Author: Fran Higgins
Mitchell represents the USA at international meeting
Connie Mitchell represented the United States at the recent World Congress meeting of the International Society of Radiographers and Radiologic Technologists (ISRRT) in Toronto, Canada, June 4-10th. She serves as Council Member for the American Society of Radiologic Technologists.
Jun 21, 2012
Scholting invited to serve at conference
Patty Scholting, PA-C, was one of three PA educators invited to attend the 2012 Integrating Quality Meeting: Collaborating for Care national meeting sponsored by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). In addition to serving on the review panel for poster abstracts at this meeting, she was the facilitator for the presentation, “Improving Patient Safety […]
Jun 20, 2012
UNMC Service Award Recipients in the SAHP
Nicki Simmons, Karen Wesche, Gail Hackendahl, and Cindy Skarda The following SAHP staff members were honored for their service to UNMC at the annual awards dinner last week: Karen Wesche – 5 years; Virgie Powers – 10 years (not pictured); Nicki Simmons – 15 years; Gail Hackendahl – 25 years; and Cindy Skarda – 30 […]
Jun 19, 2012
Welcome to our newest faculty member, Stephanie Vas — CT/MRI
Stephanie Vas is the new Clinical Education Coordinator for the Computed Tomography/Magnetic Resonance Imaging (CT/MRI) program in the School of Allied Health Professions. Originally from central Nebraska, she graduated from Ansley Public School. Stephanie received a BS in Radiation Science from UNMC in 2010, with specialties in Radiography, CT, and MRI. She has been practicing […]
Jun 18, 2012
Physician Assistant ranked #1 job by Forbes
Thousands of new college grads will enter the workforce this year, but with unemployment at 8.2% and underemployment near 18%, many will put off the taxing job search process and opt out of the weak job market to pursue graduate degrees. With this in mind, Forbes set out to determine which master’s degrees would provide […]
Jun 15, 2012
Corri Hanson wins award for manuscript
Corrine Hanson, PhD, RD, LMNT, assistant professor in Medical Nutrition Education, has been selected as a winner of the 2011 Huddleson Award for her manuscript, “Vitamin D Status and Associations in Newborn Formula-Fed Infants during Initial Hospitalization,” published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association (now the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics) […]
Jun 12, 2012
VanderMeulen attends Toronto conference
Stephane VanderMeulen is an elected Director-at-large for the PA Education Association (PAEA). She attended the National PAEA Conference in Toronto last week and participated in the Board of Directors meetings. Their schedule included a lunch meeting with American Academy of Physician Assistants President Robert Wooten, Chief Executive Officer Jenna Dorn, and President Elect Jim Delaney. They also […]
Jun 6, 2012
The Ramblers are ramblin' on…
The Ramblers made this short “motivational” video as part of our step challenge. Enjoy! http://youtu.be/RQDTE2bNz-o
Jun 1, 2012
Darwin Brown presents in Canada
Approximately 3,500 Physician Assistants from the U.S. and around the world attended the National Physician Assistant Conference sponsored by the American Academy of Physician Assistants from May 25-29 in Toronto, Canada. Darwin Brown, PA-C, MPH, gave one lecture, “Essentials in 12-Lead ECG Interpretation,” and directed two 3-hour workshops, “Basic ECG Workshop,” and “Intermediate ECG Workshop.”
May 31, 2012
New addition to the allied health family
To the SAHP community, James Temme, associate director of radiation science technology education, would like to announce that he and his wife, Kathy, are new grandparents. Their daughter Abby gave birth on May 14th to a beautiful baby girl, Kinley McGinnis Hill. Mom, Dad, Jacob and Grandparents are all doing well. Congratulations, and welcome to […]
May 25, 2012
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