{"id":31384,"date":"2007-12-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-28T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2007\/12\/28\/snma-members-take-break-from-exams-to-serve-others\/"},"modified":"2007-12-28T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-12-28T06:00:00","slug":"snma-members-take-break-from-exams-to-serve-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2007\/12\/28\/snma-members-take-break-from-exams-to-serve-others\/","title":{"rendered":"SNMA members take break from exams to serve others"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p><TABLE border=\"0\" width=\"250\" cellspacing=\"10\" align=\"right\"><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/SNMA2.jpg\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" alt=\"picture disc.\"><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<font face=\"arial\" size=\"1\"><br \/>\nFrom left: Sehr Haroon, SNMA vice president, Chantal Afuh, SNMA community service coordinator, Travis Hanson, SNMA president, Horace Fulton, environmental services operations manager, Olamide Alabi, SNMA treasurer, and Christine Ngaruiya, secretary-historian.<br \/>\n<\/FONT><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/SNMA1.jpg\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" alt=\"picture disc.\"><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<font face=\"arial\" size=\"1\"><br \/>\nFrom left: Environmental Service employees Nyayual Nyang and Raymond Spence take a break to enjoy breakfast with SNMA members.<br \/>\n<\/FONT><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<\/TABLE>In the midst of semester end exams and holiday plans, a group of Student National Medial Association (SNMA) members recently took time to say, &#8220;thank you&#8221; to a special campus group &#8212; the environmental service staff.<\/p>\n<p>The students&#8217; annual &#8220;holiday tea and breakfast&#8221; is their way of treating staff members and showing gratitude for their hard work.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;During the holiday season, we often recognize people outside of campus. 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