The Nebraska Area Health Education Center Scholars Program, based at UNMC, recently graduated 59 students.
The two-year program, part of a national initiative, prepares health professions students to serve in rural and urban underserved areas of the state.
The 2025 class of AHEC Scholars includes health professions students in such fields as dentistry, medicine, pharmacy, physical therapy, physician assistant, nursing and radiological technician programs. Graduates represent health profession programs at Creighton University, Regional West Medical Center School of Radiologic Technology, Union Adventist University, UNMC and Western Nebraska Community College.
The AHEC Scholars Program is part of the Nebraska AHEC Program, which is based in the UNMC Department of Family Medicine. Scholars are supported by five regional AHEC’s across the state: Omaha, Northern in Norfolk, Central in Kearney, Panhandle in Scottsbluff and Southeast in Lincoln
The 2025 graduates include:
Creighton University
Pharmacy Program
- Flushing, MI – Kerrigan Parks
Regional West Medical Center School of Radiologic Technology
Radiologic Technician Program
- Crawford – Hannah Lemmon
- Scottsbluff – Adam Bell
Union Adventist University
Physician Assistant Program
- Brady – Hannah (DeStefano) Burge
University of Nebraska Medical Center
College of Allied Health
Physical Therapy Program
- Ainsworth – Mackenzie Kovar
- Bellevue – Jessica (Warak) Grace
- Creighton – Ashtyn Fritz
- Dodge – Jayson Henrickson
- Holdrege – Toni (Clayton) Kolbo
- Kearney – Madison Friesen
- Lincoln – Hope Whitney
- Wahoo – Kylee Swanson
- Waverly – Kyle Goodban
- Carroll, IA – Sydney Renning
- Plymouth, MN – Alexandra Benson
- New Underwood, SD – Jae Hanks
Physician Assistant Program
- Bridgeport – Kyler (Watts) Johnson
- Hastings – Brooke Becker
- Lafayette – Lauren Longyear
- Lincoln – Joycin Stonacek
- Merna – Tara (Geiser) Miller
- Norfolk – Christian Cattau
- Omaha – Georgia (Rinehart) Miller
- Omaha – Sydney Petersen
- Omaha – Keenan Taylor
- Waverly – Abigail (Clarke) Frick
- Gilbert, AZ – Makenna (Adkison) VanLengen
Radiologic Technician Program
- Chadron – Jacey Garrett
- Omaha – Ilana Miller
- Omaha – Shelby Sanchez
- Sargent – Vivian Slagle
College of Dentistry
Dentistry Program
- Mitchell – Sierah (Crable) Samway
- Sutton – Kesean (Mau) Bundy
- Marysville, KS – Alex (Denner) Dyke
College of Medicine
Medicine Program
- Bridgeport – Emily Baxter
- Burwell – Sage Konicek
- Columbus – Elizabeth Blaser
- Crawford – Ian Papenfus
- Creighton – Makayla Brockhaus
- Eustis – Colton Thompson
- Grand Island – Alyssa Wells
- Lincoln – Karyssa Richardson
- North Platte – Jordyn (Vyzourek) Childears
- North Platte – Treyvon Bokoskie
- Omaha – Joseph David
- Omaha – Lauren Bexten
- Omaha – Jessica Hack
- Omaha – Michael Douchey
- Yankton, SD – Nathan Zimmerman
College of Nursing – Kearney Division
Nursing Program
- Culbertson – Neleigh (Hauxwell) Perkins
College of Nursing – Omaha Division
Nursing Program
- Omaha – Allison Dang
- Omaha – Rosalia Ruiz
College of Nursing – Panhandle Division
Nursing Program
- Alliance – Kaitlyn Johnson
- Lincoln – Madeline Davis
- Aurora, CO – Madison Tiffany
College of Pharmacy
Pharmacy Program
- Gretna – Hilary Vaughn
- Wayne – Kelsey Heggemeyer
- Marina, CA – Samantha Hughes
Western Nebraska Community College
Nursing Program
- Minatare – Whitney Huggler