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University of Nebraska Medical Center

Author: Fran Higgins

SAHP Fun Run 2010

Mark your calendars: September 18, 2010 at Miller’s Landing in Omaha, we will kick off our first annual School of Allied Health Professions Fun Run event! It’s an opportunity to introduce incoming students and their families to SAHP faculty, staff, and alumni, as well as local businesses. The event will include a non-competitive, family-friendly walk/run […]

Jun 28, 2010

Reception for Roxanne Alter

Please come to a reception in honor of Roxanne Alter on Thursday, July 1, 2010 from 4:00-5:30 p.m. in Bennett Hall 3011. Roxanne has recently taken a new position in the Department of Pathology and Microbiology. She has dedicated 20 years to the CLS Program and the School of Allied Health Professions. Please come to […]

Jun 25, 2010

Honors at April Forum

The UNMC School of Allied Health Professions (SAHP) honored three individuals — Tobi Schonfeld, Ph.D., Connie Mitchell and Lisa Bartenhagen — for their teaching and service. The awards were presented April 28 during SAHP’s annual Awards Ceremony. Earlier in the day, 101 students and 27 faculty members presented 89 posters during the Student Forum on […]

May 28, 2010

RSTE Book Drive a Success

As a service project this spring, the UNMC Radiation Science students collected gently used books and monetary donations for the purchase of books for children ages 5 – 12 years for the Miller Park Elementary School students. James Temme, associate director of RSTE, and seven students in our radiography program personally delivered 400 used books […]

Apr 27, 2010

Extended family publishes

In case you missed the blurb in UNMC Today this morning, Greg Higgins, campus security corporal (and my spouse), published six photographs in the newest issue of Plains Song Review, including the cover shot. This is the twelfth volume of the peer reviewed journal out of the Center for Great Plains Studies at UNL, which publishes […]

Apr 23, 2010

Dougherty receives McMillan Scholarship

Suzanne Dougherty, a physical therapy student in the School of Allied Health Professions, is one of only six recipients to receive this year’s Mary McMillan Scholarship from the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). The national award honors outstanding physical therapy students. According to APTA data, more than 7,200 students of the nation’s 2010 physical therapy […]

Apr 23, 2010

Bartenhagen, Koth, Custer paper accepted for publication

AEIRS Journal – Radiologic Science & Education accepted a paper written by Lisa Bartenhagen, Jana Koth, and Tanya Custer titled, “Creating & Evaluating an Interactive Web-based Module for the Instruction of Radiation Therapy Simulation” for publication. This was part of the project Tanya completed for her Master’s Degree and the IT Scholars Program. Congratulations!

Apr 23, 2010

Donner among Eight Awardees Selected for ASMCUE 2010 Early-Career Faculty Travel Award

Washington, DC (19 April 2010) – Eight exceptional educators have been chosen to receive the 2010 Early-Career Faculty Travel Award from the American Society for Microbiology Conference for Undergraduate Educators (ASMCUE). Each awardee receives funding to attend the conference and will be formally recognized at the conference, which be held May 20-23, 2010, in San […]

Apr 19, 2010

Did it Again!

In case you missed it, our PA and PT programs’ rankings appeared in U.S. News & World Report again: The School of Allied Health Professions’ physician assistant program tied for 14th; and The School of Allied Health Professions’ physical therapy program ranked 33rd.

Apr 16, 2010

Visitors!

Stephanie and Adam Stevens dropped in to the Dean’s suite to introduce Logan. What a handsome family!

Apr 15, 2010