workforce

UNK Chancellor Neal Schnoor, PhD, visits UNMC

Dr. Schnoor, who began as chancellor on July 1, hopes to deepen UNK’s partnership with UNMC to increase the health workforce.

Sep 25, 2025

UNK Chancellor Neal Schnoor, PhD, and other members of the UNK staff visited the UNMC campus on Sept. 9. The group first toured the student housing under construction, took a walking tour of campus and visited the Davis Global Center.

Denise Pecha to lead BHECN’s network initiatives

Pecha will support partnerships to help expand the state’s behavioral health workforce.

Sep 18, 2025

Denise Pecha

Dr. Davies’ all-campus forum is today

Interim Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD, will talk with Kyle Meyer, PhD, associate vice chancellor for health workforce initiatives.

Sep 17, 2025

Interim Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD, and Kyle Meyer, PhD, UNMC’s new associate vice chancellor for health workforce initiatives

Radiation therapy program expands to Kearney

The enrollment of the first radiation therapy students there represent another UNMC expansion to the campus.

Sep 11, 2025

Lisa Bartenhagen, UNMC's director of radiation therapy education

This month’s all-campus forum set for Sept. 17

Interim Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD, will talk with Kyle Meyer, PhD, associate vice chancellor for health workforce initiatives.

Sep 10, 2025

Interim Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD, and Kyle Meyer, PhD, UNMC’s new associate vice chancellor for health workforce initiatives

UNMC announces new office aimed at health workforce

The new Office of Health Workforce Initiatives will be led by Kyle Meyer, PhD, serving as associate vice chancellor for health workforce initiatives.

Aug 27, 2025

Kyle Meyer, PhD

BHECN hosts inaugural workforce partners conference

Seeing a need to convene behavioral health leaders, BHECN has scheduled a second conference for next April.

Jul 10, 2025

Marley Doyle, MD

‘There is tremendous interest and excitement’

The new UNMC health science education center in Kearney will provide health care training close to home for rural Nebraska.

Jul 8, 2025

The 110,000-square-foot Health Science Education Center II is under construction on the UNK campus. It’s scheduled to open early next year, allowing UNMC to expand its nursing and allied health programs in Kearney and offer new programs in medicine, pharmacy and public health.

Dr. Nuss named assistant dean for nursing’s Omaha division

Suzanne Nuss, PhD, brings deep experience with UNMC, Nebraska Medicine and the nursing field.

Jun 30, 2025

Suzanne Nuss, PhD

Kyle Meyer, PhD, to step down as allied health dean in 2026

Dr. Meyer is the founding dean of the UNMC College of Allied Health Professions and has led allied health at UNMC for 20 years.

Jun 27, 2025

Kyle Meyer, PhD