Seventy-five students from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy were named to the Spring 2008 dean’s list.
To qualify for the dean’s list, students must place in the top 20 percent of their class and maintain a grade point average of 3.5 or above. The students and their hometowns are listed below.
Ainsworth – Desiree Graham
Alexandria – Megan Mumm
Aurora – Taylor (Haymart) Olsen
Bellevue – Ryan Kolarik
Blair – Elizabeth (Perrigo) Eickman
Bradshaw – Kristi Zierott
Burwell – Margaret (Piper) Kucera
Cambridge – Brandon Gufford, Drew Klinkebiel
Chappell – Lori (Littlejohn) Wells
Columbus – Canice Coan, Nicole (Souders) Moon
Creighton – Julie Sorensen
Fremont – Gregory Reeson
Gering – Regan Pettijohn
Grand Island – Katherine Frost, Kirsten Ramsey
Gretna – Michelle Anderson
Gurley – Tracy Foster
Hebron – Austin Farnstrom
Holdrege – Erin (Neilson) Williams
Howells – Stacy (Vollmer) Ebel
Inland – Erin (Ablott) Kautz
Juniata – Brock Bulas
Kearney – Tessa (Smolik) Deyle
Lincoln – Robert Caldwell, Jessica Gritton, Monica Hollrah, Ngoc-Thao Phan, Aaron Pierce
McCook – Michael Brodersen
Monroe – Matthew Schaecher
Nebraska City – Emily Rice
Nehawka – Kasandra (Stone) Lecci
Norfolk – Megan Renner, Amber Venteicher
Omaha – Nicholas Crites, Megan Duell, Adrienne (O’Brien) Feldhaus, Mary (Witt) Gargano, Elizabeth Gwilt, Kathryn (Harman) Hentzen, Stephanie Lawton, Patrick Mesenbrink, Evan Peterson, Julia Reffert, Erica Richard, Krystalin (Garst) Rush, Rebecca Seeba, Adam Smith, Alvah Stahlnecker, Randi Taylor, Jason Valasek, Sarah Vavra
Ord – Chad Bartholomew, Megan Nelson
Papillion – Monica Hanson
Paxton – Tanner Anderson
Plattsmouth – Jamie Allen
Scottsbluff – Benjamin Gueck, Joshua Sakala, Evan Wearne
Shelton – Lori (Schwartz) Foote
South Sioux City – James Bower
St. Paul – Jennifer Nesiba
Sutton – Beth Boals
Wahoo – Megan (Miller) Wiese
Weeping Water – Holly Brack
West Point – Emily Persson
Thornton, CO – Nicole Hancy
Glenwood, IA – Jessica Chardoulias
Oskaloosa, IA – Teresa Kelley
Sioux City, IA – Anne Marie (Reilly) Mahoney
Maryville, MO – Christy Hanna
Brookings, SD – Nicole (Salonen) Ladd
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.