Fifty first-year physical therapy students at the University of Nebraska Medical Center donned white coats on Jan. 8 to mark one of their symbolic first steps into the profession.
The students, who will graduate in 2012, also took an oath of professionalism.
Donations from UNMC alumni helped pay for the white coats, which students will wear until they graduate.
Below are the hometowns and names of the physical therapy students who participated in UNMC’s white coat ceremony:
Alliance — Abigail Keilwitz, Ethan Stout
Amherst — Charles Kasson
Arcadia — NaTosha Vose
Bassett — Brooke Hollenbeck
Bellevue — Daniel Beckstead, Samara Phillips
Columbus — Benjamin Bruns, Brian Malicky, Kateri Bose
Cozad — Micah Chrisinger
Dewitt — Emily Bartels
Dodge — Danielle Ruskamp
Doniphan — Tiarra Rouse
Gothenburg — Jennifer Cordell
Grand Island — William Buck, Eric Davis, Kelly Djernes
Humphrey — Chance Boesch
Kearney — Brett Williams
Lincoln – Travis Eichenberger, Stefanie Hansen, Rachel Masters, Jami Tomasek
Newman Grove — Emily Afrank
Norfolk — Timothy Wrenholt
North Platte — Mareesa Lee
O’Dell — Kasey Theye
Omaha — Nicholas Graeve, Kelsey Hansen, Elizabeth Hopkins, Kristen Mutke, Ellen Stryker, Kenneth Swantek, Elliot Tapprich
Plattsmouth — Kasey Vance
Saronville — Laurel Ochsner
Seward — Andrew Miner
Utica — Matthew Barth
Verdigre — Cody Konopasek
Waco — Aimee Naber
Wahoo — Alexander Kotera
Yutan — Erin Hagemann
Quincy, Ill. — Angela Siebers
Ireton, Iowa — Ali Koopmans, Lindsey Koopmans
Sioux City, Iowa — Claire Goins
Belleville, Kan. — Kellie Wilkinson
Mitchell, S.D. — Elizabeth Olson
St. George, Utah — Jeremy Stoker
As the state’s only academic health science center, UNMC is on the leading edge of health care. Breakthroughs are possible because hard-working researchers, educators and clinicians are resolved to work together to fuel discovery. In 2009, UNMC’s extramural research support topped $100 million for the first time, resulting in the creation of 3,600 jobs in Nebraska. UNMC’s academic excellence is shown through its award-winning programs, and its educational programs are responsible for training more health professionals practicing in Nebraska than any other institution. Through its commitment to education, research, patient care and outreach, UNMC and its hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center, have established themselves as one of the country’s leading health care centers. UNMC’s physician practice group, UNMC Physicians, includes 550 physicians in 50 specialties and subspecialties who practice primarily in The Nebraska Medical Center. For more information, go to UNMC’s Web site at www.unmc.edu.