Undergraduate students explore health careers at UNMC

During the visit, students learned about careers in the allied health professions, dentistry, dental hygiene, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and public health. Students also met UNMC students in their declared health profession training programs and gained information about how to be academically prepared to thrive in professional school, according to a press release from UNMC.

“The annual visit to UNMC is an outstanding opportunity for our future students to visualize themselves in their health profession training program, and as a future health care provider,” said Nikki Carritt, Director of Rural Health Initiatives. “It is also an opportunity for faculty and staff across UNMC to demonstrate our commitment to their success in becoming Nebraska’s rural health care workforce of the future.”

While at UNMC, the CSC students met with faculty, and attended presentations about leadership, inclusivity, well-being, and stress management.

The UNMC Rural Health Initiatives, the UNMC Office of Student Services, and the Nebraska Area Health Education Center Program coordinated the visit.

Chadron State College students who attended are: Taylor Buescher of Sutton, Nathaniel Cooper of Bridgeport, Jordan Wear of Fort Calhoun, Madison Coulter of Gothenburg, Lydia Connell of Arnold, Spencer Knuth and Katelyn Keffeler of Holdrege, Sage Konicek of Ord, Ian Papenfus, Alisha Huynh, and Logan Moravec of Scottsbluff, Aubrey Schultis of Tryon, Kelli Schoch of Columbus, Micaiah Vrbka of Brainard, Brawly Taylor of Fremont, Mikhail Thanawalla of Gering, Joshua Kruse of Gurley, Jace Russman of Cozad, Tyrianne Baney of Ogallala, Emily Hand of Columbus, Brooke Becker of Hastings, Brooke Benson of O’Neill, Brooke Chramosta of Ravenna, and Kesha DeGroff of Broken Bow.