The University of Nebraska Medical Center Student Association for Rural Health, made up of students from rural areas studying at UNMC, held its eleventh Career Day September 18. The event is co-sponsored by the Rural Health Education Network and the Nebraska Area Health Education Center program.
The event introduced 215 high school students to the multitude of careers available in the health sciences.
Students from 47 Nebraska schools learned about opportunities in medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, physician assistant, physical therapy, clinical laboratory science, public health, radiation sciences, and other fields. They attended three tailored 25-minute interactive sessions of their choosing with various health professionals.
The SARH Career Day is one of many UNMC efforts to assist in “Growing Our Own” future health professionals for Nebraska.
Below is a list of participating high schools, students and their hometowns. Students are pictured alphabetically by last name from left to right.
Auburn – Auburn High School, Elizabeth Billesbach, Erica Pease, Christopher Peer, Amanda Schultz and Krista Torres
Beatrice – Beatrice High School, Joshua Blood, Hannah Engelbrecht, Theodore Fischer, Taylor Fittje, Melissa Lohmeyer, Austin Niedfeldt, Kyle Nienaber, Ethan Schlueter and Emily Zarybnicky
Brainard – East Butler High School, Jordan Makovicka and Brendon Pond
Broken Bow – Broken Bow High School, Allison Rowden
Central City – Central City High School, Elizabeth Diebert, Felicia Johnson and Kaitlyn Starkey
Columbus – Scotus Central Catholic, Benjamen Jones, Abbi Placzek and Tiffany Spies
Crofton – Crofton High School, Kelsey Custer, Dustin Kathol and Madelyn Larson
Daykin – Meridian High School, Debra Black, Randii Endorf, Chelsea Roesler, Bailey Stewart and Kelsey Wolfe
Exeter – Exeter-Milligan High School, Kayla Becker, Madelyn Emshoff, Lacey Filipi, Justina Kassik and Trevor Odvody
Fairbury – Fairbury Jr.-Sr. High School, Heather Barber and Kara Knobel
Fairfield – Sandy Creek High School, Jacey Fisher and Jeff Shaw
Falls City – Falls City Senior High School, Lucas Auffert, Daniel Hagedorn, Russell Hurkman, Daniela Richey and Madison Winslow
Firth – Norris High School, Kayla Fink, Erin Lee and Raini Mitchell
Fort Calhoun – Fort Calhoun High School, Amberlee Bettin, Janae Bostwick, Melisa Jack, Alyssa Mancinni and Candice Smith
Franklin – Franklin Secondary School, Taylor Randall, Jamie Robinett, Brock Sindt, Ricky Sparks, Shayla Stover and Jacob Trout
Fremont – Archbishop Bergan High School, Cole Anderson, Travis Brown, Carissa Hotovy, Brian Liekhus and Mary Miles
Fremont – Fremont Senior High School, Andrea Espinoz, Tanya Montoya, James Watson and Kaitlin Zentic
Gothenburg – Gothenburg Secondary School, Robert France and Kylee Phillips
Grand Island – Northwest High School, Taylor Forsythe, Alyssa Hurley, Samantha Norton, McKensie Peterson and Hilary Petzoldt
Hastings – Hastings Senior High School, Morgan Dubas, Guadalupe Espinoza, Emily Johnson, Amira Leffler, Kalyn Lehner, Stephanie McNamara, Kaitlyn Monroe, Vanessa Steiner and Kaitlyn Carter (not pictured)
Henderson – Heartland Community High School, Mickey Alder, MacKenzie Dick, Elisa Huebert, Cortney Janzen, Lauren Klute and Michelle Newton
Hooper – Logan View Public Schools, Mindi Fachman, Kristin Mauch, Amber Reddick, Tiffany Reed and Kaitlin Waters
Humphrey – St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Schools, Craig Baumgart and Jordan Eisenmenger
Johnson – Johnson-Brock, Meredith Beckham, Megan Bottcher, Clayton Damme, Chelsea Johnson and Amanda Teten
Kearney – Kearney Catholic, Annemarie Sorensen and Margaret Weir
Lindsay – Lindsay Holy Family, Mitchell Kurtenbach
Mead – Mead Public School, Eric Johnson, Heather Thorson and Sydney Vogt
Nelson – Lawrence/Nelson Jr.-Sr. High School, Janteice Holston, Jaycee Jacobitz, Rebecca Kathman, Mackenzie McCartney, Juliann Wehrman and April Wilton
Niobrara – Santee Community School, Carol Brandt, Davida Henry, Donnie Pike and Amber Redwing
Norfolk – Norfolk Catholic High School, Kaitlyn Hemmer, Nicole McCarthy, Whitney McCoy, Keshia Pfeifer and Keith Vrbicky
Norfolk- Norfolk Senior High School, Megan Hall, Morgan McCallum, Nicole Meyer, Meagan Riedel and Ashley Volquardsen
Pierce – Pierce Jr.-Sr. High School, Ashlyn Doerr, Stefanie Hoffman, Allison Hubert, Cali Kruger, Anthony Lauters, Cassandra Lueshen, Abby Meier, Lachel Milander, Sara Retzlaff and Corey Woslager
Pleasanton – Pleasanton High School, Kyle Giffin, Jessica Janitscheck, Autumn Papineau, Kevin Ripp and Melanie Shafto
Ravenna – Ravenna High School, Ashley Kulwicki, Delaney Lockhorn, Kelsie Mingus, Caitlin Moraczewski, Steph Muhlbach, Breanne Ritz, Cameron Sonnenfeld, Elizabeth Tonniges and Sara Valentine
Schuyler – Schuyler Central High School, Monica Arroyo, Katherine Kasik, Rachal Muehlich, Carissa Oborny and Tabitha Palmer
Sumner – Sumner-Eddyville-Miller High School, Laura Robbins
Syracuse – Syracuse High School, Benjamin Lierman and Andrew Snodgrass
Tecumseh – Johnson County Central High School, Kali Effken, Tanner Erdman, Kelsi Holthus, Mendell Rulla and Jamie Straube
Tekamah – Tekamah-Herman High School, Justine Bucy, Daniell Miller and Brittany Petersen
Wahoo – Bishop Neumann High School, Giana Rada and Jamie Weiss
Wakefield – Wakefield Community High School, Lane Clay, Kelsee Obermeyer, Kelsey Rewinkel and Chelsea Sherer
Wausa – Wausa High School, Eric Bloomquist
Westpoint – Central Catholic High School, Alyssa Kreikemeier, Carissa Kreikemeier, Jaclyn Mowinkel, Megan Niewohner and Clarissa Wordekemper
West Point – West Point-Beemer Jr.-Sr. High School, Laura Buse, Nicholas Engelbart, Jackie Uher, Ashley Wegner and Kristen Weigum
Wisner – Wisner-Pilger High School, Alyssa Borgelt, Ralee Hingst, Michelle Horst, Alyssa Kindschuh, Karissa Marx, Kayla McCain, Sergio Orozco, Erin Phillips and Nicole Schlautman
Wymore – Southern High School, Dani Michaelis
York – York High School, Ellie Brouillette, Breanna Engler, Ashley Ermer, Ashton Gerken, Alicia Gregg, Brett Grieb, Cassie Hoblyn, Annie Hulse, Jordan Knight, Marilyn Leif, Krista Peterson and Megan Vavra
UNMC is the only public health science center in the state. Its educational programs are responsible for training more health professionals practicing in Nebraska than any other institution. Through their 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 centers in cancer, transplantation biology, bioterrorism preparedness, neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular diseases, genetics, biomedical technology and ophthalmology. UNMC’s research funding from external sources now exceeds $80 million annually and has resulted in the creation of more than 2,400 highly skilled jobs in the state. UNMC’s physician practice group, UNMC Physicians, includes 513 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.
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