Sixty-five high school students from 12 metro-area school districts and 21 high schools graduated from the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s High School Alliance program on Thursday, May 24.
A graduation ceremony and reception was held at the Michael F. Sorrell Center for Health Science Education on the UNMC campus, where each student received a certificate of completion. For the third year, five students were recognized as Stellar Seniors.
Stellar Seniors are students who have completed the program as juniors and applied for one of five positions in the program during their senior year. Those selected have demonstrated leadership, commitment to the program and are required to complete a semester-long independent study.
The five Stellar Seniors were:
Jordi Castelan, Omaha South; Grace Corrigan, Bennington; Morgan Daffer, Gretna; Sydney Kirkpatrick, Omaha Burke; and Eduardo Mendoza-Lopez, Omaha South.
During the school year, all of the students in the UNMC High School Alliance participate in a range of courses including infectious diseases, anatomy and medical decision-making.
The courses – specifically designed for high school students – are taught by UNMC faculty on the medical center campus. The High School Alliance program provides students a unique hands-on learning experience that is different from what students would have access to at their high school. Most of the courses offered in the program are eligible for dual enrollment college credit.
The students are listed below by school in alphabetical order.
Arlington – Hannah Thompson
Bellevue East – Emma Hauenstein;
Bellevue West – Allison Aden; Brooklyn Larimore; Amelia Rice; Elias Smith;
Bennington – Chad Bowman; Grace Corrigan; Grace Matheny;
Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln – Amanda Coffman; Madeline St. Clair;
Douglas County West – Darienne Blair;
Elkhorn – Emma Fanning;
Elkhorn South – Ella Hustad; Ridhi Konijeti; Jacob Owens;
Gretna – CaRyn Christensen; Morgan Daffer; Gabriella Moore; Bailey Troudt
Millard North – Haya Abdel-Jabbar; Cierra Lampman; Madelyn Mann; Rizwan Siddiqui;
Millard South – Angelica-Mae Cipriano; Emily Philo;
Millard West – Abigail Konz; Preston Lau;
Omaha Benson – Whitney Brodersen; Devan Ritchie; Anna Weddington
Omaha Bryan – Ashley Bacon;
Omaha Burke – Alexandra Gaeth; BreAnna Green; Mohamad Hazim; Sydney Kirkpatrick; Tanesha Temple;
Omaha Central – Taylor Burghardt; Cindy Licea; Joseph Lukowski; Alexsus Richardson; Kayliana Taylor; Isabeau Tholen; Allison Zetterman
Omaha South – Karen Amaya-Campos; Catalina Barajas; Jordi Castelan; Alicia Hogan; Leah Huerta; Eduardo Mendoza-Lopez; Dayana Montano Salama; Madelene Portillo; Aurora Rodriguez-Servin; Gianpierre Terry; Jose Vazquez-Renteria
Omaha North – Ashley Vacura
Papillion LaVista – Emma Taylor
Papillion LaVista South – David Bridges; Delaney Murphy; Kobe Riedel; Lea Sobrilsky;
Platteview – Mitchell White
Westside – Kristen Day; Kaya Miller; Jessica Paprocki;
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