Chadron State accepts 32 high school seniors into RHOP
Thirty-two seniors in Nebraska high schools have been accepted to participate in the Rural Health Opportunities Program at Chadron State College beginning this fall.
The program was begun in 1990 as a joint venture between Chadron State and the University of Nebraska Medical Center to help alleviate the shortage of health professionals in rural Nebraska.
Under the program, the students take their pre-professional training at
Chadron State before transferring to one of the UMNC sites. The dental students will take their advanced training in Lincoln, the dental hygiene and nursing students in Scottsbluff and the others in Omaha.
Twenty-one of the seniors were accepted into RHOP as primary participants while the others are alternates. Often, the alternates become primary participants before their training at Chadron State is completed.
Nearly 80 students applied this year to join RHOP. There are about 85 students currently in the program at Chadron State.
Those accepted as participants are:
Dental hygiene—Maryanne Dankert, Chambers
Dentistry—Adam Anderson, Wood River, and Stephanie Cobb, Ainsworth.
Medicine—Katherine Becker, Alliance; Rebecca Demoret, Gothenburg; Chelsea Keeney, Callaway; Adam Rasmussen, Mead; Kortany Schultz, Scottsbluff.
Nursing—Brooke Amsberry, Ansley, and Liz Licking, Tryon.
Pharmacy—Kale Breinig, Edison (attends Arapahoe-Holbrook High) ; Sharla Janssen, Rushville; and Todd Strasburger, Gordon.
Physical therapy—Eric Davis, Wood River; Brooke Hollenbeck, Rose (attends Rock County High at Bassett); Abigail Keilwitz, Alliance; and Tiarra Rouse, Doniphan.
Physician assistant—Alysia Mowry, Cambridge, and Sarah Piettner, Norfolk (Norfolk High).
Radiography—Megan Clark, Crete, and Sonja Painter, Ainsworth.
Those accepted as alternates:
Dental hygiene—Jessica Burleigh, Gordon.
Dentistry—Lauren Hess, North Platte High.
Medicine—Drew Blessing, Ogallala; Sebastian Edwards, Arapahoe; Brandon Kotschwar, McCook; Naomi Matthews, Benkelman; Angela Osborn, Chadron.
Nursing—Kayla Webb, Arapahoe.
Physical therapy—Stephanie Scholowski, Kearney (Kearney Catholic), and Ryan Williams, Hastings (St. Cecelia).
Radiography—Meredith Smith, Auburn.
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