UNMC_Acronym_Vert_sm_4c
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Category: Uncategorized

Donner among Eight Awardees Selected for ASMCUE 2010 Early-Career Faculty Travel Award

Washington, DC (19 April 2010) – Eight exceptional educators have been chosen to receive the 2010 Early-Career Faculty Travel Award from the American Society for Microbiology Conference for Undergraduate Educators (ASMCUE). Each awardee receives funding to attend the conference and will be formally recognized at the conference, which be held May 20-23, 2010, in San […]

Apr 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

Visitors!

Stephanie and Adam Stevens dropped in to the Dean’s suite to introduce Logan. What a handsome family!

Apr 15, 2010

Walkin'

It’s Spring and a great time to start walking again. We circled the ice rink a few times and ran the stairs on the east side of it to work off the SAHP potluck. Here’s Maggie “Balboa” with her victory dance.

Apr 15, 2010

Two-time Winner: Kathy Volkman

Kathy Volkman, in physical therapy education, is receiving the Chancellor’s Silver U award for April. She is a two-time recipient. Congratulations, Kathy!

Apr 6, 2010

Pictures, as promised

Here are pictures of baby Austen Koth and his brothers. Congratulations to Jana!

Apr 2, 2010

New Addition: Baby Koth

Austen Matthew Koth was born 3/25/2010 at 6:42PM. Baby and mommy Jana (from the radiation therapy program) are doing well. Pictures to follow!  

Mar 30, 2010

Humanities, anyone?

My creative nonfiction submission, “On Perusing the Handbook to Literature: Lessons Learned After the Fact,”  for the UNO Writers Series Workshop was chosen for presentation at the event on Thursday, April 1st in the UNO Writing Center (Arts & Sciences building, 1st floor) at 7:00 p.m. I think there will be a total of five […]

Mar 30, 2010

Faculty Educational Support Grants

Congratulations to the following School of Allied Health Professions faculty who received COM Educational Support grants totaling over $10,000 for 2010-2011 to enhance educational instruction: Kim Michael, program director in the Diagnostic Medical Sonography program, will purchase a  Transvaginal Ultrasound Training Model. The model will provide simulated training for sonography students to develop scanning skills. Lisa Bartenhagen, […]

Mar 29, 2010

UNMC teamwork with rural hospitals in Hospitals and Health Networks

Our work improving teamwork and communication in Nebraska’s Critical Access Hospitals was highlighted in this month’s publication of Hospital & Health Networks, which is “the flagship publication of the American Hospital Association.”      

Mar 25, 2010