Science majors going to professional schools
Twenty-four Chadron State College students who have been majoring in science programs have been accepted into professional schools beginning this fall, it was announced Thursday night during the annual Health Professions Honors Banquet at the Country Kitchen Restaurant. Ten of the students are in the Rural Health Opportunities Program, a joint venture with the University of Nebraska Medical Center that is designed to provide health care professionals for rural communities in the state.
Those students, their hometowns and fields of study are:
Medicine—Megan Pelton, Chadron, and Kylee Stanley, Alliance.
Nursing—Liz Licking, Tryon.
Physician Assistant—Lea Wells, St. Paul.
Pharmacy—Kale Breinig, Arapahoe, and Sharla Janssen, Rushville.
Physical Therapy—Brett Kollars, Pierce, Maressa Lee, North Platte, and Ally Malzahn, Sidney.
Radiography—Megan Clark, Crete.
All of the RHOP graduates will take their professional training at the UNMC main campus in Omaha except Licking, who will attend the western Nebraska site in Scottsbluff.
The remaining students have been in traditional track programs and will continue their training at various localities. Those students, their hometowns and schools they will attend are:
Dentistry—Brian Rochelle, Casper, Wyo., UNMC College of Dentistry in Lincoln.
Dental Hygiene—Michelle Schultz, Grand Island, UNMC in Scottsbluff.
Medicine—Tyler Dickey, Morrill, UNMC in Omaha.
Nursing—Joslynne Simpson, Alliance, UNMC in Scottsbluff.
Optometry—Jaime Balzan, Wheatland, Wyo., Pacific University in Oregon, and Levi Clyde, Upton, Wyo., University of Houston in Texas.
Physician Assistant—Katie Fisher Metz, Hershey, and Bryce Jarzynka, both UNMC in Omaha.
Physical Therapy—Cynthia Coats, Merino, Colo., AT Still University at Mesa, Ariz.; Chuck Funk, O’Neill, Missouri State University in Springfield; and Joseph Osovski, Nebraska City, Elon University in North Carolina.
Radiography—Taryn Ledford, Custer, S.D., UNMC in Scottsbluff.
Veterinary medicine—Jessica Baker, Kimball, Oklahoma State University, and Craig Calkins, Cody, Wyo., Washington State University.
During the program, Brad Fillmore, who teaches anatomy and physiology courses and is the advisor to the Health Professions Club, said the human biology and health professions programs at Chadron State continue to produce outstanding graduates. He said the course of study is purposely rigorous so the graduates will be successful in their professional training.
He said the professors “would feel terrible” if the students accepted into professional programs, hadn’t been adequately trained to succeed.
Also speaking was Dr. Travis Lambert, a graduate of Chadron State who practices dentistry in Chadron. He noted that professional schools “are tough to get into and tough once you get there,” but with the background they have received at CSC those students who have been accepted will do well if they have good study habits and are persistent.
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