Press Release
UNMC Munroe-Meyer Institute Women’s Guild Sponsors June 13 Garden Walk to Benefit Children, Adults with Disabilities
The 32nd Annual Garden Walk sponsored by the Women’s Guild of the Munroe-Meyer Institute for Genetics and Rehabilitation, a unit of the University of Nebraska Medical Center, will be held Sunday, June 13. Proceeds go to support the therapeutic, training and research activities benefiting children, youth and adults with developmental disabilities and chronic handicapping conditions. […]
May 12, 1999
UNMC Dentistry Students to Receive Awards
Twenty dental and dental hygiene students from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry will receive honor awards for the 1998-99 school year. The recipients were chosen by the faculty based on their academic performance. The awards will be given during commencement ceromonies at 2 p.m. on Friday, May 7, at the Lied […]
May 3, 1999
525 UNMC Students to Receive Diplomas In Kearney, Lincoln, Omaha, Scottsbluff, at Commencements
Diplomas will be conferred on 525 University of Nebraska Medical Center students during commencement ceremonies beginning this week in Kearney, Lincoln, Omaha and Scottsbluff. In Kearney, UNMC commencement will be on Thursday, May 6, at 7 p.m. in the Health and Sports Center on the Kearney campus. In Lincoln, UNMC commencement will be on Friday, […]
May 3, 1999
College of Dentistry Dean Receives Awards
Stephen H. Leeper, D.D.S., dean of the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s College of Dentistry, received the Nebraska Dental Association’s President’s Award at its annual meeting in April. The award is given to individuals who have made a difference in the dental profession, the NDA and for the future of dentistry. The NDA cited Dr. […]
May 3, 1999
Editorial: Celebrating National Nurses Week, May 6-12
Todays Nurse Needs More Education in Complex Health-Care Environment Bevely J. Hays, Ph.D, R.N., C.N.S., professor of nursing and clinical nurse specialist Elizabeth Rudolph, M.S.N., R.N., community health nurse University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing, Omaha Health care today is far more complex than even a few years ago. Care is delivered in […]
Apr 30, 1999
Gering Native One of Five Men to Graduate with Nursing Degree on May 15 from UNMC College of Nursing, Scottsbluff
Among the 18 nursing students graduating May 15 from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing, West Nebraska Division in Scottsbluff, are five men. In increasing numbers, men are choosing nursing professions. One of the five graduating is Sean Shirley of Gering. Shirley tried working heavy construction and preparing meals for residents at […]
Apr 30, 1999
NHS, UNMC Celebrate National Nurses Week, May 6-12
The Nebraska Health System and the University of Nebraska Medical Center will recognize nurses during National Nurses Week with a variety of activities, beginning May 6 and ending May 12, the birthday of Florence Nightingale, founder of nursing as a profession. The week, themed, “Nurses: Healing from the Heart,” is dedicated to honoring nurses and […]
Apr 28, 1999
UNMC Recognizes Three Faculty Members
as Outstanding Teachers for 1999 Three faculty members at the University of Nebraska Medical Center have been chosen as outstanding teachers for 1999. They were honored recently at the annual faculty awards program and reception on the UNMC campus. The Outstanding Teachers Awards were presented to Bernice Christopherson Yates, Ph.D., an associate professor and […]
Apr 27, 1999
West Nebraska Division of UNMC College of Nursing
Receives $200,000 Estate Gift from Scottsbluff Family The West Nebraska Division of the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing in Scottsbluff has received an unrestricted gift of more than $200,000 from the estate of Mildred Von Dege, a former insurance executive in Scottsbluff who died last October at the age of 95. The […]
Apr 27, 1999
Inspired by Tour of the Lied Transplant Center, Broken Bow Students Raise Money
Members of Broken Bow Senior High School’s National Honor Society were in Omaha earlier this month to present a $200 check to the University of Nebraska Medical Center and Nebraska Health System for two “Recognition Pathway Bricks” in the Healing Gardens at the UNMC/NHS Lied Transplant Center. After the students completed a tour of the […]
Apr 26, 1999