Nuffield Farming Scholars tour UNMC
A group of nine Nuffield Farming Scholars toured UNMC on Monday. The scholars hailed from Australia, Canada, Ireland and New Zealand. The Nuffield program awards individuals with life-changing opportunities that span their personal and professional lives. The goal of the program is to develop agricultural leaders and innovators of the future. Scholarships are awarded to farmers or people who work in an industry associated with agriculture or in a rural community.
Over the past 60 years, the Nuffield Farming Scholarship Trust has provided more than 800 people the chance to travel to expand knowledge and understanding.
The group that toured UNMC learned about the med center’s strong commitment to meeting the needs of rural Nebraska. Prior to coming to UNMC, they spent time in rural Nebraska visiting Columbus and Kearney. After leaving UNMC, they went to the Scoular Company.
The group also toured the UNMC television studio on the third floor of University Tower. There, they met with Nancy Snyderman, M.D., a longtime TV medical reporter for NBC and ABC, who is now providing media training to key UNMC staff members. A 1977 graduate of the UNMC College of Medicine, Dr. Snyderman also is helping her alma mater in procuring more national media placements.
Retirements announced
The UNMC Department of Human Resources has released the list of retirements for July. Of the 11 people on the list, eight are faculty members and six have 30 or more years of service – James. Booth, Ph.D., pathology and microbiology, 38 years; Alice Schumaker, Ph.D., College of Public Health, 36 years; Cheryl Kroenke, ITS installation services, 36 years; Carl Greiner, M.D., psychiatry, 34 years; Lee Trant, ITS application services, 30 years; and William West, M.D., pathology and microbiology, 30 years.
Here’s the complete list of retirees:
- Dr. Booth retired July 1 (start date Sept. 1, 1977)
- Dr. Schumaker retired July 1 (start date Jan. 1, 1980)
- Kroenke retired July 2 (start date Aug. 27, 1979)
- Dr. Greiner retired July 1 (start date July 1, 1982)
- Trant retired July 1 (start date Aug. 2, 1985)
- Dr. West retired July 1 (start date Nov. 1, 1985)
- Nora Chapman, Ph.D., pathology and microbiology, retired July 1 (start date Feb. 23, 1987)
- Steven Tracy, Ph.D., pathology and microbiology, retired July 1 (start date Feb. 23, 1987)
- Karen Grigsby, Ph.D., College of Nursing-Omaha Division, retired July 1 (start date Aug. 21, 1989)
- Melody Hertzog, Ph.D., College of Nursing-Omaha Division, retired July 1 (start date Jan. 15, 1997)
- Paul Becker, genetics, cell biology and anatomy, retired July 1 (start date May 8, 2002)