Sixty-six eighth-grade students from 24 schools across Nebraska attended UNMC's 22nd annual State Science Meet June 5-7, 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 science meets sponsored by the Nebraska Area Health Education Centers across the state 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
Below is a list of participants listed alphabetically by 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. The students appear in the picture in the same order they are listed.
Ainsworth — Ainsworth Community School
Payton Allen, Jaycee Dillon (Long Pine), Cassidy Gilliland, Morgan Osborn, Bo Painter, and Claire Steinhauser
Allen — Allen Consolidated Schools
Destina (Desi) Martell, Blake McCorkindale, Kiara Monteith, and Levi Woodward
Auburn — Auburn Middle School
Gage Fischer, Meg Rieschick, and Wyatt Whitney
Bellevue — Logan Fontenelle
Molly Cloyd
Cody — Cody-Kilgore Unified Schools
Erin Cheney, Kitra Cody, and Lesli Schneider
Columbus — Columbus Middle School
Paxton Myers, Jessie Nelson, Shayla Riley, Alex Uhlig, and Catherine Veseth
Elgin — Elgin Public School
Lydia Behnk and Hayes Miller (Oakdale)
Elgin — Pope John XXIII Central Catholic
Calli Krebs (Neligh), Madison (Maddie) Dilly (Neligh), Grace Henn, and Marie Meis
Eustis — Eustis-Farnam Public School
Leigh-Anne Lehmann and Hannah Walker
Ewing — Ewing Schools
Bailey Schindler
Gothenburg — Gothenburg Jr. High School
Ali Bartels, Arleigh Costello, Madison Coulter, Emma Jorgenson, and Jocelyn Kennicutt
Gretna — Gretna Middle School
Sydney Kimnach, Jacob Mann (Omaha), and Macy Rasmussen (Omaha)
Lewellen — Garden County Junior High
Peyton Stanczyk (Oshkosh)
Lincoln — North American Martyrs
Grant Campbell, Anna Cao, Abby Nelson, and Emily Schmit (Pleasant Dale)
Madison — Madison Middle School
Jonathan Alarcon, Megan Eisenmann, Ryan Haskell, Josue Meza, and Olivia Wolken
Newman Grove — Newman Grove Public Schools
Bryton Fowlkes and Rebecca Stone
North Platte — St. Patrick's Jr/Sr High School
Libby Calhoun, Jacob Granger, Luke McKeon, and Gary White III
Petersburg — Boone Central Middle School
April Johnson (Albion)
Sidney — Sidney Middle School
Kate Dible, Drew Reece, Tessa Siler, and Kollyn Weimer
Wayne — Wayne Community Schools
Callie Brown, Jack Evetovich, Grace Heithold, and Marcella Jurotich
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