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NU’s Smith addresses faculty, staff on budget cuts, future
University of Nebraska President L. Dennis Smith, Ph.D., discusses budget cuts and the future of the university in a letter to university faculty and staff. See story for the complete letter.
May 17, 2002
First AHEC director promotes health care in central Nebraska
Sarah Cunningham, Ph.D., was instrumental in bringing distance-learning opportunities to many rural schoolchildren of central Nebraska. Now, she’d like to play a role in helping children from those same areas become interested in health-care professions, so that some day, they’ll get their health education and practice in rural areas.
Dr. Cunningham is the first executive director of the Central Nebraska Area Health Education Center, the first such center in Nebraska.
May 16, 2002
Employee loyalty, satisfaction component added to strategic plan
Employee loyalty and satisfaction has long been an unwritten goal, but now it is etched into UNMC’s strategic plan.
Creating a campus culture that builds employee loyalty and satisfaction is the newest area of focus in UNMC’s 2002-2005 Strategic Plan, adopted May 7 by the Chancellor’s Council.
May 16, 2002
Residents see variety of patients, ailments with volunteer faculty member
At his office in Grand Island, Neb., David Colan, M.D., uses the opportunity of practicing in a small city to show internal medicine residents a broad perspective of medicine. Without the number of sub-specialists found in larger cities, Dr. Colan sees a wide variety of patients and ailments. He has been named UNMC’s Volunteer Faculty of the Month for February.
May 15, 2002
Munroe-Meyer Institute Guild’s 35th annual garden walk is June 9
The 35th Annual Garden Walk will be Sunday, June 9, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (rain or shine). Sponsored by the Munroe-Meyer Institute Guild at UNMC, proceeds will support MMI’s therapeutic, training, and research activities benefiting children, youth and adults with developmental disabilities and chronic handicapping conditions.
Advance tickets are $8. Tickets will be $10 on the day of the event at all gardens. Children under 12 are admitted free. Stroller access is limited.
May 14, 2002
Associate dean named for Continuing Medical Education
Larry F. Willis, Ed.D., director for the Center for Continuing Education, has been appointed the associate dean for Continuing Medical Education.
May 14, 2002
UNMC study finds voice disability prevalent among telemarketers
Telemarketers are more likely than the general population to have voice problems that affect their productivity; however, precautions can be taken to help protect against problems, according to an article in the May issue of the Archives of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, a member of the JAMA/Archives family of journals.
May 14, 2002
New parking rates announced for UNMC/NHS employees
UNMC/NHS will gain approximately 1,200 employee parking stalls in mid-November when construction is completed on Lot 50 – – the new $19.3 million parking structure along Emile Street. As a result, employees will have the option of moving into the six-level parking garage or to a more convenient parking lot on campus.
For the first time in four years, parking rates will increase effective July 1. The new rates will increase parking costs by $4.75 per month for most lots. The rate of the new parking garage, Lot 50, as well as the two existing parking structures (lots 4 and 5), will be $23 per month. Fees for lots 15 and 16, located on the east side of campus, are not increasing.
May 13, 2002
2002 Directory of Nebraska, Western Iowa Healthcare Resources now available
The 2002 edition of the Directory of Nebraska and Western Iowa Heathcare Resources is now available. The directory lists the most complete and accurate information regarding Nebraska and Western Iowa hospitals, clinics, physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners and dentists. For the first time this year, a list of pharmacies have been to the directory.
May 10, 2002
Albion family donates Angus breeding heifer for Cattlemen’s Ball auction
A few months ago, the Wolf family of the Wagonhammer Cattle Company near Albion, Neb., decided to take Cinderella to the ball — the 2002 Cattlemen’s Ball. The family donated Cinderella, a registered Angus yearling breeding heifer, for the live auction at the June 1 ball at the Benes Cattle Company near Valparaiso, Neb. They hope Cinderella will raise around $5,000 for cancer research.
May 10, 2002