Author: Fran Higgins
PT Student Uses Her Skills on the Hill
Alison Larsen, third-year student in physical therapy in the School of Allied Health Professions, and her husband, Will Becker, have been active in the outdoors for years. They picked up skiing while living in Colorado from 2000-2006. Volunteering with the Mt. Crescent ski patrol in Iowa became a natural extension after an introduction by several […]
Jan 19, 2010
Dr. Karim Bandali to Present Today
As part of the SAHP Research Development Seminar Series, Dr. Karim S. Bandali, Chair of Cardiovascular Perfusion, The Michener Institute of Applied Health Science, Toronto, Ontario, will present, “The Use of Simulation in Inter-Professional Health Science Education” today, Friday, January 15, 2010 from 12:00-1:00 p.m. in MSC 2018.
Jan 15, 2010
CLS staff gives Peoplesoft admissions programs good reviews
Article published in UNMC Today, Friday, January 8, 2010 by Chuck Brown, UNMC public relations The PeopleSoft system has earned good reviews from the School of Allied Health Profession’s Clinical Laboratory Sciences Program, which recently used the new system for its admissions cycle. Link to full article.
Jan 8, 2010
Tammy Jones Publishes on Hand Washing
The Association of Educators in Imaging and Radiologic Sciences (AEIRS) Spectrum newsletter published an article in the December 2009 issue, “Hand Washing: More Important than Ever!” by Tammy L. Jones, MPA, RT(R), assistant professor in radiography education. This article is valuable for practitioners, faculty, staff, and students in every program.
Jan 5, 2010
Season's Greetings from the UNMC Ice Rink
Most of you are gone for the holiday, but yesterday proved a beautiful day to hit the ice rink. To literally hit the ice rink. Seriously, it was a blast and I highly recommend you get out there as soon as you can (once the ice storm is over, of course). Happy Holidays, Fran
Dec 23, 2009
Holiday Tea Revelers
Some of us allied healthers made it over to the holiday tea yesterday where PR caught us enjoying the goodies. Glad we only took one candy cane each! Speaking of revelry — don’t forget the potluck on Monday!
Dec 15, 2009
SAVE THE DATE: March 27, 2010
Prospective college students and advisors: join us for an insider’s view of the School of Allied Health Professions. We’re offering you a BACKSTAGE PASS on Saturday, March 27, 2010 from 1:00-4:30 p.m. The day will include informational sessions and tours of our 11 programs: Clinical Laboratory Science, Clinical Perfusion, CT/MRI, Cytotechnology, Diagnostic Medical Sonography, Medical […]
Dec 7, 2009
Nuclear Medicine Students Keeping it Cool
These first-year nuclear medicine students were some of the first to try out the new outdoor ice skating rink today. Looks like they enjoyed our new winter wonderland.
Dec 4, 2009
Higgins Receives Certificate
To toot one’s horn or not to toot one’s horn: that was the question? The answer I received: toot away, so here goes. I successfully presented my portfolio last week at UNO for the certificate in Advanced Writing. The fifteen credit hours for this included Grant Writing, Narrative Nonfiction, Travel Writing, Experiments in Creative Nonfiction, and […]
Dec 2, 2009
We Have a Winner…But…
Jill Carson in Public Relations was the first to correctly identify my whereabouts in the “Where in UNMC” contest, with Michelle Simon in Distance Education a close second. (Michelle also identified Elephanto’s location in the photo, so I’ll have to think of something special for her.) However… Elephanto met with a little accident this morning, […]
Nov 23, 2009
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