Elkhorn HOSA team 26 strong at international competition
By Heather Ruenz
SLN staff
The Elkhorn HOSA chapter took a record 26 students to compete at the HOSA International Leadership Conference 2018 in Dallas recently. Of that group, 19 students made it to the final round of their event, one team earned a fourth-place finish while another earned a top-10.
“It was very successful for the Elkhorn HOSA students. There were 7,000 competitors and over 10,000 people who attended. We placed 4th in HOSA Bowl with a group of seniors who are incredible and our Public Health team consisting of all freshman placed 8th,” advisor Stephanie Steinke said.
HOSA-Future Health Professionals – formerly known as Health Occupations Students of America – is an international student organization, which aims to promote career opportunities in the health care industry and to enhance the delivery of quality health care to all people.
Steinke said the students put in a significant amount of time to prepare.
“It’s difficult to describe the time commitment required to compete at this level in both of these events. Our scrapbook was recognized at the International level, one of our students was recognized for his knowledge of healthcare issues, another for volunteering over 100 hours this year, and our chapter received recognition for raising almost $1,000 for NAMI,” she said of this year’s team.
For more about how the local HOSA team did at the international level, including comments from several students, see the Aug. 2 Elkhorn Independent.
