Seventeen undergraduate students enrolled in either the Rural Health Opportunities Program or the Kearney Health Opportunities Program spent June 1-2 getting to know their future health professions professors and the University of Nebraska Medical Center campus during the annual RHOP/KHOP visit.
The RHOP and KHOP programs are designed to address the special needs of rural Nebraska by encouraging rural residents to pursue a career in a health care field. Students selected are guaranteed admission to UNMC in their selected health profession, as long as all stated requirements are met and their pre-professional studies are completed at participating institutions.
Students can apply to the RHOP or KHOP programs at the same time they apply for admission to their chosen college. Participating schools include: Chadron State College, Wayne State College, Peru State College and the University of Nebraska at Kearney (UNK).
Students attending represented Wayne State, Chadron State and UNK.
While at UNMC the students sat in an air helicopter and learned what it is like to be a flight nurse and pilot; toured one of four SIM NE trucks; and learned about the latest in health science technology with a visit to the iEXCEL visualization hub.
The students also had the opportunity to shadow a health professional in their chosen health career.
Participants are listed below in alphabetical order by hometown.
Ainsworth: Nathaniel Goodloe, Chadron State College
Atkinson: Mackenzie Hale, Chadron State College
Callaway: Kate Hansel, University of Nebraska at Kearney
Clarkson: Jenna Podany, Wayne State College
David City: Jonah Scheffler, Wayne State College; Julia Witter, Chadron State College
Edgar: Matthew Rohrer, Chadron State College
Grand Island: Nathan Maginnis, Chadron State College
Hartington: Chase Dendinger, Wayne State College
Hastings: Josie Parr, University of Nebraska at Kearney
Kearney: Zach Sutton, University of Nebraska at Kearney
Norfolk: Jaden Moore, Wayne State College
O’Neill: Brittany Soukup, Logan Spencer, both attend Chadron State College
Rushville: Cassidy Bruns, University of Nebraska at Kearney
St. Paul: Ryley Schulte, Chadron State College
Wauneta: Lesley Towery, University of Nebraska at Kearney
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