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Healthcare Focus Area

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  • Jul 12, 2019
  • 2 min read

Updated: Jul 16, 2019

By: Caroline Meister and Jennay Leslie


Cleveland native Stephen Buchholz earned his B.A. in Biochemistry from Depauw University. While Stephen has never worked in the healthcare field, he is fascinated by the body and maintaining “wellness.” Originally Stephen intended to go to college to study medicine; however, he is now a science educator at Wagner High School in Louisville. Stephen’s fascination with the healthcare industry has continued to grow, and he now uses the Governor’s Scholars Program to spread his fascination with other scholars. In his free time, Stephen enjoys creating his sports podcast, coaching soccer, spending time with his wife, and volunteering at a nonprofit organization in Louisville. Although Stephen was never a scholar, he would have loved to be in the astronomy focus area.

Walking into the healthcare classroom, one can immediately notice the close connections that the scholars have with each other. Stephen mentioned how the class consists of very diverse personalities, which is the factor he believes that brings them closer together. When asked about the class, Alexis Wright replied with, “My favorite part about the class is how open we are with each other. Because of our relationship we are able to talk about serious topics and grow closer in our friendship.” The scholars just recently created commercials about public health issues that have had an impact on their lives. These commercials consist of content about vaping, mental health issues, teen pregnancy, alcohol abuse, opioid addiction, donating to blood drives, and many more. A few of the commercials created were shown during community meeting.

Stephen started the 2019 healthcare class with creating a list about what the scholars were interested in learning. Scholars anxiously raised their hands to share their desired topics. This list consisted of CPR, medicine around the world, interconnectedness in hospitals,

occupations within the field, surgery, cadavers, biomedical innovations, and more. The class has recently taken field trips to Jewish Hospital and a cadaver lab in Louisville. The class has also constructed a real life paper mache skeleton to whom they call “Stephan.”

After spending a day with future healthcare professionals, we can ensure the future is bright for the field.


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Jennifer Price grew up in Hopkins County, Kentucky and attended South Hopkins High School. She was a Governor’s Scholar at Murray State University in 1992, and was assigned the Social and Political Theory focus area. After high school, she attended Transylvania University and pursued a degree in Psychology. She finished her bachelor’s degree and then decided to complete graduate school at the University of Arkansas, where she received a doctoral degree in clinical psychology. She has been a member of the GSP faculty and staff for many years, ranging from 1994 to present. She has done every job available except be a focus area instructor. Jen was recently encouraged by her friends to begin running and even completed a half marathon last may. Jen is a wife to Pete, and a mother to two children, Jacob (15) and Eli (12).

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Josh Woodward was a 1992 scholar at Murray State University. After completing undergraduate school at the University of Kentucky, Josh obtained a Masters in Water Resources from Minnesota and a Masters in Teaching from Cornell University. Outside of the program, Josh teaches a variety of science classes at Berea Community High School. When asked about his favorite part of the program, Josh responded with, “My favorite part is the notion that the five weeks is not really the program. It is everything after.” Nearly thirty years later, Josh and his fellow scholars are still close friends. 

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Helen Heines grew up in Shepherdsville, Kentucky, which is in Bullitt County. She attended North Bullitt High School where she applied and was accepted to attend GSP at Murray State University in 2010. Upon graduation in 2011, she continued her education at Western Kentucky University with a degree in elementary education. Currently, Helen is a 5th grade social studies teacher in Louisville, and spends her summers deeply involved in the GSP community. She began working as a Resident Advisor (RA) at Bellarmine University in 2015. She began moving up the ranks to become head RA and then later she obtained the title of Assistant Campus Director, a title that she still holds. 

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