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University of Nebraska Medical Center

Category: Physician Assistant

Where is Elephanto?

Elephanto on Facebook That’s right, he’s on Facebook chillin’ on our wall, and you should be, too! Like us here and stay current, engage, and maybe even win something! You know that where Elephanto is concerned, there must be a promotion. 🙂  

Nov 12, 2010

2nd Annual Backstage Pass

Save the date: Saturday, March 26, 2011 from 1:00-5:00 p.m. for the second annual Backstage Pass to the School of Allied Health Professions. Better than a campus visit! Informational sessions, including talks with current students and tours of our 11 programs. For more information, visit the website: http://www.unmc.edu/alliedhealth/events/backstagepass.html

Nov 10, 2010

PA Annual Nut Sale!

It’s that time of year again. The UNMC Physician Assistant Class of 2012 will be selling your holiday favorites to raise money for national conferences, community involvement, student representatives, and other expenses. Available Items: Pecan Halves $8                                                 English Toffee $7  NEW – Dark Choc. Coffee Beans $8               Chocolate Covered Peanuts $6.50 Chocolate Pecan Turtles $8                              NEW – Mardi […]

Nov 2, 2010

Get those Fun Run registrations in ASAP!

To guarantee a T-shirt, the Fun Run committee is asking for your registrations by TUESDAY, August 31. Please drop them off with Michelle in Bennett Hall 3004, or mail to 984035 Nebraska Medical Center / Omaha NE / 68198-4035. Checks should be made payable to UNMC.

Aug 27, 2010

Social Hour and Award Presentation

Last Tuesday morning, faculty and staff in the SAHP met in the Bennett Hall Reading Room to socialize over bagels and coffee, courtesy of our rewards and recognition committee. The gathering provided a great opportunity for the committee to present Sue Prusia with a framed Silver U poster, the first of its kind for the school. Prusia, […]

Aug 23, 2010

Faculty members — get your picture taken on Sept. 15

A photographer will be available on Wednesday, Sept. 15 between 10 a.m. and noon to shoot free professional head shots for faculty members. The photo shoots — which should last just a few minutes each — will take place in the atrium outside of the Truhlsen Campus Events Center in the Sorrell Center. If you […]

Aug 16, 2010

Generation of curiosity isn't the problem…

“The problem is the generation of a curiosity that always asks a question that in turn spurs one on to a physical act in pursuit of an answer.” This quote comes from Back in Keith County, by John Janovy, Jr., Varner Professor of Biological Sciences at UNL. I’m reading the book for my English Master’s comps and […]

Jul 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

SAHP Students Participate in Aging Interest Group Health Fair

Students from the PT and PA programs took part in a health fair for residents of New Cassel Retirement Center on Feb 13. The health fair was organized by the Interprofessional Aging Interest Group, a multidisciplinary group of students (MD, nursing, PT, PA, pharmacy, and social work) interested in the care of older adults and […]

Mar 9, 2010

Physician Assistant Education Association Elects Stephane VanderMeulen

Alexandria, VA — Stephane VanderMeulen, MPAS, PA-C, assistant professor and academic coordinator at the University of Nebraska Medical Center Physician Assistant (PA) Program in Omaha, Nebraska, was elected to a director at large position on the Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA) Board of Directors. The election was held during the Association’s recent Annual Education Forum […]

Dec 17, 2009