{"id":20045,"date":"2003-03-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2003-03-26T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2003\/03\/26\/college-of-dentistry-honors-students-at-professionals-day-event\/"},"modified":"2003-03-26T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2003-03-26T06:00:00","slug":"college-of-dentistry-honors-students-at-professionals-day-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2003\/03\/26\/college-of-dentistry-honors-students-at-professionals-day-event\/","title":{"rendered":"College of Dentistry honors students at Professionals&#8217; Day event"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>The UNMC College of Dentistry in Lincoln recently honored students at its 17th Annual Professionals&#8217; Day. The March 21 event provided students, faculty and the dental community an opportunity to share professional and academic activities.<\/p>\n<p><b>Honors Convocation <\/b>&#8211;The following students were recognized for their cumulative grade point average of 3.6 or above and are ranked in the top 15 percent of their class. The students are listed below by the program of which they are enrolled and their hometown.<\/p>\n<p><b>Dental Students<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Alliance, Neb. &#8212; Joanne M. McConkey<br \/>\nCreighton, Neb. &#8212; Steven E. Shaffer and John P. Wewel<br \/>\nFargo, Neb. &#8212; Timothy J. Vacek<br \/>\nLincoln, Neb. &#8212; Sarah R. Allen, Bret B. Gilsdorf and Paul J. Rallis<br \/>\nOmaha, Neb. &#8212; Meghann M. Longo and Brian A. Ozenbaugh<br \/>\nPierce, Neb. &#8212; Tonya M. Volk<br \/>\nScottsbluff, Neb. &#8212; Nathan R. Luehrs<\/p>\n<p>Atkinson, Neb. &#8212; Kathryn M. Schulte<br \/>\nCrofton, Neb. &#8212; Elizabeth J. Sheldon<br \/>\nDavid City, Neb. &#8212; Shilo J. Hilger, (on honors list since a freshman)<br \/>\nLincoln, Neb. &#8212; Jane L. Bennett, Christopher R. Harris, Brent D. Johnson, David J. Rallis and Michelle Sarkissian<br \/>\nOmaha, Neb. &#8212; Bryan R. Medaris <\/p>\n<p>Granada Hills, Calif. &#8212; John P. Waschak<br \/>\nLittleton, Colo. &#8212; Molly E. McNamara<br \/>\nJerome, Idaho &#8212; Joel R. Bingham<br \/>\nIdaho Falls, Idaho &#8212; David G. Cleverly<br \/>\nRexburg, Idaho &#8212; Roderick M. Griffeth <br \/>\nBurton, Kan. &#8212; Megan G. Pearce (on honors list since a freshman and in upper 3 percent of class)<br \/>\nIndependence, Kan. &#8212; Melissa S. Morris<br \/>\nNewton, Kan. &#8212; Andrew S. Friesen <br \/>\nWichita, Kan. &#8212; David J. Brown<\/p>\n<p>Bismarck, N.D. &#8212; Bryce M. Goebel <br \/>\nArlington, S.D. &#8212; Brent J. Henriksen (on honors list since a freshman)<br \/>\nBrookings, S.D. &#8212; Anne E. Johnson<br \/>\nDallas, S.D. &#8212; John P. Taggart<br \/>\nHuron, S.D. &#8212; Rick W. Fuchs <br \/>\nMitchell, S.D. &#8212; outh Dakota Nicholas J. Shawd<br \/>\nPierre, S.D. &#8212; Lennard R. Hopper<br \/>\nSioux Falls, S.D. &#8212; Corey J. Auch, James P. Sather and Benjamin R. Thornton<\/p>\n<p>Yankton, S.D. &#8212; Elycia A. Schoenfelder<br \/>\nNorth Ogden, Utah &#8212; Cameron D. Oler<br \/>\nOlympia, Wash. &#8212; Jeffrey T. Chandler<br \/>\nRock Springs, Wyo. &#8212; David M. Weber<\/p>\n<p><b>Dental hygiene students <\/b><br \/>\nAyr, Neb. &#8212; Sarah R. Sexton <br \/>\nDakota City, Neb. &#8212; Angela L. Bakke (on honors list since a freshman and in upper 3 percent of class)<br \/>\nDiller, Neb. &#8212; Jennifer L. Germer <br \/>\nLaVista, Neb. &#8212; Melissa L. Georges, (on honors list since a freshman)<br \/>\nLincoln, Neb. &#8212; Cheryl L. Olson<br \/>\nTilden, Neb. &#8212; Kristin R. 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