{"id":170,"date":"2019-07-11T08:58:53","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T13:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/alumni-association\/?p=170"},"modified":"2019-07-11T09:00:35","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T14:00:35","slug":"why-unmc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/alumni-association\/why-unmc\/","title":{"rendered":"Why UNMC?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>Everyone has their &#8216;why&#8217; and sometimes knowing what that is for other people allows us to reflect and make decisions that impact our own lives and can set us on a path to success.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dr. Betsy Becker: Why UNMC\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nalTUxQcMmw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;As an academic health science center, we have excellent research, innovative and creative ideas along the interprofessional team that we work with and the service that we do with our community and beyond, sets us apart from other institutions. 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