Category: Extended Family
PT students give their time, learn valuable lessons
About three years ago, some of our UNMC physical therapy students began volunteer work with a young woman, Cassidy Collier, after she sustained a traumatic brain injury from a car crash in 2011. Students in subsequent classes have continued that journey with the Collier family. Cassidy’s father, UNMC’s Dean Collier, Pharm.D., recently shared his family’s […]
Apr 7, 2016
Happy St. Patrick’s Day – the 5K Way!
Geri Finn and Melissa Dorr, both staff in the physician assistant program, completed the 3rd Annual Shamrock Run in downtown Omaha on Saturday, March 12, 2016, prior to the St. Patrick’s Day parade. All proceeds from the run support Omaha’s Madonna School. Good job, Geri and Melissa!
Mar 17, 2016
CAHP Treks the Tower
What’s the tallest building between Denver and Chicago? At 633 feet, it’s the First National Tower in Omaha, which consists of 40 floors and 870 steps. It’s also the venue for the annual Trek up the Tower, a community event presented by WELLCOM that raises money to support WELLCOM’s mission of elevating worksite wellness programs. […]
Mar 4, 2016
CLS adopts a Parisian lab
In support of the clinical laboratory professionals who provided patient care as a result of the November Paris Terror Attacks, the UNMC CLS faculty and students participated in the ‘Adopt a Parisian Lab’ program. They sent holiday wishes and thanks for the laboratory professional’s dedication to quality patient care to 14 clinical laboratories in Paris […]
Feb 15, 2016
Chun-Kai Huang, PhD, recently joined the faculty in the division of physical therapy education as a post-doctoral research associate. Here are some fun facts about Dr. Huang, in his own words: “I grew up in a small town in Tainan, Taiwan, where I can reach the sea and the mountain within an hour. My wife, […]
Feb 10, 2016
Recruiting for the Class of 2030: Part II
If you read Part I a couple of weeks ago, you know my eight-year-old grandson, Nick, and daughter, Hilary, took a tour of the CLS labs just before Christmas. Well, they also got a look at the Anatomage table – a life-size virtual dissection table that displays gross anatomy models reconstructed from cadavers. More cool […]
Jan 28, 2016
Recruiting for the Class of 2030: Part I
Which grandma can say she has her grandson’s (and daughter’s) DNA at home in the freezer? This one! It’s a different sort of holiday story. My eight-year-old grandson, Nick, wanted math or science stuff this past Christmas, so we blinded him with science. We fulfilled his digital wish list of flash cards, experiment sets, a […]
Jan 12, 2016
PT student philanthropy over Thanksgiving cheers two families
This holiday season, the Students of the University of Nebraska American Physical Therapy Association (SUNAPTA) delivered Thanksgiving meals to two families in need. “We went out into the community, planned, grocery shopped, and made the deliveries,” said Caitlin Boadwee, SPT. The families of four, whose children attend Fontanelle Forest Elementary School, were extremely grateful for […]
Dec 3, 2015
CAHP staff member & family make ornaments for charity
Looking for a stocking stuffer or special ornament for the season? Want to be charitable while you shop? Look no further… Kristy Carlson, PhD, project study specialist in the CAHP, and her family do an annual fund raising event. Her two children make ornaments out of LEGO© blocks and sell them on their website, www.ornaments4charity.com. […]
Dec 2, 2015
Welcome to another CAHP baby!
Congratulations to Geri Finn, BA, Education Academic Coordinator in Physician Assistant Education, who had her baby on Sunday, November 8, 2015. Patrick Anthony Michael was born at 7:25 PM, 7 lbs 8 oz. Welcome to the CAHP family, Patrick!
Nov 18, 2015
