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Acclimating to America: International Student Orientation Fun
He’s from Tokyo. She’s from Indonesia. He will study bio statistics. She will study emergency preparedness. Following graduation, he plans to stay here. She plans to return home. Masayuki Takizawa and Dewi Ningsih are both new students in the College of Public Health. They couldn’t be more different. And yet alike at the same time. […]
Aug 16, 2012
Dr. Cornish: "Up your nose with a rubber hose"
Kurtis Cornish, Ph.D., sat at the front of a classroom in Wittson Hall wearing the expression of a man who knows what’s coming. Still, he insists it is no big deal to have a nasogastric (NG) tube snaked up his nose, down his throat and into his stomach. That – showing how little a deal […]
Aug 14, 2012
John’s Real Stories of UNMC Security
John Ingraham has been a UNMC security officer since 1978. Yes, there’s a lot of routine and repetition involved. But he’s also had his life threatened over parking tickets. He’s seen some pretty crazy things. And he exercised with Richard Simmons (that guy has crazy energy). He snuck Robert Redford in the back door (OK, […]
Aug 8, 2012
A couple times a year, the Public Relations department gathers for a “retreat” to evaluate how we’re doing, map out our big ideas for the year, and strategize our communication efforts. Before we get down to the nitty gritty, we typically do a team-building exercise or an icebreaker. For example, in the past we’ve done […]
Aug 3, 2012