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Category: Associate Dean’s Office

Higgins to Participate in Women’s History Month Event

Bobbi Asubel will present “That Takes Ovaries – Celebrating gutsy women around the globe-because courage is contagious,” on Thursday, March 11 at noon in the Sorrell Center’s Truhlsen Events Center. The presentation will be held in recognition of Women’s History Month and is part of the UNMC Employee Diversity Network and UNMC’s Human Resources Department’s […]

Mar 3, 2010

Next TIPS Workshop Combines Clinical and Classroom Teaching

The next Teaching Improvement Project System for Health Care Educators (TIPS) Workshop will be held June 9-11, 2010. The brochure and registration form for “Strategies for Teaching Excellence: in the Classroom and Clinical Setting,” are available on our homepage and on the news page for SAHP.

Mar 2, 2010

Kudos to our fearless leader and his family

Time out with T.O. – The Meyers hoop it up – from the UNMC Today February 19, 2010 by Tom O’connor Deb and Kyle Meyer, Ph.D., can’t explain it.”Maybe we share some mutant gene,” Kyle said. Whatever it is, there’s no disputing that the Meyers produced four special boys who delivered one amazing accomplishment — […]

Feb 19, 2010

Karen Honeycutt tells us where cholesterol comes from

In case you missed it, Karen Honeycutt, professor in the clinical laboratory science program, appeared in an “Ask UNMC” segment on youtube. Where does cholesterol come from?

Feb 19, 2010

Physical Therapy Students Participate in Legislative Day at the Nebraska State Capitol

Many of the second-year Physical Therapy students participated in Legislative Day at the State Capitol in Lincoln on Wednesday, February 3rd.  The event jointly sponsored by the Nebraska Physical Therapy Association and the Nebraska Medical Association promoted the national program, “Exercise is Medicine.” This program promotes health and wellness through increasing physical activity and exercise […]

Feb 5, 2010

Solving primary care crisis requires long-term focus

“Improving primary care for Nebraska calls for multipronged solutions.” Read more of this op ed published in the Omaha World Herald, by Kyle Meyer, PhD, PT, associate dean of the School of Allied Health Professions, and Virginia Tilden, DNSc, RN, FAAN, dean of the College of Nursing.  

Feb 4, 2010

Wanna walk?

Pat O’Neil would like to gather a group from the SAHP to participate in the Nebraska LYMPHOMAthon 5K walk on Saturday, April 24, at Mahoney State Park. Details appeared in this morning’s UNMC Today. Please contact Pat at paoneil@unmc.edu if you’re interested.

Feb 3, 2010

Skate Peeps!

Two other souls in need of some stress relief and fun joined me on the rink today! We had a blast and didn’t even feel the cold. Maggie Winnicki and Michelle Simon, from Distance Education, caught up with me around 12:30. Both admitted they were pleasantly surprised that the rink was bigger than they’d expected. After a […]

Feb 2, 2010

Kudos in Our Physical Therapy Program

Three UNMC physical therapy faculty members will be recognized at the opening ceremonies of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) Combined Sections Meeting (CSM) in San Diego, California February 17-21, 2010: • Kathy Volkman will be recognized for becoming a Board-Certified Specialist in Neurologic Physical Therapy;  • Joe Norman and Grace Johnson will be recognized for being […]

Jan 27, 2010

Joint Effort

The UNMC and Creighton Physical Therapy students are hosting a volleyball tournament in February to raise money for the Nebraska Arthritis Foundation. This tournament is the largest fundraiser for the Nebraska Arthritis Foundation every year. Last year it raised around $5000. All the proceeds benefit this foundation – the tournament does NOT raise money for […]

Jan 22, 2010