Author: Fran Higgins
SAHP to Lead Both Student and Faculty Senates
For the first time, representatives from the School of Allied Health Professions will lead both the student senate and the faculty senate. Second-year physical therapy student, Andrew Shaw, BS, CSCS, was elected President of the Student Senate and will also serve as UNMC Student Regent. His term will be from April, 2015 till April, 2016. […]
Mar 26, 2015
Preventing Patient Falls – a Team Effort
Nineteen hospitals across Nebraska are implementing an evidence-based approach to keeping patients upright and reducing injuries from preventable falls. Watch this video of Katherine Jones, PT, PhD, associate professor in physical therapy education, and Carol Kampschneider, RN, MSN, V.P. of Clinical and Regulatory Services at St. Francis Memorial Hospital in West Point, NE, being interviewed […]
Mar 25, 2015
2014 PA grads have 100% pass rate!
Our physician assistant (PA) program graduates from the Class of 2014, graduating this past December, all passed the PA National Certifying Exam (PANCE) on their first attempts. Michael Huckabee, PhD, MPAS, PA-C, director of the PA program, reported that this is the first time since 2010 that they’ve regained the 100% pass rate for first-time […]
Mar 24, 2015
Kim Michael among TOP 25 sonography professors
Kim Michael, MA, RDMS, RVT, RT(R), Associate Professor, Director of Diagnostic Medical Sonography Education, and Anderson Professor, received a nice surprise email from The Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography. They sent her a link to a webpage listing Kim as one of the top 25 sonography professors. It begins, “Meet some of the most well-known […]
Mar 20, 2015
UNMC College of Allied Health Professions
Effective July 1, 2015 the School of Allied Health Professions will become UNMC’s sixth college – the College of Allied Health Professions. That has a nice ring to it! Earlier today, Chancellor Gold and our dean, Kyle Meyer, PhD, participated in a meeting of the Nebraska Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education (CCPE), during which the Commission […]
Mar 12, 2015
Newest face in the SAHP: Linda Bottom
HR Associate, Linda Bottom, recently joined the SAHP, transferring from Graduate Studies where she had split her time over the past three years between MSIA (Laura Bilek’s Associate) and BMI (Jim McClay’s Associate). She has previous experience with payroll and HR, and we’re happy to have her on board in this new role. Linda says […]
Mar 12, 2015
Jan Tompkins is a proud grandma, again!
Jan Tompkins, director of SAHP Academic and Student Affairs, would like to announce the birth of her new grandson. Henry Russell Tompkins arrived Sunday, March 8, 2015 at 6:11 p.m. He was 8 lb. 15 oz., and 21 inches. Congratulations, Jan!
Mar 12, 2015
Maggie Winnicki wins the SAHP Biggest Loser Competition
Maggie Winnicki, MPH, Administrative Coordinator in Academic & Student Affairs, won the first SAHP Biggest Loser Competition. She lost 11.16% of her body weight. Go, Maggie! “I’m a terribly competitive person,” Maggie said, “but the truth is, I thought it would be fun. I needed something to jumpstart a healthier lifestyle, and I thought this […]
Mar 11, 2015
Two future PT students in the news
Jennifer and Amanda Lauer are sisters coming to physical therapy school this year after graduation from UNL. They are both Husker gymnasts and along with fellow seniors, Jessie DeZiel and Desire’ Stephens, have played a big role in the Huskers’ success the past four seasons. Read their story in the Lincoln Journal Star>> Photo by […]
Mar 10, 2015
SAHP Team Trekked Up the Tower
The First National Tower in downtown Omaha juts 633 feet into the sky. That’s 40 floors or 870 steps. The UNMC – School of Allied Health Professions team of Geri Finn, Erin Hoffman, Andrew Henneberry, Jill Jensen, and our dean, Kyle Meyer, PhD, accepted the vertical challenge and made the Trek Up the Tower on […]
Mar 3, 2015
