Education

305 UNMC students to receive diplomas during commencement ceremonies

The ceremony will be held Dec. 15 in Omaha at 2 p.m. in the Witherspoon Concert Hall, Joslyn Art Museum.

Dec 14, 2017

UNMC leaders to visit Holdrege, Hastings Dec. 7-8

Visits to include discussing new efforts to increase health care workforce

Dec 5, 2017

$75,000 gift to enhance UNMC training for rural first responders, health care

Program makes use of vehicles outfitted with realistic equipment and high-fidelity patient simulators

Nov 16, 2017

UNMC students make summer dean’s list

To qualify for the dean’s list, students must be enrolled in at least 12 credit hours and have a grade point average of 3.75 or above.

Nov 6, 2017

BHECN receives $1.1 million grant to increase behavioral health workers

Grant will provide full tuition and laptops for 70 non-traditional students each year to become community health workers and provisionally licensed addiction counselors.

Oct 30, 2017

UNMC College of Nursing to host information sessions on doctoral nursing degrees

Representatives will talk about the doctor of philosophy (Ph.D.) and doctor of nursing practice (D.N.P.) degrees

Oct 5, 2017

Regents approve occupational therapy doctorate program at UNMC

UNMC hopes to enroll 42-46 students annually in three-year program beginning fall 2019

Oct 5, 2017

Kyle Meyer, Ph.D.

Regents approve creation of UNMC Department of Neurosurgery

Will build upon success of region’s premier neurosurgery program

Oct 5, 2017

Ken Follett, M.D., Ph.D.

Regents approve master’s degree in health administration at UNMC

College of Public Health will launch program next fall for fast growing profession

Oct 5, 2017

Fernando Wilson, Ph.D.

Recent UNMC nursing grads score high on national licensure exam

Scores reflect quality of UNMC nursing program

Sep 25, 2017