Mesenbrink, Elizabeth Miller, Carrie (Mislivec) Nixon, Stephanie (Lawton) Pestotnik, Evan Peterson, Julia Reffert, Daniel Schroeder, Corinne Shields, Adam Smith and Lacey (Hanson) West
Ord – Chad Bartholomew, Amy (Freouf) Ferdinand and Megan Nelson
Palmer – Stacy Pelican
Papillion – Monica Hanson
Pender – Ashley Brondum, Jessica (Cooper) Karas and Mary Venteicher
Pierce – Mary Venteicher
Schulyer – Megan Kehrli
Seward – Megan Hrnicek
Spencer – Amy Krotter
St. Libory – Adam Placke
St. Paul – Jennifer Nesiba and Jeffrey Platek
Superior – Jennifer Warneking
Sutherland – Katie Marquette
Wahoo – Brent Cernik and Megan (Miller) Wiese
Glenwood, IA – Jessica Chardoulias
Mannford, OK – Angela Pantelogianis
Winger, MN – Jeremy Gieseke
Maryville, MO – Christy Hanna
Tyndall, SD – Jaclyn (Schuurmans) Dvoracek
South Korea – Jaeyeon Kim
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