{"id":950,"date":"2017-09-23T15:47:03","date_gmt":"2017-09-23T20:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/fwc\/?page_id=950"},"modified":"2026-09-30T09:06:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T14:06:52","slug":"luncheons","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/fwc\/luncheons\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Luncheons &amp; Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">Luncheons<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">2026-2027 luncheons will be on the following dates, with lunch starting at noon and speakers beginning at 12:30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>September 24, 2026\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Speaker: Lepaine Sharp-McHenry, DNP, Dean, UNMC College of Nursing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Topic: Milestones and Momentum: College of Nursing Update<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Location: Nebraska Medicine Private Dining Rooms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>October 22, 2026\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Speaker: Rachel Ray, MA, Director, MMI Advocacy and the Arts Program, Director, MMI-UNO Trailblazer Program, and Trainer, MMI Crisis Intervention Team, Munroe-Meyer Institute<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Topic: Workforce development experiences for adults served by MMI<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Location: Joslyn Castle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>January 28, 2027\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Speaker: Ken Bayles, PhD, UNMC Vice Chancellor for Research<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Location: Buffett Cancer Institute plus Zoom<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Events<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Traditionally a dinner, this year&#8217;s Spring event will be a luncheon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Saturday, May 15, 2027, 11 a.m. &#8211; 1 p.m.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Location: TBA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Speaker: Ruth Keene with a talk titled<em> Why Willa? A story about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.willacather.org\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.willacather.org\/\">National Willa Cather Center<\/a> in Red Cloud<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luncheons 2026-2027 luncheons will be on the following dates, with lunch starting at noon and speakers beginning at 12:30. Events Traditionally a dinner, this year&#8217;s Spring event will be a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-950","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/fwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/fwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/fwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/fwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/fwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=950"}],"version-history":[{"count":164,"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/fwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4269,"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/fwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/950\/revisions\/4269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/fwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}