Lesley Towery of Wauneta, a 2015 graduate of Wauneta-Palisade Public Schools, was one of seventeen undergraduate students enrolled in either the Rural Health Opportunities Program (RHOP) or the Kearney Health Opportunities Program (KHOP) spent June 1 and 2 getting to know their future health professions professors and the University of Nebraska Medical Center campus during the annual RHOP/KHOP visit.
     The RHOP and KHOP programs are designed to address the special needs of rural Nebraska by encouraging rural residents to pursue a career in a health care field. Students selected are guaranteed admission to UNMC in their selected health profession, as long as all stated requirements are met and their pre-professional studies are completed at participating institutions.
 

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