Karen Burbach

UNMC Benefits Corner – frequently asked questions

The UNMC Human Resources office will be sharing a series of articles designed to help employees better understand their benefits. This week’s UNMC Benefits Corner provides answers to frequently asked questions.

Nov 19, 2002

Employee satisfaction survey deadline extended

The deadline to complete the 2002 UNMC Employee Satisfaction Survey has been extended until midnight Friday, Nov. 22, at the request of UNMC employees.

Nov 19, 2002

International photo contest winners announced

Meredith Hammans, a lab assistant in the NHS University Hospital diagnostic center, has been named the grand-prize winner in the second annual International Photography Contest at UNMC.

Nov 18, 2002

Dr. Maurer named to AHC Biodefense Council

Harold M. Maurer, M.D., chancellor of the University of Nebraska Medical Center, has been named as one of 12 members of the newly formed Biodefense Council of the Association of Academic Health Centers (AHC).

Roger J. Bulger, M.D., president and chief executive officer of the AHC, made the appointment.

Nov 18, 2002

UNMC to expand distance learning opportunities

During the past 10 years, the UNMC Division of Medical Technology has educated 96 students at several clinical education sites in rural Nebraska, and 98 percent of those students have stayed to work in rural hospitals.

Now, thanks to a federal grant, UNMC will expand that distance-education model to sites in Iowa, South Dakota and Wyoming, as the need for medical technologists and other health-care personnel grows significantly.

Nov 15, 2002

Cancer survivor, spouse sign research fund agreement

It’s not brick and mortar that makes a good medical center, cancer survivor David Aresty says, but the ideas and workings within the med center walls.

That’s one reason why Aresty and his wife signed the David and Patti Aresty Cancer Research Fund Agreement on Friday to complete their $500,000 gift, which supports novel research and established the Aresty Lounge in the Lied Transplant Center at UNMC. They signed the fund agreement at the Lied center, in the second-floor lounge that bears their name.

Nov 14, 2002

Native American event planned for today

The campus is invited to share an appreciation of the richness of Native American culture today from noon to 2 p.m. in the Durham Outpatient Center West Atrium.

Nov 14, 2002

Employee Satisfaction Survey deadline nears

Employees have until Friday, Nov. 15, to complete the 2002 UNMC Employee Satisfaction Survey.

Nov 13, 2002

University dependent scholarship program clarified

A clarification of university policy has been issued, in relation to the employee and dependent scholarship program at the University of Nebraska.

Nov 13, 2002

UNMC to implement new password security procedure

In coordination with HIPAA regulations and improving security for information technology resources, a new password security procedure is being implemented at UNMC.

Nov 13, 2002