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 Utah  HOSA  

           487  West  300  South   Orem,  UT    84058   801-­‐400-­‐5600   www.uthosa.org    

NEWS  Release   July 3, 2015 Contact: Denise Abbott, Utah HOSA Advisor 801-400-5600 [email protected]

  Utah HOSA Excels at 2015 NLC 2015 National HOSA Leadership Conference, Anaheim, CA On June 23, 2015 over 8,500 HOSA members, advisors, and healthcare professionals from around the nation arrived in Anaheim, California for the 38th National HOSA Leadership Conference. The Hilton Hotel and Convention Center was the site of 58 competitive events, 104 educational symposia, HOSA University, scholarships, interactive exhibitions, and networking opportunities for the 230 delegates from Utah. Utah HOSA excels at the national level!!! Advisor Recognition: Jen Christensen, Granite Technical Institute, serves on the National Competitive Events Committee for Teamwork Events. Jen was also selected as the Region I Outstanding Chapter Advisor. Cindy Parkinson, Skyview High School, and Lisa Prudden, Corner Canyon High School, were recognized as the Outstanding Local Advisors. Jenni Davidson, Utah HOSA State Officer Coach, served as the Event Chair for EMT and was assisted by Kenyon Christen, Timpview High School, as Quality Assurance. Denise Abbott, State Advisor, has worked for two years with the National Library of Medicine (Rob Logan) and Utah HOSA will be the pilot state of a new Health Literacy Certification for HOSA members. Opening Session Utah Recognition: Omar Ramirez (Southern Utah University), 2015-2016 Utah HOSA President, served as the flag-bearer for the state flag. Savannah Raisor, Timpview High School, and Nadia Nguyen were both honored as National HOSA Scholarships recipients. The audience was treated to an amazing keynote speech by

Dr. Sampson Davis, who reminded students that those who “call you nerd today will call you boss tomorrow,” and “when you are this close to quitting, you’re this much closer to success.” Utah HOSA is a student leadership organization whose mission is to promote career opportunities in healthcare and to enhance the delivery of quality healthcare to all people. Utah HOSA currently operates 83 chapters in both high schools and colleges/universities throughout the state with a membership of 3,800. Utah HOSA is supported by the Career and Technical Education Division of the Utah State Office of Education. The Health Science Specialist is Rachel Bolin. We would like to congratulate all the advisors, members, and officers that participated and excelled at the conference … and a warm thank you to those advisors who were not able to attend the conference and spent much time preparing student members for success at nationals. We would also like to thank the Utah State Office of Education’s Career and Technical Education Department, schools districts, superintendents, career and technical education directors, principals, and HOSA chapter advisors for their continued support of Utah HOSA. We would also like to thank our scholarship sponsors – Utah Hospital Association, Intermountain Healthcare, ARUP Laboratories, Davis Applied Technology College, and the Army ROTC at the University of Utah. Utah HOSA began the conference on Tuesday with the Utah HOSA State Officers attending a national workshop for state officers. On Wednesday morning, Utah HOSA Delegates attended a breakfast orientation led by the Utah HOSA State Officers (Omar Ramirez, Spencer Kuehne, Josh Pinnock, Weston Lee, Dereck Tolua, Sadie Bird, Angelika Briones, Montana Vonhatten and State Advisor, Denise Abbott. The conference officially began Wednesday evening with the Keynote Speaker, Dr. Sampson Davis (The Pact and Living and Dying in Brick City). Thursday and Friday were dedicated to competitions and educational symposia. Saturday included a sight-seeing in San Clemente and rides in Disneyland and Knott’s Berry Farm AND the Grand Awards Ceremonies! Congratulations, Utah, for a successful conference! **Be sure to find us (Utah HOSA) on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter!! National  Recognition  Events  

Advisor  Recognition      Outstanding  Chapter  Advisor  –  Lisa  Prudden  –  Corner  Canyon  High  School      Outstanding  Chapter  Advisor  –  Cindy  Parkinson  –  Sky  View  High  School   Region  I  Outstanding  Chapter  Advisor  –  Jen  Christensen  –  Granite  Technical  Institute      National  Competitive  Events  Committee  -­‐  Jen  Christensen  -­‐  Granite  Technical  Institute      EMT  Event  Manager  –  Jennifer  Davidson  –  Utah  HOSA  Officer  Coach                                                                                               EMT  Quality  Assurance  –  Kenyon  Christen  –  Timpview  High  School   National  Library  of  Medicine  Partnership  –  Denise  Abbott      

HOSA  Happenings      Timpanogos  High  School  –  Bethany  Day,  Editor  –  Diane  Gardner,  Advisor           Flag Bearer, Opening Ceremonies      Omar  Ramirez  –  Southern  Utah  University  –  Utah  State  Flag  Bearer                                                                                                                                 Barbara  James  Service  Award      McKinley  Moffat  –  Jordan  HS      Tiffany  Thompson  –  Bingham  HS     National  Service  Project  –  Recognition      Natasha  Neff  –  Granite  Technical  Institute      Sydney  Marchant  –  Roy  HS     Outstanding  State  Leader  (Past  State  Officer)      Nicole  Chang  –  Park  City  HS         Voting  Delegates      Omar  Ramirez  –  Southern  Utah  University      Weston  Lee  –  Weber  HS      Josh  Pinnock  –  Viewmont  HS      Dereck  Tolua  –  Sky  View  HS      Jennifer  Duenas  –  West  HS     National  Ambassadors      Angelika  Briones  –  Stansbury  HS      Montana  VonHatten  –  Stansbury  HS     National  Nominating  Committee  Delegate      Rio  Brown  –  Millard  HS     Utah  HOSA  Scholarship  Sponsors      Utah  Hospital  Association      Intermountain  Healthcare  Corporation      ARUP  Blood  Services  Laboratory      University  of  Utah  Army  ROTC      Utah  HOSA     State  Officers  Attending  the  National  Leadership  Conference      Omar  Ramirez  –  Southern  Utah  University      Weston  Lee  –  Weber  HS      Josh  Pinnock  –  Viewmont  HS      Dereck  Tolua  –  Sky  View  HS      Jennifer  Duenas  –  West  HS      Angelika  Briones  –  Stansbury  HS      Montana  VonHatten  –  Stansbury  HS      Spencer  Kuehne  –  Mountain  View  HS      Sadie  Bird  –  Grantsville  HS   National  HOSA  Scholarship  Recipients        Savannah  Raisor  –  Timpview  HS      Nadia  Nguyen  –  Granite  Technical  Institute  

Post-Secondary/Collegiate Award Winners Clinical  Nursing   First  Place  –  Lonny  Krause  –  Snow  College  Richfield  Campus     Dental  Science   First  Place  –  Emily  Johnson  –  DATC     Health  Career  Display   Fourth  Place  –  Brooke  Lamb  and  Ashley  White  –  Snow  College  Richfield  Campus     Medical  Assisting   Fourth  Place  –  Rachel  LeSueur  –  DATC     Medical  Terminology   First  Place  –  Max  Brcko  –  University  of  Utah  

Secondary Award Winners Extemporaneous  Health  Poster   First  Place  –  Abby  Dewitt  –  Timpanogos  HS     Job  Seeking  Skills   Sixth  Place  –  Weston  Lee  –  Weber  HS     Knowledge  Test  -­‐  Pharmacology   Tenth  Place  –  Keelia  McArthy  –  Tooele  HS     Medical  Assisting   First  Place  –  Sydnee  Davis  –  JATC  Medical  Assisting     Medical  Photography   Second  Place  –  Nathan  Sampson  –  Snow  College  Richfield/North  Sevier  HS     Medical  Spelling   Ninth  Place  –  Vismaya  Kharkar  –  West  High  School     Medical  Terminology   Seventh  Place  –  Raquel  Lemos  –  Fremont  HS   Eighth  Place  –  Ayden  Olsen  –  Viewmont  HS     Nursing  Assisting   Tenth  Place  –  McKayla  Butler  –  Northridge  HS     Parliamentary  Procedure  –  Tenth  Place  –  Mountain  View  HS   Spencer  Kuehne   Ciara  Hollowell   Alexandra  Jones   Ricardo  Mejia   Baylie  Nakai          

Public  Service  Announcement  –  First  Place  –  Weber  HS   Henderson  Bird   Matthew  Hansen   Kencaid  Lunt   Christian  Protzman   Austin  Spilker   David  Suisse      

Advisors Assisting with Competitive Events and/or Courtesy Corps Jodalyn  Buck  –  American  Leadership  Academy   Andrew  Miller  –  Box  Elder  HS   Peter  Burt  –  Box  Elder  HS   Lisa  Prudden  –  Corner  Canyon  HS   Mindy  Tulane  –  DATC  (Davis  Applied  Technology  College)   Shannon  Iseminger  –  Fremont  HS   Jen  Christensen  –  Granite  Technical  Institute  (GTI)   Shannon  Lee  –  Tooele  School  District   Caralee  Young  –  Itineris  Early  College   Erin  Keenan  –  Itineris  Early  College   Julie  Huffman  –  JATC   Sue  Taylor  –  JATC   Charlotte  Lartey  –  Jordan  HS   Misty  Morrow  –  Kearns  HS   Samantha  Winder  –  Logan  HS   Brad  Nelson  –  Logan  HS   Lori  Christensen  –  Lone  Peak  HS   Chad  Greenwood  –  Mountain  View  HS   Mitzi  Jeppesen  –  Northridge  HS   Debbie  Alcox  –  Park  City  HS   Buffy  Blunck  –  Riverton  HS   Trudy  Pecorelli  –  Riverton  HS   Brenda  Cook  –  Roy  HS   Cindy  Parkinson  –  Sky  View  HS   Amber  Epling  –  Snow  College  Richfield   Debi  Sampson  –  Snow  College  Richfield   Sterling  Wadley  –  Springville  HS   Diane  Gardner  –  Timpanogos  HS   Denise  Abbott  –  Timpview  HS   Kenyon  Christen  –  Timpview  HS   Jennifer  Davidson  –  State  Officer  Leadership     Justin  Nelson  –  Viewmont  HS   Jen  Bird  –  Weber  HS   Melissa  Powell  –  Weber  HS   Garth  McFarland  –  West  HS  

Pictures from the HOSA National Leadership Conference 2015  

     

Utah  HOSA  State  Meeting    

 

 

 

   

   

 Savannah  Raisor  –  Scholarship  Recipient                                National  Consortium  for  Healthcare  Education        

       

 

 

 

 

 

     

  Viewmont  High  School  HOSA            Advisor:    Justin  Nelson  

 

  Outstanding  Advisors                                        Cindy  Parkinson  and  Lisa  Prudden  

 

     Utah  HOSA  President  Omar  Ramirez  

 

                           Meeting  Dr.  Sampson  Davis  

 

 

   

   

                       Fremont  High  School  HOSA                        Advisor:    Shannon  Iseminger  

 

               

                             

   

 

       

                                                                                                 

                                             

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                     Max  Brcko  –  U  of  U     First  Place  –  Medical  Terminology  

   

             Jen  Christensen  -­‐  GTI                      Region  I  Local  Advisor  Recognition    

   

   

   

 

 

 

 

       

                         

     

     

     

    2015-­‐2016  State  HOSA  Officers                                                      Top  Row:    Lee,  Kuehne  Pinnock,  Tuloa                            First  Row:    Briones,  Duenas,  Ramirez,  VonHatten  

 

Post-­‐Secondary  Medalists  –  Snow  and  DATC                            Advisors  Snow  –  Epling,  Sampson  and  DATC  -­‐  Tulane    

 

 

Brooke  Lamb  and  Ashley  White              Fourth  Place  –  Health  Career  Display      

   

   

 

          West  High  School                    Advisor  –  Garth  McFarland  

                                                                                     

   

 

Top  Picture:   Timpanogos  HS  HOSA  with  Advisor  Diane  Gardner   Side  Picture:   Northridge  HS  HOSA  –  Advisor,  Mitzi  Jeppesen  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

     

     

 

 

 

 

 

  Lone  Peak  HS  HOSA                          Advisor  –  Lori  Christensen    

 

 

       Park  City  HS  HOSA  –  Advisor  Deb  Alcox  

  Utah  HOSA  State  Officers  are  ALWAYS  Professional!