Health sciences students accepted to professional schools

Twenty of the students are Nebraskans participating in the Rural Health Opportunities Program, a joint venture with the University of Nebraska Medical Center that is designed to provide health care professionals to lesser-populated areas of Nebraska.

The 20 RHOP students and their hometowns, listed by field of study:

Dental Hygiene: Macey Huston, Loomis.

Dentistry: David Perry, North Platte; Nick Stokey, Paxton; Eric Van Boening, North Platte; Jake Zitterkopf, Scottsbluff.

Medicine: Nick Brening, Gering; David Doyle, Scottsbluff; Ashley Maxon, Laurel; Matthew Nielsen, Brunswick; Katie Score, Elgin.

Nursing (UNMC West at Scottsbluff): Erica Burr, Holdrege; Hannah Christian, Gordon; Rahne Kunzman, Alliance.

Pharmacy: Michelle Mahr, Sidney; Rick Marlatt, Gordon.

Physical Therapy: Robby France, Gothenburg; Rebecca Kathman, Lawrence; Allison Rowden, Broken Bow.

Physician Assistant: Jacob Karmazin, Lawrence.

Radiography: Kristy Stevens, Ord.

The 13 traditional track students, their hometowns, the schools they will attend and their field of study:

Clinical Lab Science: Jamie Pittam, Sidney, UNMC.

Dental Hygine: Jennifer Weiss, Hastings.

Dentistry: Logan Veath, Chadron, UNMC

Nursing: Kimberly Borm, Sidney, Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing at Peoria, Ill.; Kristin Mitzel, Rushville, UNMC West at Scottsbluff; Rebecca Oligmueller, West Point, UNMC-Norfolk; Liz Ridder, Callaway, Creighton; Mercedes Roy, Scotia, UNMC West at Scottsbluff; Kayla Sayer, Valentine, BryanLGH College of Health Sciences at Lincoln.

Pharmacy: Lindsey Briggs, Alliance, University of Wyoming; Malinda Plog, Oshkosh, UNMC; Taylor Woodward, Broken Bow, UNMC.

Physician Assistant: Jake Runyan, Ainsworth, Idaho State University.