262 UNMC students to receive diplomas during commencement ceremonies Dec. 19

A commencement ceremony will be held Dec. 19 for 262 University of Nebraska Medical Center students graduating from either the College of Nursing, College of Public Health, School of Allied Health Professions, or Graduate College. The ceremony will be held at 2 p.m. in the Joslyn Art Museum Witherspoon Concert Hall.

Below is a list of students and their hometowns.

UNMC College of Nursing Kearney Division

Kearney — William Cannon

UNMC College of Nursing (Omaha)

Bellevue — Kelly Gray

Clarkson — Jennifer Coufal

Oxford — Lesha Korte Murphy

Papillion — Andrea Seieroe

Elwood — Loni Knudsen

UNMC College of Nursing (Omaha)

Master of Science in Nursing

Scottsbluff — Amber Ramig

Logan, IA — Salina Anderson

Manning, IA — Laura Howe

UNMC College of Nursing (Omaha)

Post-Master's Certificate in Nursing

Allegany — Susan Slavinski Crane

Grand Island — Kelly Houfek

Minatare — Dana Krause Samson

UNMC College of Nursing (Omaha)

Doctor of Nursing Practice

Hickman — Hope Hohensee Bauman

Omaha — Laura Rowland Lonehill

UNMC College of Medicine (Omaha)

Bachelor of Science

Fountain Hills, AZ — Anton Wineman

Phoenix, AZ — Ronald Duke

Safford, AZ — Robert Gabbitas

Canyon Country, CA — Megan Stanton

Elk Grove, CA — Jordan Dukes

Fallbrook, CA — Marty Stanisz

Los Angeles, CA — Aric Austin

Colorado Springs, CO — Joshua Lane

Glenwood Springs, CO — Laura Marsh

Harrington, DE — Sarah Morris

Jacksonville, FL — Selina Pooser

Valrico, FL — Christopher Morrow

West Palm Beach, FL — Marland Fox

Augusta, GA — Dustin Berry

Kingsland, GA — William Galegor

Tucker, GA — Brittany Loeser

Kapolei, HI — Kenneth Edwards

Mililani, HI — Shameice Fischer

Charles City, IA — Lance Shirley

Sioux City, IA — Jason Arnburg

Chicago, IL — Christopher Gonzalez

Countryside, IL — Victoria Rivera Lancaster

Lake Charles, LA — Andrew Bordelon

Luling, LA — Megan Knilans Steele

Brighton, MI — Jason Newman

Kellogg, MN — Matthew Tentis

Advance, NC — Andrew Ellis

Fargo, ND — Hannah Simonson

Dover, NH — Robert Whealton

Poughkeepsie, NY — Lee Jin

Rochester, NY — Kevin Zakielarz

Greenford, OH — Craig Ameduri

Hudson, OH — Jordan King

Mentor, OH — Kelly Turner

Portland, OR — Randal Jarrell

Edinboro, PA — Walter Daughenbaugh

Pittsburgh, PA — Jennifer Middlebrooks

Greenville, SC — Ryan Seymour

Seneca, SC — Lesley Dorsey

Aberdeen, SD — Jason Becker

Garland, TX — Meoshe Beckworth

Hampton, TX — Blake Sporer

Killeen, TX — Brian Mckown

Pearland, TX — Nicholas Bialobos

Roanoke, TX — Gregory Bookston

San Antonio, TX — Joshua Bailey, Trent Lyman

Virginia Beach, VA — Axia Jelderks

Lynnwood, WA — Matthew Borgen

Silverdale, WA — Richard Bonnes

Evergreen, WI — Andrew DeStefano

Niagara, WI — Elissa Beebe

Saint Germaine, WI — Katherine Vanier

Canada — Joshua Cook, Nicole Da Silva, Eric Mailhot, Dina Trussler, Kathleen Ryan

South Korea — Daeyun Kim

UNMC School of Allied Health Professions

Bachelor of Science in Radiation Science Technology

Newman Grove — Michelle McCloud

Cassopolis, ID — Neil Eitel

Assaria, KS — Kenneth VanAmburg

Elizabethtown, KY — Marlinn Ellyson

Raleigh, NC — Philip Worsham

Bluffton, SC — Catherine Carter

Chester, SC — Stephanie Elfert

Cleburne, TX — Julie Britain

San Antonio, TX — Jill Torres

UNMC School of Allied Health Professions

Master of Perfusion Science

Earlysville, VA — Michael Gelvin

UNMC School of Allied Health Professions

Master of Physician Assistant Studies

Adams — Erin Dorn

Arlington — Kristin Collins

Bennet — Kayla Bruss (With Distinction)

Blair — Lindsay Groff

Chadron — Mary Tucker

Columbus — Giana Novotny

Creighton — Katie DeMuth (With High Distinction)

Dwight — Stacey Coufal

Elkhorn — Natalie Willer

Firth — Emily Bloomquist, Corey Richards

Howells — Angie Baumert

Imperial — Erica Pirog

Leigh — Jared Barjenbruch, Courtney Wendt

Lincoln — Spencer Elliott, Claire High, Stephanie Lee, Rachel Sauvageau

Norfolk — Nichole Rucker Nemec

Ogallala — Alexa Krajewski

Omaha — Brittany Ford (With Distinction), Collin Horton, Megan King, Patrick Pick, Robyn Thorson (With Distinction)

Osceola — Morgan Walgren (With High Distinction)

Plattsmouth — Kylie Parshall

Ralston — Kimberly Spencer

Ravenna — Stephanie Muhlbach

Sidney — Kayla Glanz

Tecumseh — Jessica Borrenpohl (With Distinction)

West Point — Cassie Pratt

 

Anchorage, AK — Heather Burnell

Hokes Bluff, AL — Nathan Silvey

Chandler, AZ — Robert Brookshire

Gilbert, AZ — Roy Montgomery

Lake Havasu City, AZ — Jennifer Hawkins

Phoenix, AZ — Joseph Warner

Tucson, AZ — Roxane Dalke

Yuma, AZ — Diogenes Bermudo

Chino Hills, CA — Sima Patel

Corona, CA — Cesar Veliz

Cypress, CA — Briana McLaughlin

Fairfield, CA — Minh Tran

Fresno, CA — Steven Self

Garden Grove, CA — Jeffrey Aichelman

Gardena, CA — Lakmali Kodituwakku

Livermore, CA — James Tilton

National City, CA — Randall Moss

West Covina, CA — Nan Shih

Aurora, CO — Michelle Ramos

Grand Junction, CO — Hannah Mooney

Scotland, CT — Nicholas Chaput

Orlando, FL — Jeffrey Long

Thomasville, GA — Emory Blair

Wailuku, HI — Joseph Lang

Ankeny, IA — Patrick Kasper

Council Bluffs, IA — Brian Clark

Marshalltown, IA — Elli Mathis

Sioux Center, IA — Morgan Meissner

Rigby, ID — Megan Moser (With Highest Distinction)

Chicago, IL — Tiffanie Lowy, Kevin Rowe

Forrest, IL — Christopher Mygatt

Fort Wayne, IN — Nathan Glassley

Indianapolis, IN — Melissa Lincoln

Manhattan, KS — Jordan Thornburg

McPherson, KS — Ashley Miller

Oak Grove, LA — Douglas Yates

Somerset, MA — Michael Bryant

Cumberland, MD — Edward Williams

Germantown, MD — Alexander Racicot

Upper Marlboro, MD — Sherree Toney

Midland, MI — Margaret Jacob

Monroe, MI — John Cowgar II

Donnelly, MN — Jonna Beyer

Hermantown, MN — Ashley McEachern

Hugo, MN — Jennifer Motz

Maple Grove, MN — Bridget Reilly

Fremont, MO — Nathaniel Fielding

Kansas City, MO — Olivia Klinkhardt

Charlotte, NC — Charlotte Andrews

Covington, NC — Samuel Rocker

Kinston, NC — Eric Lopez

Morehead City, NC — Aubry Drye

Wilson, NC — Mandy Pears

Reno, NV — Samuel England

Albany, NY — Joshua Somma

Brooklyn, NY — Danny Wu

East Meadow, NY — Melissa Nocella-Thakkar

Potsdam, NY — Terri Evrard Joyce

Trumansburg, NY — Abbey Darling

West Sayville, NY — Jason Spinnicchia

Gallipolis, OH — Joel Harris

Greenwich, OH — Kelly Osborne

Loganton, PA — Amber Briggs

Philadelphia, PA — Sade Savage

Wyalusing, PA — Stephani Krosschell

Sioux Falls, SD — Erin Minahan (With High Distinction)

Fayetteville, TN — Nicholas Krishnan

Houston, TX — Donald Frazee II

Jasper, TX — Larry Brown, Jr.

San Antonio, TX — Denise Jimenez, Barbara Smith

Alexandria, VA — Paul Schultzman

Blacksburg, VA — Claire Elliott (With High Distinction)

Newport News, VA — Denise Lewis

Roanoke, VA — Jonathan Fraim

Woodbridge, VA — Georgeta Crisan Sealey, Hyun Yi

Lacey, WA — Rommel Daffon

Lake Stevens, WA — Nicholas Coffey

Puyallup, WA — Jeremy McGuffey

Seattle, WA — Donna Chiechi Elam

Tacoma, WA — Daniel Kemp

Appleton, WI — Julie Thomas

Eau Claire, WI — Timothy Lamb

South Milwaukee, WI — Erin DeBoer

 

Canada — Jacqueline Harden

Ecuador — Jorge Jara

 

Graduate College

Master of Science

 

Lincoln — Nima Rohani, Jared Schoettger

Omaha — Megan Schmitz Berens, Jeffrey Carson, Jason Zeleny

 

Garrison, ND — Drew Gehring

 

Egypt — Mina Hanna

Greece — Evlampia Papoutsi

 

Graduate College

Doctor of Philosophy

 

DeWitt — Katrina Burchett

Doniphan — Katherine Maliszewski

Enid — Joyce Leake Tow

Lincoln — Akram Mohammed

Omaha — Fadhel Mohammed Alomar, Ann Anderson Berry, Elizabeth Beam, Bala Vamsi Krishna Karuturi, Teresa Grosserode Smith, Alvin Wee

Waverly — Danielle Fenster

 

Carmichael, CA — Phillip Purnell

Fallbrook, CA — Regina Robbins

Cape Coral, FL — Ashley Lugo

Medford, MN — Ryan Cornelius

St Louis, MO — Adrian Epstein

Clatskanie, OR — Jamie Arnst

Portland, OR — Amanda Hawley

 

Argentina — Osvaldo Barrera, Mariano Uberti

China — Minghui Chen, Qiang Chen, Gang Zhang

Greece — Panagiotis Koutakis

India –Soumitra Bhuyan, Bhopal Mohapatra

Vietnam — Dieu-My Tran

 

UNMC College of Public Health

Certificate in Public Health

 

Alliance — Megan Essay

Imperial — Heidi Wheeler

Lincoln — Nithal Kuwa

Omaha — Sonia Bomzon

Papillion — Latevi Lawson

 

Baltimore, MD — Leslie Parker Omoto

Houston, MO — Erin Maxwell

 

China — Junqun Xiong

 

College of Public Health

Master of Public Health

 

Bellevue — Bartlett Hamilton III, Christopher Wickwire

Benedict — Jillian Fickenscher

Eagle — Caitlin Pleas

Grand Island — Cole Boyle

West Point — Karmen Emanuel Dickes

York — Caryn Vincent

 

Cedar Rapids, IA — Amy Houser

Dunlap, IA — Emily Hanigan

San Antonio, TX — Cynthia Bush

 

Burkina Faso — Salomon Compaore

China — Cheng Lin

Ghana — Christiana Atsu

Haiti — Shirley Delair

Nigeria — Chioma Amadi

 

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