{"id":30574,"date":"2007-07-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-07-02T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2007\/07\/02\/million-step-monday-whats-your-team-doing\/"},"modified":"2007-07-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-07-02T05:00:00","slug":"million-step-monday-whats-your-team-doing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2007\/07\/02\/million-step-monday-whats-your-team-doing\/","title":{"rendered":"Million-step Monday &#8212; What&#8217;s your team doing?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p><TABLE border=\"1\" width=\"250\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" align=\"right\"><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\n<font face=\"arial\"><br \/>\n<B><br \/>\nWhat&#8217;s in a name?<br \/>\n<\/B><br \/>\n<BR><br \/>\nWith monikers such as Psych Steppers (psychiatry), Sleep Walkers (Anesthesiology) and Step I.T. Up (Information Technology Services), it&#8217;s obvious that some thought went into some of the team names for the 1 Million Step Challenge. <\/p>\n<p>UNMC Today wants to hear the story behind your team names. Send an e-mail to <a href=\"mailto:today@unmc.edu\">today@unmc.edu<\/a> or call UNMC Today Editor Chuck Brown at 559-8329 and let us know how you came up with your team name and what the moniker means.<br \/>\n<\/P><br \/>\n<\/FONT><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<\/TABLE>Up here on the fifth floor of Swanson Hall (yes, Swanson has five floors), the venerable UNMC Public Affairs Department is taking this 1 Million Step Challenge pretty seriously.<\/p>\n<p>Well, most of them, uhhh, I mean, us, are. <\/p>\n<p>To motivate our team, PR 2 CR (Public Relations 2 Chimney Rock), we have built in department-wide incentives aside from the incentives offered by the Center for Healthy Living. <\/p>\n<p>Here are some examples:<br \/>\n<UL><LI>PA employees get a little paper foot to post in their office for every 25,000 steps they walk;<br \/>\n<LI>Each PA employee has been assigned another employee to motivate and encourage; and<br \/>\n<LI>Employees meet to walk during the lunch hour a few days a week.<\/UL><\/p>\n<p><TABLE border=\"1\" width=\"250\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" align=\"right\"><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\n<font face=\"arial\"><br \/>\n<B><br \/>\nPedometer power<br \/>\n<\/B><br \/>\n<BR><br \/>\nReplacement batteries for pedometers are available at the Center for Healthy Living for $1.<br \/>\n<\/P><br \/>\n<\/FONT><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<\/TABLE>But enough about us. UNMC Today wants to hear about what other departments and teams are doing to increase their step totals. Send a blog entry to NeEtta Gillespie at <a href=\"mailto:ngillespie@unmc.edu\">ngillespie@unmc.edu<\/a> to let others know what your teams are doing to speed their collective trips to Chimney Rock. These entries can be viewed on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/blog\/publicaffairs\/?cat=9\/\" target=\"_blanK\" rel=\"noopener\">Million-Step Challenge Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><I>The following is a list of UNMC employees who have recently reached one of the 250,000-step markers in the 1 Million Step Challenge. Send an e-mail to <a href=\"mailto:today@unmc.edu\">today@unmc.edu<\/a> with your name, department and tell us what step milestone you reached and we&#8217;ll post it on the list.<\/I><\/p>\n<p><B>250,000 steps<\/B><\/p>\n<p><UL><LI>Kathy Austin, ophthalmology and visual sciences<br \/>\n<LI>Jean Beda, College of Public Health<br \/>\n<LI>Jeff Broberg, sponsored programs<br \/>\n<LI>Steve Byrne, sponsored programs<br \/>\n<LI>Connie Curro, pharmacology and experimental neuroscience<br \/>\n<LI>Cindy Ference, College of Nursing, Wellness for Women Project<br \/>\n<LI>Lori Fuller, printing services<br \/>\n<LI>Deanna Hansen, infectious diseases<br \/>\n<LI>Stephanie Herbert, psychiatry<br \/>\n<LI>Virginia Helget, Center for Biopreparedness Education<br \/>\n<LI>Cheryl Kroenke, ITS<br \/>\n<LI>Sheri Lash, information technology services<br \/>\n<LI>Elaine Litton, infectious diseases<br \/>\n<LI>Shelly Montgomery, psychiatry<br \/>\n<LI>Keith Mueller, College of Public Health<br 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