{"id":117545,"date":"2024-11-26T01:56:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T07:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=117545"},"modified":"2024-11-25T16:22:30","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T22:22:30","slug":"nominations-for-unsung-hero-award-open-through-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/11\/26\/nominations-for-unsung-hero-award-open-through-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"Nominations for Unsung Hero Award open through Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p>Nominations for the Unsung Hero Award are open through Sunday, Dec. 1. Nominations can be sent <a href=\"https:\/\/nebraskamed.formstack.com\/forms\/unsung_hero_award\">to this form<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The med center\u2019s 2025 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration will be on Monday, Jan. 20, from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Truhlsen Events Center, first floor. It will include recognition of med center colleagues doing good work in the community and across the campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is the fourth annual Unsung Hero Award, which will be presented during the event to a UNMC or Nebraska Medicine employee who:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Shows a positive attitude and professionalism at work.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Supports the community through volunteerism and service.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Performs outreach or offers encouragement.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Champions diversity personally and professionally.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Displays the organizational ITEACH values.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year,\u00a0Jessica McGhee, a staff nurse with women\u2019s services for Nebraska Medicine, and Brian O\u2019Reilly, DPT, a physical therapist at Bellevue Medical Center, each won an Unsung Hero Award.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The med center\u2019s 2025 award will be presented during the Jan. 20 celebration for 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