Category: Extended Family
UNMC students, faculty in Kearney offer free sports screenings Sept. 7 for Special Olympics athletes
Physical assessments allow athletes to compete in the Special Olympics Students and faculty from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing Kearney Division and UNMC College of Allied Health Professions in Kearney, are offering free sports screenings for current and new athletes who plan to compete in the Special Olympics. The event, called […]
Aug 2, 2019
35 jars of peanut butter collected for the UNO food pantry
Great things happen when we bounce ideas around during wellness walks! For staff members Tammy O’Donnell, Cindy Skarda, and Kim Corum, inspiration came during a walk as they discussed an article in UNMC Today about how the UNO food pantry is available to UNMC students. They thought it would be nice to start a collection […]
Mar 5, 2019

CAHP CAPTURE Falls Program Receives National Exposure
Good work doesn’t go unnoticed. Our CAHP CAPTURE Falls team, led by Dawn Venema, PT, PhD, Anne Skinner, MS, RHIA, and Vicki Kennel, PhD, recently received recognition for their work to implement the safe practice of inpatient fall risk reduction. Their project, CAPTURE Falls, which stands for Collaboration And Proactive Teamwork Used to Reduce (CAPTURE) […]
Feb 22, 2019

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- by Jeffrey RobbThe latest version of the survey will be administered from April 15-26 to 5,000 UNMC employees.
- by Jeffrey RobbUniversity leaders, students and others met with legislators at the capitol Wednesday to show support for the University of Nebraska.
- by Jeffrey RobbThe family and kidney transplant recipient Leila attended an event at the med center to recognize National Donate Life Month.
- by Jeffrey RobbRita Laughlin and Kelly Blecha from the UNMC Title IX Office will lead this month's virtual presentation.
- by Jeffrey RobbSee how much the systemwide food drive collected last month and the impact it already is making in the community.