Appelhans graduates with doctorate in dental surgery

Dr. Brooke Ashley Appelhans is a May 2021 graduate of the University of Nebraska Medical Center School of Dentistry in Lincoln, Neb. She recently graduated with a doctorate in dental surgery. Brooke plans to move to Portland, Ore. to pursue a general practice residency at Oregon Health and Science University Hospital.

Brooke is a Sterling High School graduate. She attended Hastings College in Nebraska where she obtained a degree in chemistry with a minor in biology.

She is the daughter of Brenda and Dave Appelhans, Sterling, and the granddaughter of Betty and Roger Uecker, Haxtun, and Donna and the late Joe Appelhans, Sterling.