{"id":30315,"date":"2007-05-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-05-02T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2007\/05\/02\/climbing-to-world-class-heights\/"},"modified":"2007-05-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-05-02T05:00:00","slug":"climbing-to-world-class-heights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2007\/05\/02\/climbing-to-world-class-heights\/","title":{"rendered":"Climbing to world-class heights"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\nChancellor Harold M. Maurer discusses UNMC’s progress during the annual faculty meeting last week.
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\n<\/TABLE>UNMC is gaining altitude in its climb to world-class status.<\/p>\n

“We’re not at the top, but we’re on the right trajectory and gaining ground,” UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., said last Tuesday during his annual state-of-the-campus report at the Annual Faculty Meeting. “I’m really proud of the faculty and staff who are making this happen.” <\/p>\n

Three members of the University of Nebraska Board of Regents — Bob Whitehouse, Howard Hawks and Randy Ferlic, M.D. — attended Tuesday’s Annual Faculty meeting, which included Dr. Maurer’s address, followed by the awarding of outstanding teaching, mentoring and community service awards. Faculty members also were recognized for their length of service to UNMC. <\/p>\n

“To be a world-class academic health science center we have to be strong in biomedical research,” Dr. Maurer said. Outstanding education and patient care are associated with strong research programs, he said.<\/p>\n

During his address, Dr. Maurer updated the audience on UNMC’s educational, research and clinical accomplishments of the past year, as well as the ongoing construction projects that will yield new educational and research facilities in 2008. <\/p>\n

He also shared several guiding principles including:
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