UNMC retirements
UNMC Human Resources announced the following retirements from UNMC. Mark Kalasky, of UNMC Facilities Management and Planning-Utilities, is the longest-serving employee among the retirees – with more than 44 years of service.
- Kimberly Shields, UNMC College of Medicine-Internal Medicine, Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center Clinical Trials Office, retirement Jan. 3, started Nov. 20, 2018.
- Debra Bergman, UNMC College of Medicine-Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, retirement Dec. 26, 2025, started Aug. 10, 2020.
- Samuel Cemaj, UNMC College of Medicine-Surgery-Acute Care Surgery, retirement Jan. 1, started Oct. 1, 2012.
- Bart Clemons, Facilities Management and Planning-Operations, retirement Jan. 9, started Feb. 7, 2000.
- Traci Clemons, UNMC IACUC, retirement Jan. 6, started Oct. 18, 1992.
- Mary Cramer, UNMC College of Medicine-Surgery-Acute Care Surgery, retirement Jan. 10, started Sept. 29, 2003.
- Cheryl Darby-Carlberg, UNMC College of Nursing-Omaha Division, retirement April 1, started June 19, 2023.
- Julie Dexter, UNMC Sponsored Programs Administration, retirement Jan. 31, started Sept. 26, 2011.
- Kathryn Dybdall, UNMC College of Medicine-Office of Medical Education, retirement Jan. 3, started Feb. 23, 1990.
- Mitchell Emmons, UNMC College of Dentistry-Lincoln Clinic Administration, retirement March 6, started July 15, 1987.
- Garth Fletcher, UNMC College of Medicine-Pediatrics Newborn Medicine, retirement Jan. 1, started Aug. 1, 1998.
- Richard Hartman II, UNMC Public Safety, retirement March 4, started June 12, 2007.
- Teresa Hartman, McGoogan Health Sciences Library, retirement March 4, started August 2, 1999.
- Glennys Hirsh, UNMC College of Medicine-Family Medicine, retirement Jan. 15, started Sept. 21, 1992.
- Mark Kalasky, Facilities Management and Planning-Utilities, retirement Jan. 6, started July 27, 1981.
- Marilynn Larson, UNMC College of Medicine-Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, retirement Feb. 1, started Feb. 1, 2001.
- Lori Murante, UNMC College of Pharmacy-Pharmacy Practice and Science, retirement Jan. 31, started March 17, 1983.
- Keith Olsen, UNMC College of Pharmacy-Pharmacy Practice and Science, retirement Jan. 4, started Jan. 7, 2019.
- Mary Petersen, UNMC College of Medicine-Int Med Infectious Diseases, retirement Feb. 2, started Jan. 3, 2006.
- Jerold Schledewitz, UNMC College of Nursing-West Nebraska Division, retirement March 11, started July 1, 2008.
-Jeff Robb, UNMC strategic communications
Donation supports Farm Camp
A 17-year-old senior at Chadron High School has shown her gratitude for a BHECN-sponsored career awareness program by directing a $400 donation from the Snow-Redfern Foundation toward the program. Jezrelle “Jezzy” Munyiri is a two-time participant in the mentorship program Farm Camp – the frontier area rural mental health camp and mentorship program. It’s a project developed by Western Nebraska Behavioral Health and funded in part by the Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska.
The program seeks to identify and mentor rural students who are interested in future careers in behavioral health. Munyiri directed the funding to BHECN and Farm Camp through her participation in the foundation’s Changemakers Program, which allows Panhandle youth to select impactful organizations to receive grant support.
She chose to direct foundation funds to BHECN and Farm Camp because she wants others to have the same opportunities she had and because she hopes to help raise awareness about behavioral health issues and treatments in her area.
Said Marley Doyle, MD, director of BHECN, “Our staff was floored by Jezzy’s generosity and we were thrilled to hear she had such a powerful experience at Farm Camp,” Dr. Doyle said. “Stories like this are quite literally the reason we do the work we do at BHECN.”
-Chuck Brown, Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska
Fostering the Future partners with Child Saving Institute
Leadership members of the student-led group Fostering the Future recently partnered with the Child Saving Institute to host a hands-on health care learning experience for children and teens in Omaha. Students from the UNMC College of Nursing and UNMC College of Medicine designed and led interactive activities tailored to each age group.
Activities focused on health care career awareness, germ education using UV light and a mock “surgery” to learn about organs. Students also demonstrated the difference between handwashing and hand sanitizer, and children wore kid-sized gowns, masks and gloves to better understand the surgical environment. With a teen group, UNMC students introduced practical skills such as bleeding control, tourniquet application, checking vital signs and team-based (basketball) health trivia.
Fostering the Future’s goal is to introduce youth to different aspects of health care in accessible and engaging ways. The initiative also reflects the mission of the UNMC Office of Community Engagement to build meaningful partnerships and expand access to educational pathways.
-Andrea Subitoni Antonio, UNMC Office of Community Engagement
Campus food vendors
Food vendors are available on the UNMC Omaha campus on both the east and west sides of campus, serving from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The current schedule is:
East end of campus (Sorrell Center, Alumni Commons area):
- Monday – Taste of Heaven
- Tuesday – Zemogs
- Wednesday – Taste of Heaven
- Thursday – Pim’s Thai Catering & Take Out
- Friday – Family Traditions BBQ & Sweets
West end of campus (Durham Research Center’s Maurer Commons area):
- Monday – Family Traditions BBQ & Sweets
- Tuesday – Royale Indian Co.
- Wednesday – Pim’s Thai Catering & Take Out
- Thursday – Royale Indian Co.
- Friday – Royale Indian Co.
With questions, email Rick Boldt in the UNMC Office of Business and Finance.