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University of Nebraska Medical Center

Author: Fran Higgins

Volunteer work by PT Faculty highlighted in Fremont Tribune

The September 7th 2010 edition of the Fremont Tribune highlighted the family friendly nature of the Joslyn Art Museum of Omaha. The journalist, Dean Jacobs, participated in guided tours and quoted comments made by the Museum’s trained docents, including SAHP’s Pat Hageman, PT, PhD. A picture and comments made by Hageman are featured in the […]

Sep 16, 2010

Raffle Baskets for the Fun Run

If you haven’t seen the baskets being raffled at the Fun Run this Saturday, September 18th, you gotta check ’em out! You can visit them in person between noon and 1:00pm on Thursday or Friday in Bennett Hall 3012. The committee has done a fantastic job putting these baskets together and organizing Saturday’s event. (Kudos, […]

Sep 15, 2010

Friday Night at the Grind…

UPDATE: It was a great show! Thanks to those who made it a fun night. If you missed it, you’ll have another opportunity to hear Chuck and I at the Talent Tuesdays show on October 5th from noon-1:00pm in BTH 2020. You may not know this, but Chuck Brown, from public relations, plays a mean […]

Sep 8, 2010

Update from the Bartenhagens

The last of the baskets was delivered on Wednesday, September 1, 2010. Broc had 3 surgeries in total and is recovering well. It is now a waiting game to see how successful the surgeries were in reducing Broc’s seizures. He will need some rehabilitation, but hopefully he will excel and learn much more.  Lisa is […]

Sep 3, 2010

Get those Fun Run registrations in ASAP!

To guarantee a T-shirt, the Fun Run committee is asking for your registrations by TUESDAY, August 31. Please drop them off with Michelle in Bennett Hall 3004, or mail to 984035 Nebraska Medical Center / Omaha NE / 68198-4035. Checks should be made payable to UNMC.

Aug 27, 2010

Outstanding Achievement for Katherine Jones

Each year the Nebraska Rural Health Association (NeRHA) solicits nominations for awards that are presented at their Annual Conference. The Association takes pride in recognizing individuals who take on leadership roles and make a difference in healthcare in their communities, regions, and the state. This year, Katherine Jones, PT, PhD, has been selected to receive […]

Aug 25, 2010

Former Faculty Retires

Mary Jo Mays, former SAHP PT faculty retired and this video tribute shows, according to one source, that she “hasn’t changed a bit!” http://www.bradley.edu/academics/ehs/dpt/maystribute.htm

Aug 25, 2010

Green Tips

Saving energy and money just makes good sense. Here are a couple of tips we can use here in the school to help out: 1) Turn off lights in the conference rooms, breakrooms, and offices when you leave. 2) Unplug appliances that are not in use (i.e., pencil sharpeners, hole punchers, coffee pots, toasters). They […]

Aug 24, 2010

Social Hour and Award Presentation

Last Tuesday morning, faculty and staff in the SAHP met in the Bennett Hall Reading Room to socialize over bagels and coffee, courtesy of our rewards and recognition committee. The gathering provided a great opportunity for the committee to present Sue Prusia with a framed Silver U poster, the first of its kind for the school. Prusia, […]

Aug 23, 2010

Publications from the SAHP

Faculty in the UNMC School of Allied Health Professions have recently published the following articles: Kim Michael, April Eikmeier, and Virginia Mueller, “Infantile Hemangiopericytoma,” Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography, July/August 2010; vol. 26, 4: pp. 198-201., first published on June 25, 2010. Amanda Ann Reed and Kim Michael, “Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis,” Journal of Diagnostic Medical […]

Aug 19, 2010