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Subway Tessellates Cheese

In the spirit of information sharing, Adam Stevens in CT/MRI has offered up some fun math facts, which I’ll be sharing on the blog and Bennett TV monitors. Here’s the first installment: Tessellation (or Tiling) is a pattern of shapes that fit perfectly together. Historically (pre 2010), Subway sandwich artists placed cheese on sandwiches in […]

Jul 17, 2012

New SAHP video

This video was created as part of our ongoing efforts to educate the public on what allied health professions are: vital members of the health care team who comprise about 60% of the health care workforce! Please share it liberally. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YlR8oYZbxo]

Jun 22, 2012

Mitchell represents the USA at international meeting

Connie Mitchell represented the United States at the recent World Congress meeting of the International Society of Radiographers and Radiologic Technologists (ISRRT) in Toronto, Canada, June 4-10th. She serves as Council Member for the American Society of Radiologic Technologists.

Jun 21, 2012

Scholting invited to serve at conference

Patty Scholting, PA-C, was one of three PA educators invited to attend the 2012 Integrating Quality Meeting: Collaborating for Care national meeting sponsored by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). In addition to serving on the review panel for poster abstracts at this meeting, she was the facilitator for the presentation, “Improving Patient Safety […]

Jun 20, 2012

UNMC Service Award Recipients in the SAHP

Nicki Simmons, Karen Wesche, Gail Hackendahl, and Cindy Skarda The following SAHP staff members were honored for their service to UNMC at the annual awards dinner last week: Karen Wesche – 5 years; Virgie Powers – 10 years (not pictured); Nicki Simmons – 15 years; Gail Hackendahl – 25 years; and Cindy Skarda – 30 […]

Jun 19, 2012

Welcome to our newest faculty member, Stephanie Vas — CT/MRI

Stephanie Vas is the new Clinical Education Coordinator for the Computed Tomography/Magnetic Resonance Imaging (CT/MRI) program in the School of Allied Health Professions. Originally from central Nebraska, she graduated from Ansley Public School. Stephanie received a BS in Radiation Science from UNMC in 2010, with specialties in Radiography, CT, and MRI. She has been practicing […]

Jun 18, 2012

Physician Assistant ranked #1 job by Forbes

Thousands of new college grads will enter the workforce this year, but with unemployment at 8.2% and underemployment near 18%, many will put off the taxing job search process and opt out of the weak job market to pursue graduate degrees. With this in mind, Forbes set out to determine which master’s degrees would provide […]

Jun 15, 2012

Corri Hanson wins award for manuscript

Corrine Hanson, PhD, RD, LMNT, assistant professor in Medical Nutrition Education, has been selected as a winner of the 2011 Huddleson Award for her manuscript, “Vitamin D Status and Associations in Newborn Formula-Fed Infants during Initial Hospitalization,” published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association (now the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics) […]

Jun 12, 2012

VanderMeulen attends Toronto conference

Stephane VanderMeulen is an elected Director-at-large for the PA Education Association (PAEA). She attended the National PAEA Conference in Toronto last week and participated in the  Board of Directors meetings. Their schedule included a lunch meeting with American Academy of Physician Assistants President Robert Wooten, Chief Executive Officer Jenna Dorn, and President Elect Jim Delaney. They also […]

Jun 6, 2012

100% first-attempt pass rate for our Radiography graduates

Faculty of the Radiography program are excited to announce all 17 graduates passed the national certification exam on their first attempt. Class mean score is above national mean with nine students scoring above the 90 percentile and three in the 100 percentile. Kudos to our students!

Jun 5, 2012