Many CSC students accepted by professional schools
Thirty-three Chadron State College students who are health professions majors have been accepted to attend professional schools, beginning this fall. Nineteen of the students are in the Rural Health Opportunities Program that is a joint venture with the University of Nebraska Medical Center. One is in the High Plains Health Opportunities Program and will attend Creighton University. The others are “traditional” students. Most of them will attend UNMC.
Those going to UNMC under the Rural Health Opportunities Program are:
Clinical Laboratory Science—Andrea Clouatre, North Platte.
Dentistry—Micaela Raasch, Sidney, and Jonathan Sand, Bertrand.
Medicine—Andria Daniels, Mitchell; Emily Miller, Sutton; Adam Wells, St. Paul; and Jacqueline Wells, Albion.
Nursing—Jordan Colwell, Alliance.
Pharmacy—Andrea Carder, Albion; Michelle Markowski, Ord; and Libby Mecklem, Morrill.
Physical Therapy—Ben Holmstedt, Paxton, and Heath Vejraska, Hay Springs.
Physician Assistant—Alicia Longe Brost, Norfolk; Carrie Dunn, Falls City; and Jodi Stowater, Wayne.
Radiography—Joe Merrill, Loup City; Jeremy Peterson, Atkinson; and Brandy Schaum, Gering.
Tonya Kelley of North Platte will study pharmacy at Creighton through HPHOP.
Those in traditional programs who have been accepted by professional schools are:
Clinical Laboratory Science—Kristen Bryner of Hemingford to UNMC in Omaha.
Dental Hygiene—Kelani Bosch of Wheatland, Wyo., and Nicole Fritschie of Gering to UNMC in Gering.
Medicine—Karissa Johnson of Hershey to UMNC in Omaha, Christopher Wells of Bridgeport to Touro University at Henderson, Nev.
Nursing—Taryn Van Schoiack of Hershey to nursing at UNMC in Omaha.
Optometry—Kaila Osmotherly of Torrington, Wyo., to Pacific University at Forest Grove, Ore.
Pharmacy—Patrick Christensen of Maxwell to UNMC.
Physical Therapy—Sarah Halsey of Wheatland, Wyo., to UNMC.
Physician Assistant—Lisa Hays of Crawford to Union College in Lincoln; and Ed Sydow of Sidney, Chelsea Wagner of Gillette, Wyo., and Ben Woodhead of North Platte, all to UNMC.
In addition, Caleb Lund of Lusk, Wyo., has been accepted into the veterinary school at Colorado State University at Fort Collins.
Two former health professions majors at Chadron State who are now practicing in the Panhandle spoke at the dinner when the students who will be going to professional schools were honored.
They are Mike Moravec, a native of David City who is a physical therapist in Sidney, and his wife, Lisa Miller Moravec, a graduate of Potter-Dix High School and a dental hygienist and instructor for UNMC in Gering.
They advised the departing students to study hard, but assured them that after the training they have received at CSC they will be well-prepared for the professional school curriculum.
“Because of Chadron State’s outstanding training in anatomy and physiology, you will be way ahead of all the other students when you go to Omaha,” Mike said. “You get a wonderful foundation here for what’s ahead. I can’t say enough about the preparation I received here.”
Lisa advised the students to use the same study habits that worked for them as undergraduates and to participate in activities outside the classrooms and laboratories.
She also stated that in order to keep pace with the many changes in the health professions, they will need continue studying after they complete their professional school training.
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