{"id":30966,"date":"2007-10-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-01T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2007\/10\/01\/million-step-monday-two-teams-reach-chimney-rock\/"},"modified":"2007-10-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-10-01T05:00:00","slug":"million-step-monday-two-teams-reach-chimney-rock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2007\/10\/01\/million-step-monday-two-teams-reach-chimney-rock\/","title":{"rendered":"Million-step Monday &#8212; Two teams reach Chimney Rock"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>Two teams &#8212; Varney Express from the pathology and microbiology department and Toews&#8217; Travellers from the pharmacology and experimental neuroscience department &#8212; recently had all their members complete the UNMC 1 Million Step Challenge. <\/p>\n<p>The Varney Express team is composed of researcher Michelle Varney, graduate student Kalyaan Nannuru, associate professor of pathology\/microbiology Reekesh Singh, Ph.D., and post doctoral research associate Seema Singh, Ph.D. <\/p>\n<p>Toews&#8217; Travellers are professor of pharmacology and experimental neuroscience Myron Toews, Ph.D., graduate research assistant Puttappa Dodmane, research technologist Amy Lussetto, and researchers Karen Kassel, Ph.D., and Nancy Schulte. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The team aspect has been one of the most enjoyable parts of the challenge,&#8221; said Jayme Nekuda of the Center for Healthy Living. &#8220;From coming up with catchy team names to devising interesting motivation schemes to get teammates walking, our employees really showed creativity and spirit. I congratulate these two teams in finding ways to get their teams to 1 million steps.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Toews Travelers lived up to their name during the challenge with members of the team logging steps in San Francisco and Tokyo (Kassel), Italy (Lussetto) and in Colorado&#8217;s Rocky Mountains (Dr. Toews and Puttappa).<\/p>\n<p>Both teams will be treated to a pizza party to recognize their accomplishments, Nekuda said. <\/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>500,000 steps<\/B><br \/>\n<UL><LI><B>Rita Anne Haverman, <\/B>orthopaedic surgery<\/UL><\/p>\n<p><B>1 million steps<\/B><br \/>\n<UL><LI><B>Geri Cohrs, <\/B>mail services<br \/>\n<LI><B>Gail Hackendahl, <\/B>physical therapy education<br \/>\n<LI><B>Patricia Hoffman, <\/B>information technology services<br \/>\n<LI><B>Michelle Parks, <\/B>College of Pharmacy Dean&#8217;s Office<br \/>\n<LI><B>Maureen Oberdorfer, <\/B>office of regulatory affairs<br \/>\n<LI><B>Mary Jo Ramirez, <\/B>College of Pharmacy<br \/>\n<LI><B>Patricia Tolliver, <\/B>oral and maxillofacial surgery<\/UL><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two teams &#8212; Varney Express from the pathology and microbiology department and Toews&#8217; Travellers from the pharmacology and experimental neuroscience department &#8212; 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