The community is invited to attend a symposium on rural health on Friday, Sept. 25 at 9 a.m. in the Black Box Theater, V.H. Jindra Hall at Peru State College.
The event will highlight issues in rural health and feature panelists in health care from southeast Nebraska, as well as faculty and administration from the Rural Health Opportunities Program (RHOP) at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and Peru State College.
Panelists will talk about issues in a roundtable discussion on the unique needs and opportunities of working in health care in the southeast Nebraska region.
There is an information session scheduled for students interested in RHOP at Peru State immediately after the discussion.
“We are excited to be hosting this event and draw attention to the health care needs of rural communities,” said Dan Hanson, Ph.D., president of Peru State. “We hope to stimulate conversation and increase awareness of the issues and solutions surrounding health care in southeast Nebraska.”
Through RHOP, Peru State College now has early admissions programs with UNMC’s colleges of nursing, pharmacy and allied health professions. This offers students admission to programs in clinical laboratory science, physical therapy, physician assistant and radiography, pharmacy and nursing.
RHOP students in good standing receive a full tuition scholarship while enrolled at Peru State and guaranteed acceptance to UNMC.
For more information, visit www.peru.edu or call 1-800-742-4412.
About Peru State College: Peru State’s “Campus of a Thousand Oaks,” an arboretum, is nestled in historic southeast Nebraska. The state’s first college, Peru State offers a unique mix of innovative online and traditional classroom undergraduate and graduate programs, including online graduate degrees in education and organizational management. It is a college of choice fostering excellence and student achievement through engagement in a culture that promotes inquiry, discovery and innovation.
About UNMC: We are Nebraska Medicine and UNMC. Our mission is to lead the world in transforming lives to create a healthy future for all individuals and communities through premier educational programs, innovative research and extraordinary patient care.