Latest UNMC Connect now available online

picture disc.Read the latest about the health care workforce shortage in the winter 2009 edition of UNMC Connect, which is now available online.

The cover story, “Who will be left to care for you?,” outlines what UNMC is doing to prepare for the workforce shortage that is expected in the next 10 to 15 years.

Published twice a year by the departments of Public Relations and Alumni Relations, UNMC Connect features in-depth stories about campus and alumni news.

The winter 2009 edition also features:

  • The School of Allied Health Profession’s new home in Bennett Hall;
  • Memories that alumni from the class of ’43 have about UNMC;
  • A growing relationship with Chinese universities and students;
  • The story about a College of Nursing alum and professor who gives back in more ways than one;
  • How one alumnus became surgeon general of the Air Force;
  • McGoogan Library’s invaluable medical information resource for the public;
  • A look back at 100 years of pharmacy education in Nebraska;
  • A sneak peak at the new Durham Research Center II; and
  • What UNMC researchers are doing to help improve health care on the reservation.

Video clips and links accompany some of the stories as Web extras, giving readers an opportunity to learn more.

Individuals may pick up a printed copy of UNMC Connect from magazine racks conveniently placed around the UNMC campus. Individuals also may contact UNMC Connect Editor Elizabeth Kumru at ekumru@unmc.edu or 559-4691 with requests for copies or with story ideas. The next edition of UNMC Connect will be published in August.