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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.
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Tina Hunter, Deb Klein, Dianna Flores and Dana Stoakes show off the UNMC totes they received at May’s Administrative Professional Day festivities. |
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Ward Chambers, M.D. |
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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.