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The University of Nebraska Medical Center will host 60 eighth grade<\/p>\n

students from 21 schools across Nebraska at its ninth Health\/Science Meet<\/p>\n

June 6-8, in Omaha. The students qualified for the meet by submitting science<\/p>\n

projects in regional science competitions earlier this year.<\/p>\n

The goal of the meet, an educational, hands-on experience, is to inspire<\/p>\n

students to pursue careers in the health professions and ultimately reduce<\/p>\n

shortages of rural Nebraska health professionals. Of Nebraska’s 93 counties,<\/p>\n

more than half have a shortage of primary care professionals and nearly<\/p>\n

two-thirds have shortages of mental health professionals.<\/p>\n

The expense-paid meet introduces students to the health sciences.<\/p>\n

Students will be exposed to a variety of educational experiences, including<\/p>\n

meeting with researchers and health professionals to see and learn about<\/p>\n

science experiments and various tools in the health professions. They also<\/p>\n

will tour different parts of the campus and get an insight into health<\/p>\n

research, education and patient care.<\/p>\n

Activities also include entertainment at Mahoney State Park, as well<\/p>\n

as a melodrama and the Health\/Science Bowl, a team competition held in<\/p>\n

a TV game show style.<\/p>\n

The below schools are scheduled to be represented at the meet.<\/p>\n

Arapahoe — Arapahoe Public Schools<\/p>\n

Aurora — Aurora Middle School<\/p>\n

Bellevue — Mission Middle School<\/p>\n

Big Springs — South Platte Middle School<\/p>\n

Blue Hill — Blue Hill Public Schools<\/p>\n

Brady — Brady Public School<\/p>\n

Broken Bow — Broken Bow Middle School<\/p>\n

Crete Valley View District #18<\/p>\n

Dix — Potter-Dix Public Schools<\/p>\n

Farnam — Eustis-Farnam Middle Schools<\/p>\n

Grant — Grant Middle School<\/p>\n

Lincoln — Lincoln Lutheran Jr\/Sr High<\/p>\n

Maxwell — Maxwell Public Schools<\/p>\n

Mitchell — Haig School<\/p>\n

Neligh — Neligh-Oakdale Public School<\/p>\n

North Platte — Adams Middle School and North Platte St. Patrick’s<\/p>\n

Junior\/Senior High<\/p>\n

Omaha — Millard Central Middle School<\/p>\n

Petersburg — Boone Central Middle School<\/p>\n

Wallace — Wallace Public School<\/p>\n

Winside — Winside Public School<\/p>\n

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