{"id":137375,"date":"2026-11-13T01:52:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T07:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=137375"},"modified":"2026-11-12T22:20:57","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T04:20:57","slug":"unmc-for-the-record-nov-13-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2026\/11\/13\/unmc-for-the-record-nov-13-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"UNMC For the Record, Nov. 13, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>UNMC College of Nursing teams with Columbus Public Schools<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UNMC College of Nursing and Columbus Public Schools formalized an early high school admission program at a signing event on Nov. 9. As part of the agreement, Columbus High School students can receive a reserved seat in the UNMC College of Nursing BSN&nbsp;program,&nbsp;as&nbsp;long as&nbsp;they meet all&nbsp;nursing&nbsp;prerequisite requirements and complete the&nbsp;UNMC College of Nursing\u2019s&nbsp;admission process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSigning this MOU is an exciting step forward for Columbus High School to create an early pathway to the UNMC College of Nursing BSN program at our Northern Division in Norfolk,\u201d said UNMC College of Nursing Dean Lepaine Sharp-McHenry. \u201cBy reserving seats in our nursing program for these students, we\u2019re opening doors to opportunity and investing in the future of our community\u2019s rural nursing workforce.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The college has now signed MOUs creating similar pathways with multiple Nebraska high schools. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Retirements announced<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bobbi Shook, parking services, and Li Wu, pharmacology and experimental neuroscience, were the two longest-tenured UNMC employees whose retirements were announced this month by the UNMC Department of Human Resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shook, who retired on Oct. 28, joined UNMC on April 22, 1997, 29 years of service at the university. 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