{"id":44727,"date":"2013-10-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-17T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/10\/17\/luncheon-to-honor-unks-mcbride-will-support-unmc-research\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T20:20:36","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T01:20:36","slug":"luncheon-to-honor-unks-mcbride-will-support-unmc-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/10\/17\/luncheon-to-honor-unks-mcbride-will-support-unmc-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Luncheon to honor UNK&#8217;s McBride will support UNMC research"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>The University of Nebraska at Kearney is showing its love for its former athletic director, Jon McBride &#8212; as well as its respect for the researchers of UNMC.<\/p>\n<p>McBride, who is currently <a href=\"http:\/\/unknews.unk.edu\/2013\/10\/15\/mcbride-shows-strength-courage-while-living-with-parkinsons\/\">battling Parkinson&#8217;s disease<\/a>, will be honored with a Parkinson&#8217;s disease Awareness pre-game luncheon and program on Saturday, Oct. 19. Proceeds of the event will benefit UNMC&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/unk.edu\/parkinsons\">Parkinson&#8217;s research<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>McBride will address the crowd during the event. UNK Chancellor Douglas Kristensen and John Bertoni, M.D., Ph.D., director of UNMC&#8217;s Parkinson&#8217;s Disease Clinic, also will speak, and there will be a video presentation.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Bertoni urged the UNMC community to show its support for the event.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would encourage as many people to take part as possible,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Jon is a great man, and this is a great cause.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The luncheon will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Nebraskan Student Union&#8217;s Ponderosa Room, on campus at 1013 West 27th St. in Kearney. (Donations can also be made <a href=\"http:\/\/unk.edu\/parkinsons\">electronically<\/a>.) Following the event, guests are invited to watch the football game between the UNK Lopers and Lincoln University of Missouri from Suites 310 and 312 of the Nebraskan.<\/p>\n<p>Members of UNMC are invited to attend, but reservations are requested. Kindly RSVP to <a href=\"mailto:klemmenm@unk.edu\">Neva Klemme<\/a> at 308-865-8977.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNMC community invited to Saturday tribute to former University of Nebraska at Kearney athletic 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