Student spotlight – Leah Frerichs

Education is one of the four pillars of UNMC’s mission and our students are the lifeblood of that aspect of campus life.

In UNMC Today’s Student Spotlight, we get to know some of these students, who will become tomorrow’s health care professionals.

Today we meet Leah Frerichs, a graduate student in the College of Public Health.









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Leah Frerichs
  • Name: Leah Frerichs
  • Hometown: Akron, Iowa
  • Program/Year: Third year graduate student in Health Promotion Disease Prevention Research.

List three songs on your playlist.

  • “Long Ride Home” by Patty Griffin
  • “On the Radio” by Regina Spektor
  • Journey of the Featherless” by Cloud Cult

Name your favorite study spot.

Home with my cat curled up on my lap.

What is your favorite study snack?

Black licorice

What is your favorite app?

I’m not much for apps. When I was in Taiwan this summer, though, I found this app that would let you take pictures of Chinese and then translate to English for you.

Three things people may not know about you.

  • I can say the alphabet backwards.
  • I love Judge Judy.
  • I have a gum addiction.

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