{"id":52340,"date":"2015-04-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-10T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/04\/10\/student-spotlight-meet-joshua-gruhl\/"},"modified":"2022-08-29T14:56:32","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T19:56:32","slug":"student-spotlight-meet-joshua-gruhl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/04\/10\/student-spotlight-meet-joshua-gruhl\/","title":{"rendered":"Student spotlight: Meet Joshua Gruhl"},"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.<br \/>\nIn UNMC Today&#8217;s Student Spotlight, we get to know some of these students, who will become tomorrow&#8217;s health care professionals. Today we meet: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Name:<\/b> Joshua Gruhl\n<li><b>Hometown:<\/b> Lincoln\n<li><b>Program\/Year:<\/b> Third-year medical student<\/ul>\n<p><b>List three songs on your playlist.<\/b> <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> &#8220;Homegrown,&#8221; Zach Brown Band\n<li> &#8220;Every Other Freckle,&#8221; Alt-J\n<li> &#8220;Fragments,&#8221; Thievery Corporation<\/ul>\n<p><b>What sparked your interest in medicine?<\/b><br \/>\nI grew up in Lincoln and  attended East High School. Then I received a bachelor&#8217;s degree in business from Colorado State University (Go Rams!).  After working in finance for four years in Denver, I realized that I was searching for something more in my life and decided to follow my childhood interest in health and science &#8212; combined with my passion for meeting new people and forming long-term relationships &#8212; and pursue a career in medicine. I enrolled in a one-year post-baccalaureate pre-medical program at Montana State University in Bozeman, took advantage of living in arguably the best trout-fishing region in the country, and ended up back amongst family and friends in Nebraska. <\/p>\n<p><b>Your favorite study snack is:<\/b><br \/> <br \/>\nLay&#8217;s BBQ wavy chips, hot tamales, or Salween Thai green curry.<\/p>\n<p><b>Your favorite app is:<\/b><br \/>\nMapMyRun<\/p>\n<p><b>Three things people may not know about you:<\/b> <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I have a 110-lb. Newfoundland named Madison. There is nothing in life that she&#8217;d rather do than jump into a river and chase after a fish splashing around on the end of someone&#8217;s line.  She&#8217;s never caught one, but that doesn&#8217;t stop her from trying.\n<li>One of my lifelong goals is to work as a physician in a foreign country for part of every year, helping to set up local clinics, hospitals, and educational programs for local health care professionals.\n<li>If I didn&#8217;t go to med school, I&#8217;d be a fly-fishing guide in Bozeman, Mont., by day and a chef by night. But I&#8217;m incredibly happy I chose med school. 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