{"id":63764,"date":"2018-12-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-21T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2018\/12\/21\/time-out-with-t-o-spreading-holiday-cheer\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T17:24:37","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T22:24:37","slug":"time-out-with-t-o-spreading-holiday-cheer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2018\/12\/21\/time-out-with-t-o-spreading-holiday-cheer\/","title":{"rendered":"Time out with T.O. – Spreading holiday cheer"},"content":{"rendered":"

With Christmas just around the corner, a group of UNMC students is spreading holiday cheer this year through song.<\/p>\n

The students have put together a grass-roots acapella singing group started by Laura Newton, a third-year medical student. <\/p>\n

Click here to view other holiday photos involving musical performances by UNMC students and faculty.<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

“It’s been really rejuvenating,” Newton said. “Several of us had been in singing groups during high school and undergrad. We really missed doing it. It’s great camaraderie.”<\/p>\n

“Just like the Nebraska Medical Orchestra, this is a perfect example of an activity that can help students relieve some of the stress that comes with pursuing a health professions degree,” said Steve Wengel, M.D., assistant vice chancellor for campus wellness and the group’s faculty sponsor. <\/p>\n

“It’s also a great way for them to give joy to others — another form of healing, if you will. I really want to applaud these students for getting this up and running. I couldn’t be more proud of them.”<\/p>\n

In essence, Newton said the singing group is part of the medical center’s Healing Arts initiative. <\/p>\n

“This is not just a Christmas thing. We hope to do this throughout the year,” Newton said. “We want to bring some music to patients while they are stressed. It’s a great way to interact with patients outside the clinical setting.”<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, the students sang about 10 Christmas carols in the waiting area of the Adult Intensive Care Unit on 5 West in University Tower and in the lobby of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center. They also went room-to-room in the pediatrics unit on the seventh floor of University Tower.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday evening, the students performed in the Lower Storz Pavilion to a group of pediatric patients and their family members. <\/p>\n

Newton offered her thanks to Derrick Fox, D.M.A., assistant professor and director of choirs at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, for providing his assistance to the singing group.<\/p>\nCk E PraNYWtqmHPtWOYXJs <\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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