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Category: Kudos

Congratulations to CLS students Kari Echtenkamp and Laura Espejel

Congratulations to Kari Echtenkamp and Laura Espejel on their successful oral presentation, “Benefits of Having an On-Site Laboratory at the Sharing Clinic,” at the Society of Student-Run Free Clinics conference in San Antonio, Texas this past weekend. Their 30-minute presentation was well attended and generated lots of activity and questions, not only immediately after their […]

Jan 28, 2013

Perfusion student receives top scholarship

Congratulations to Mark Rosin in Clinical Perfusion Education (CPE) for being selected to receive the top perfusion student scholarship to attend the 33rd Annual Cardiothoracic Surgery Symposium in San Diego, California. Mark will present, “Heparin and Post-Operative Bleeding in Cardiopulmonary Bypass Patient,” which is the result of his CPE research work with program director, David […]

Jan 7, 2013

Tammy O’Donnell earns Vital Pin

Congratulations to Tammy O’Donnell in CLS for being the second person in allied health to receive a Vital Pin because she earned six Thank ‘U’ awards for a particular brand value. In Tammy’s case, it was for being a Vital Team member.

Dec 11, 2012

Your gratitude matters

Congratulations to Cindy Skarda, the first person in the SAHP to receive a Vital Pin! It works like this: 1- A co-worker does something helpful or extraordinary. 2- You recognize their helpfulness or extraordinariness. 3- You go online to the Employee Services site and click on Campus Resources/Vital Thank U, and fill out the form to […]

Nov 28, 2012

PA Faculty Continue Leadership at PAEA

At the recent Physician Assistant Education Association Education Forum in Seattle, UNMC PA Program faculty wielded their expertise and experience in helping to lead the organization. Stephane VanderMeulen continues to serve in her elected position as a member of the Board of Directors, and Patty Scholting serves on the Governance Committee, both actively involved in […]

Nov 26, 2012

Physician Assistant faculty present nationally

Two faculty in the PA Program were invited to give five presentations at the recent national PA Education Association Annual Education Forum in Seattle. Two topics presented by Tamara Ritsema, MPH, MMSc, PA-C included Results of the Second Annual United Kingdom Association of Physician Assistant Census and Free Data! Using Publically Available Data Sets for […]

Nov 16, 2012

Temme awarded as outstanding alum

James Temme received an Outstanding Alumni Award on Monday, November 12, 2012 during the Nebraska Community College Association’s annual convention at Northeast Community College in Norfolk. Temme is a 1971 graduate of Platte College in Columbus, currently known as Central Community College-Columbus (CCC-Columbus).

Nov 15, 2012

Clinical Perfusion recognized by UNeMed

The “Innovations Week” celebration for Clinical Perfusion by UNeMed this year centers on an invention being developed for perfusion science. It is an “awareness” alarm designed to be used with a heart-lung machine (HLM) to “peripherally” alert a Perfusionist about flow with a HLM circuit that might place a patient at risk.  Our device uses […]

Oct 16, 2012

We did it! SAHP hit 100% participation!

Thank you to ALL the faculty and staff in the School of Allied Health Professions for helping us reach 100% participation in the United Way campaign. Word is that we’re the first department to ever do that, so congratulations, everyone! Also, a super big thank you to Geri Finn for pushing us to greatness. 🙂

Oct 9, 2012