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Million-step Monday – Pedometers, camels and the Great Wall












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Yes, that is UNMC Director of Business Services Keith Swarts and his pedometer on top of a camel.

The second photo features Swarts, UNMC Vice Chancellor for Business Services Don Leuenberger, right, Jan Leuenberger, far left, and Jayme Nekuda of the Center for Healthy Living, displaying their pedometers at the Great Wall of China.

The photos were taken during the UNMC party’s recent trip to China.

If you have any photos of you and your pedometer in interesting locations, send them to today@unmc.edu and we’ll post them in UNMC Today.

The following is a list of UNMC employees who have recently reached one of the 250,000-step markers in the 1 Million Step Challenge. Send an e-mail to today@unmc.edu with your name, department and tell us what step milestone you reached and we’ll post it on the list.

250,000 steps

  • Rita Anne Haverman, orthopaedic surgery

500,000 steps

  • Stewart Abelbeck, sponsored programs accounting
  • Janet Herde, sponsored programs accounting
  • Cyndie Poffenbarger, sponsored programs accounting
  • Craig Poole, sponsored programs accounting
  • Lisa Spellman, public affairs

750,000 steps

  • Kathie Bickerstaff, psychiatry
  • Gail Hackendahl, physical therapy education
  • Robin Jaeckel, College of Public Health
  • Sue McCarthy, surgery

1 million steps

  • Sonja Cox, office of research and development
  • Fran Higgins, School of Allied Health Professions
  • Pat O’Neil, sponsored programs accounting
  • Robin Taylor, pharmacology and experimental neuroscience