By Nebraska Area Health and Education Center
Students from the Panhandle were among 51 students who were recently recognized as graduates of the Nebraska Area Health Education Center Scholars Program.
The program is based at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and is a two-year program, part of a national initiative that prepares health profession students to serve in rural and urban underserved areas of the state.
The 2023 class of AHEC Scholars includes health professions students in dentistry, nursing, paramedic, pharmacy, physical therapy, physical therapy assistant, physician assistant, medicine, radiologic technology and speech therapy. The graduates represent health profession programs at Central Community College, Northeast Community College, Regional West Medical Center School of Radiologic Technology, Southeast Community College, University of Nebraska at Kearney, University of Nebraska Medical Center and Western Nebraska Community College.
The 2023 graduates included:
Western Nebraska Community College
Nursing Program
Alliance — Yenisey Heredia, Brytni McLaughlin
Hemingford — Jacobi Stumpff
Mitchell — Holly Anderson
Scottsbluff — Allyson Gion
Physician Assistant Program: Natalie Gasseling Hemingford
College of Nursing – West Nebraska Division
Nursing Program
Crawford — Kelsey Tighe
Mitchell — Alyssa Dishman
Sidney — Macie Rolls
Regional West Medical Center School of Radiologic Technology
Scottsbluff — Emily Schmidt
Western Nebraska Community College
Nursing Program
Alliance — Yenisey Heredia, Brytni McLaughlin
Hemingford — Jacobi Stumpff
Mitchell — Holly Anderson
Scottsbluff — Allyson Gion