{"id":47359,"date":"2003-06-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2003-06-09T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2003\/06\/09\/66-eighth-graders-from-nebraska-schools-attend-unmchealth-science-meet\/"},"modified":"2022-08-29T10:44:20","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T15:44:20","slug":"66-eighth-graders-from-nebraska-schools-attend-unmchealth-science-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2003\/06\/09\/66-eighth-graders-from-nebraska-schools-attend-unmchealth-science-meet\/","title":{"rendered":"66 eighth-graders from Nebraska schools attend UNMC\n\nHealth\/Science Meet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sixty-six eighth-grade students from 25 schools across Nebraska attended<\/p>\n

UNMC’s 11th annual Health\/Science Meet June 5-7 for an educational and<\/p>\n

fun experience. The meets goal is to inspire students, especially those<\/p>\n

from rural communities, to pursue careers in health care. The students<\/p>\n

qualified for the meet by submitting science projects in regional science<\/p>\n

competitions.<\/p>\n

The expense-paid meet exposes students to the health professions, medical<\/p>\n

research and patient care. Events include hands-on science activities,<\/p>\n

presentations about a variety of health science disciplines, touring UNMC,<\/p>\n

a team science competition and entertainment.<\/p>\n

Students interested in applying to attend next years eighth-grade Health\/Science<\/p>\n

Meet should contact their science teacher, school counselor or principal<\/p>\n

in the fall.<\/p>\n

Below is a list of all the students who participated:<\/p>\n

CITY\/SCHOOL                                                   <\/p>\n

STUDENT                            <\/p>\n

HOMETOWN<\/p>\n

ALBION (Boone Central Middle School): Sarah Erickson, Keri Merten and<\/p>\n

Molly Young of Albion<\/p>\n

ARAPAHOE (Arapahoe Public School): Aly Dickmeyer, Tori Haussler, Zach<\/p>\n

Henry, Mandy Huxoll, Kristyne Huxoll and Jessie Yeager of Arapahoe<\/p>\n

BLUE HILL (Blue Hill Comm. School): Tessa Alber and Jenna Alber of Blue<\/p>\n

Hill<\/p>\n

ELGIN (Elgin Public School): Dana Uhrenholdt of Elgin<\/p>\n

EUSTIS (Eustis-Farnam School): Cressey Bartlett, Amanda Buehner and<\/p>\n

Kane Keller of Eustis and Tyler Pieper of Farnam<\/p>\n

GILTNER (Giltner Public School): Maggie Schroeder of Giltner<\/p>\n

GRANT (Grant Elementary School): Justin Borowski and Emily Carlson of<\/p>\n

Grant; Tara Krajewski of Venango; Travis Kroeker, Tyler Turner, Lance Wilson<\/p>\n

and Sarah Wurst of Grant<\/p>\n

HYANNIS (Hyannis High School): Megan Gregory and Ty Staman of Ashby<\/p>\n

and Tarry Stevens of Hyannis<\/p>\n

LINCOLN (Lux Middle School): Alexander Lin of Lincoln<\/p>\n

NORFOLK (Norfolk Junior High): Maurice Black Tail Deer, Oscar De Horta<\/p>\n

and Leonel Santos of Norfolk<\/p>\n

NORTH PLATTE (Maxwell Public School): Jalissa Falcon, Courtny Simants<\/p>\n

and Samantha Stoetzel of Maxwell<\/p>\n

NORTH PLATTE (St. Patricks School): Joshua Allison, Joseph Browers,<\/p>\n

Jordan Ochs, Josephine Orr, Sammie McCandless and Sean ONeill of North<\/p>\n

Platte<\/p>\n

OMAHA (Andersen Middle School): Platte Gruber<\/p>\n

OMAHA (Beadle Middle School): Sasha Sporcic<\/p>\n

OMAHA (Central Christian): Sam Woolard<\/p>\n

OMAHA (Millard Central Middle School): Jackie Pirtle and Jeffery Trickler<\/p>\n

OMAHA (Millard North Middle School):  Julie Brown<\/p>\n

OMAHA (St. Bernadettes): Kayla Mapes<\/p>\n

OMAHA (St. Cecilia): Camille Keaulana<\/p>\n

OMAHA (Westside Middle School): Joshua Orr and Nathan Paylish<\/p>\n

POTTER (Potter-Dix Middle School): Emilie Bourrett, Ben Mathewson and<\/p>\n

Kaley Smith of Potter<\/p>\n

ROSELAND (Silver Lake Public School): Rachel Hall of Campbell, Heidi<\/p>\n

Jones of Bladen and Shayla Trausch of Roseland<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

SCOTTSBLUFF (Haig School): Erin Chatterton of Scottsbluff, Clint Harvat<\/p>\n

and Sarah Harvey of Mitchell and Kelci Kilthau of Gering<\/p>\n

WALLACE (Wallace Public School): Ryan Griffiths, Eric Johnson and Mike<\/p>\n

West of Wallace<\/p>\n

WAYNE (Wayne Middle School): Elizabeth Baier, Megan Powell and Deniz<\/p>\n

Rudin of Wayne<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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