Members of the UNMC safety committee accept the Silver Award of Honors from the Safety & Health Council of Greater Omaha. |
UNMC was presented a Silver Award of Honor and designated as one of Greater Omaha’s Safest Companies at the recent Safety & Health Council of Greater Omaha’s annual awards luncheon. This award is presented to companies with superior safety and health programs, results and achievements.
Tina Hunter, Deb Klein, Dianna Flores and Dana Stoakes show off the UNMC totes they received at May’s Administrative Professional Day festivities. |
Ward Chambers, M.D. |
Philise Williams |
Hundreds of campus administrative professionals attended a pair of May ceremonies in the Durham Research Center Auditorium. During the ceremonies, attendees heard a seminar by former Nebraska football player and motivational speaker Aaron Davis (http://www.aarondavisspeaks.com/#) on attitudes that breed success.
Philise Williams, a graduate research assistant in the laboratory of Alexander “Sasha” Kabanov, Pharm.D., has received a 2010 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. The award — which comes with an annual $30,000 stipend over a period of three years — honors graduate research work and promotes a diverse research workforce.
The Flatland Juggling Festival will be held this weekend in the Center for Healthy Living. The festival starts today with open juggling in the CFHL gym from 5 to 8 p.m. More open juggling will take place Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. There also will be a public show on Saturday at 7 p.m. at Castle Barrett, which is west 42nd and Leavenworth streets.