{"id":41463,"date":"2012-11-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-09T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2012\/11\/09\/student-spotlight-leah-frerichs\/"},"modified":"2012-11-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-11-09T06:00:00","slug":"student-spotlight-leah-frerichs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2012\/11\/09\/student-spotlight-leah-frerichs\/","title":{"rendered":"Student spotlight &#8211; Leah Frerichs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>Education is one of the four pillars of UNMC&#8217;s mission and our students are the lifeblood of that aspect of campus life. <\/p>\n<p>In UNMC Today&#8217;s Student Spotlight, we get to know some of these students, who will become tomorrow&#8217;s health care professionals. <\/p>\n<p>Today we meet Leah Frerichs, a graduate student in the College of Public Health.  <\/p>\n<p><TABLE border=\"0\" width=\"250\" cellspacing=\"10\" align=\"right\"><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/LeahFrerichs1112.jpg\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" alt=\"picture disc.\"><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size:0.85em;line-height:150%\">Leah Frerichs<\/span><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<\/TABLE><UL><LI><B>Name:<\/B> Leah Frerichs<br \/>\n<LI><B>Hometown:<\/B> Akron, Iowa<br \/>\n<LI><B>Program\/Year:<\/B> Third year graduate student in Health Promotion Disease Prevention Research.<\/UL><\/p>\n<p><B>List three songs on your playlist. <\/B><br \/>\n<UL><LI>&#8220;Long Ride Home&#8221; by Patty Griffin<br \/>\n<LI>&#8220;On the Radio&#8221; by Regina Spektor<br \/>\n<LI> Journey of the Featherless&#8221; by Cloud Cult<\/UL><\/p>\n<p><B>Name your favorite study spot. <\/B><\/p>\n<p>Home with my cat curled up on my lap.<\/p>\n<p><B>What is your favorite study snack? <\/B><\/p>\n<p>Black licorice<\/p>\n<p><B>What is your favorite app? <\/B><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not much for apps. 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