Fifty-six eighth-grade students from 21 schools across Nebraska attended UNMC's 23rd annual State Science Meet June 4-6, for an educational and fun experience.
The goal of the meet is to inspire students, especially those from rural communities, to pursue careers in health care. The students qualify for the meet by submitting science projects in one of seven regional meets sponsored by the Nebraska Area Health Education Centers and the Coalition for Life Saving Cures held earlier in the year.
While on campus students were exposed to the health professions, medical research and patient care. Events included hands-on science activities such as:
- Presentations about a variety of health science disciplines
- Tours of UNMC
- A team science competition
Participants are listed below alphabetically by the town where the school is located. If the student lives in a different town, the name of that town appears in parenthesis behind the student’s name.
Ainsworth – Ainsworth Middle School
Tate Fernau, Shelby Jones, Kade Kral, Rebecca Taylor, and Jenna Williams
Allen – Allen Consolidated Schools
Katie Bathke (Dixon), Kaitlyn Beach (Ponca), Alyssa Boese (Dixon), Jarod Lund, and Cassidy Thomas
Auburn – Auburn Middle School
Kathryn H. Kudrna
Blue Hill – Blue Hill Community School
Colby Karr and Jami Kirchner
Petersburg – Boone Central Middle School
Ash Mewhirter (Albion)
Central City – Central City Middle School
Chesney Reeves and Morgan Twiss
Cody – Cody-Kilgore Middle School
Sara Ford and Mercedes Kyann McAffrey (Valentine)
Columbus – Columbus Middle School
Paige Jeffryes
Elgin – Elgin Public Schools
Vada Lynn, Kaylee Martinsen, and Kira Livia Widger
Gothenburg – Gothenburg Public Schools
Rachel Darling, Preston Smith, and Presley Wendelin
Laurel – Laurel / Concord /Coleridge Middle School
Jasmine Galvin
Omaha – Lewis & Clark Middle School
Nicholas Vollmer
Gurley – Leyton Public Schools
Janessa Carley (Dalton) and Destinee Henke (Dalton)
Madison – Madison Middle School
Hannah Anderson and Andrew Millan,
Lincoln – North American Martyrs
Blake Barnes, Crispin Corpuz, and Max Doty
Madrid – Perkins County Middle School
Tanner Burge (Grant), Emma Schrotberger (Brule), and Domonic Wendell (Grant)
Sidney – Sidney Middle School
Quinn Siler
McCook – St Patrick's School
Mackenzie Larson, Gabe Sehnert, and Syd Wier
Wayne – Wayne Jr/Sr High School
Ashton Boyer, Maysn Dorey, Aaron Doring, Sarah Greenwald, Darrian Hewitt, Avianna Jones-Doring, Grace Lindsay, Maura Loberg, Jessica Schenck, and Josie Thompson
Hildreth – Wilcox-Hildreth Middle School
Abby Quadhamer and Jeremy Schepler (Wilcox)
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