Rural

BHECN-ARPA support having big workforce impact

The Legislature charged BHECN with distributing American Rescue Plan Act funds to address key behavioral health issues.

Mar 11, 2025

Marley Doyle, MD, Jessie Buche and Melissa Tibbits, PhD

UNMC preceptor Q&A: Kristal Dowse, PharmD

Dr. Dowse is a preceptor for the UNMC College of Pharmacy with CHI Good Samaritan Hospital.

Mar 11, 2025

Kristal Dowse, PharmD

Pharmacy school in Kearney makes progress toward opening

New faculty are being hired, and prospective students are committing to join the inaugural class when classes start in August.

Feb 19, 2025

A rendering of the new Rural Health Education Building at UNK

‘We will be at home here’

The Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center-Kearney welcomes its team.

Dec 5, 2024

Following the ribbon cutting and open house Dec. 3, the new Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center-Kearney facility will open Dec. 16.

BHECN opens southwest site in North Platte

This is the fifth location for the Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska.

Dec 3, 2024

Jody Tomanek, PhD; Marley Doyle, MD, director of BHECN; and Natalia Acosta Canchila, PhD

Chadron State President Ron K. Patterson visits UNMC

President Patterson, EdD, toured two med center facilities and met with leadership, discussing the Rural Health Opportunities Program and other topics.

Nov 22, 2024

UNMC Interim Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD, and Chadron State College President Ron K. Patterson, EdD, at the balcony overlooking the Wigton Heritage Center

UNMC welcomes new AHEC scholars

Students will engage with health professionals, community leaders and potential employers in program.

Nov 18, 2024

Lydia Sand, deputy director and program manager for the Nebraska AHEC program

UNMC’s pathway program event draws 250 students

The programs offer a key pipeline for training health care professionals who then go out to practice in rural and underserved communities around Nebraska.

Oct 22, 2024

UNMC pathways program students visited the Omaha campus Oct. 7, including tours of the health care simulation capabilities at the Davis Global Center.

UNMC expands nursing partnerships in western Nebraska

Agreements with Western Nebraska Community College, Scottsbluff Public Schools will build the rural nursing pipeline.

Oct 4, 2024

From left, UNMC Interim Chancellor Dele Davies, MD, President Greg Dart of Western Nebraska Community College and UNMC College of Nursing Dean Lepaine Sharp-McHenry, DNP, at the Western Nebraska Community College signing event

Alumni creates scholarship for UNMC medical student at UNK

The gift from William Northwall, MD, will support future physicians training at the Douglas A. Kristensen Rural Health Education Complex in Kearney.

Sep 25, 2024

William Northwall, MD