Students also score well above national average
For a second consecutive year, the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy graduating class had a 100 percent pass rate on the national pharmacy licensing examination.
All 69 of UNMC’s graduating pharmacy students passed the examination on their first attempt.
The national pass rate for all colleges of pharmacy was 95.3 percent. UNMC students had an average score of 109.8. The national average score was 103.1.
“Once again our students performed remarkably well on their licensing exams,” said Courtney Fletcher, Pharm.D., dean of the College of Pharmacy. “This reflects the outstanding quality of our students as well as the dedication of our faculty and preceptors to the education of pharmacists. It’s assuring to the public to know that these students are exceedingly well prepared to meet the health care needs of patients.”
The UNMC College of Pharmacy graduates and their hometowns included:
Albion — Andrea Carder
Alliance — Leigha Curtiss
Auburn — Kari Wellman
Beatrice — Robin Crow, Blake Henning, Stephanie Thimm
Blair — Elizabeth Perrigo Eickman
Broken Bow — Melissa Powers Doheny
Burwell — Margaret Piper Kucera
Central City — Amber Nielsen Johnston
Columbus — Canice Coan
Comstock — Nicholas Dunbar
Cook — Anne Wellensiek Herman
Creighton — Julie Sorensen Stuckenholtz
Franklin — Karsen Zade Duncan
Grand Island — Jose Guerrero, Kimchi Nguyen
Gretna — Michelle Anderson Miller
Gurley — Tracy Foster Snyder
Hastings — Aric Anderson
Johnson — Rachel Gerdes Rohrs
Kearney — Derek Deyle, Abbie Gustafson Pembleton
Lexington — Travis Maloley
Lincoln — Amy Schmidt Arnold, Anne Reisdorff Furasek, Daniel Griesen, Evelyn Hong, Hanh Nguyen,
Nazifa Obaidi, Tyler Watkins
Lyman — Elizabeth Mecklem Henning
Maxwell — Patrick Christensen
Monroe — Matthew Schaecher
Nebraska City — Nathan Weston
North Platte — Megan Smith
Omaha — Megan Duell Bulas, Kristine Hagerty, Kathryn Hentzen, Elaine Koyama, Stephanie Monk,
Stephanie Peters, Adam Petersen, Evan Peterson, Alexandrea Romano, Alvah Stahlnecker, Randi Taylor
Ord — Megan Nelson, Michelle Markowski Weber
Palmer — Stacy Pelican
Plattsmouth — Christian Thiede
Plymouth — Jessica Burger Miller
Saint Paul — Jennifer Nesiba Van Moorleghem
Seward — Craig Morgan
South Sioux City — Andrew Koehler
Stanton — Amanda Pekny
Superior — Jennifer Warneking
Sutton — Elizabeth Boals
Winside — Jared Jaeger
Wisner — Stacy Vollmer Ebel
York — Talia Walford
Phoenix, AZ — Melissa Maiefski
St. Petersburg, FL — Renee Jackson
Council Bluffs, IA — Mary Douglas Peters
Glenwood, IA — Julie Felt
Minden, IA — Edward Leaders
Terre Haute, IN — Peter Vu
Waldorf, MD — Ashley James
Albuquerque, NM — Adrianna Garcia
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