Chadron State College has announced the names of 22 incoming Nebraska students who have been accepted in the Rural Health Opportunities Program (RHOP) as participants and three alternates.
According to Director of Health Professions Kristal Kuhnel, CSC and University of Nebraska Medical Center officials who interviewed and selected the students are pleased with them and confident they have an understanding of the rigorous requirements of the program, as well as a commitment to return to rural Nebraska after they graduate.
Students selected as participants in the program receive a full tuition scholarship to CSC and take pre-professional training at CSC with guaranteed pre-admittance to one of the UNMC sites, if they meet the program’s standards. Dental students will take advanced training at Lincoln, the nursing students at Scottsbluff, dental hygiene students at Gering, and all the others in Omaha. According to Kuhnel, alternates often become participants before completing their time at CSC.
Dentistry
Nathaniel Cooper, Bridgeport
Jordan Wear, Fort Calhoun High School
Taylor Buescher, Sutton
Medicine (participants)
Lydia Connell, Arnold
Spencer Knuth, Holdrege
Sage Konicek, Ord
Ian Papenfus, Scottsbluff
Aubrey Schultis, Tryon
Medicine (alternates)
Micaiah Vrbka, Brainard
Kelli Schoch, Columbus
Ashley Mutchie, Hemingford
Medical Laboratory Science
Mariah Schneider, North Platte
Nursing
Chevi McClintock, Elsie
Josie Brown, Gering
Ethan Roby, Grand Island
Hailey Snyder, Grant
Jessica Badje, Hay Springs
Hailey Holtz, Venango
Physician Assistant
Brooke Becker, Hastings
Brooke Benson, O’Neill
Pharmacy
Jace Russman, Cozad
Joshua Kruse, Leyton
Physical Therapy
Tyrianne Baney, Ogallala
Logan Moravec, Scottsbluff
Radiography
Kesha DeGroff, Broken Bow
