Vital pin recipients for December announced

Below is a list of employees who have earned Vital Pins in December as part of the UNMC Vital Thank ‘U’ program.

The program recognizes employees who demonstrate UNMC’s brand values of Leadership, Team, Resource and Excellence. Employees get 12 “Thank ‘U’s” to send out each year.

The employees listed below received Vital Pins because they earned six Thank ‘U’ awards for a particular brand value. (Multiple winners’ names are followed by the number of times they have received the award.)

Team

• Megan Aguilar, College of Dentistry (2)
• Sandra Amedola, College of Medicine
• Emily Anderson, Munroe-Meyer Institute
• Priyanka Arya, College of Medicine
• Aditya Bade, College of Medicine (2)
• John Barrier, College of Nursing
• Megan Bosch, College of Medicine
• Tamara Cardin, School of Allied Health Professions
• Xingcheng Chen, College of Medicine
• Sherry Cherek, College of Public Health
• Doreen Cole, College of Dentistry (3)
• Patricia Coleman, College of Medicine
• Jennifer Conner, Munroe-Meyer Institute (2)
• Lori Cooley, College of Nursing (2)
• Elizabeth Couch, College of Dentistry
• Lynda Crone, Munroe-Meyer Institute
• Kelly Crotty, Munroe-Meyer Institute (3)
• Justin Dalton, College of Dentistry
• Prasanta Dash, College of Medicine
• Bethany DeCarolis, Vice Chancellor for Research
• Adrian Epstein, College of Medicine
• Natasha Ferguson, Vice Chancellor for Research
• Nyla Frisch, College of Denitistry (3)
• Aleta Gaertner, College of Public Health
• Jenna Garrow, College of Dentistry (2)
  
• Robin Gound, College of Dentistry

• Brooke Greene, Munroe-Meyer Institute
• Kathy Gregg, College of Denistry
• Jolene Gulizia, Business and Finance
• Teresa Hartman, Academic Affairs
• Pamela Hergenrader, College of Dentistry
• Joshua Hertzel, Business and Finance (2)
• Michelle Hess, Munroe-Meyer Institute
• Jaclyn Hollinger, College of Medicine (3)
• Stephanie Hood, Munroe-Meyer Institute
• Yunlong Huang, College of Medicine
• Robin Jaeckel, College of Public Health (2)
• Chao Jiang, College of Medicine
• Patricia Johnson, College of Dentistry (2)
• Vern Johnson, College of Medicine
• Veronica Johnson, College of Dentistry
• Susan Johnston, Business and Finance
• Ashley Kildow, Business and Finance
• Karen Knap, College of Dentistry
• Benjamin Lamberty, College of Medicine (2)
• Kristen Leggott, College of Dentistry (3)
• Elizabeth Lempka, College of Dentistry
• Aaron Lessor, Munroe-Meyer Institute
• Fen-Fen Lin, Munroe-Meyer Institute
• Jill Lindgren, College of Medicine
• Han Liu, College of Medicine
• Xuefei Liu, College of Medicine (2)
• Ningxia Lu, Munroe-Meyer Institute
• Lauren Luger, College of Nursing
• Xiangmin Lv, College of Medicine (2)
• Sandra Mahoney, College of Medicine (2)
• Edward Makarov, College of Medicine (2)
• Shannon Maly, College of Dentistry
• Rita Martinez, College of Dentistry (2)
• Janesha McGhee, College of Dentistry (2)
• Analisa McMillan, College of Public Health
• Mary Morris, College of Public Health (2)
• Cara Mouw, College of Nursing (2)
• Chrystal Nathan, Vice Chancellor for Research
• Dorothy Northwall, College of Medicine
• Kelli Novak, Munroe-Meyer Institute
• Sabrina Okwumuo, College of Dentistry (3)
• Lakisha Overstreet, College of Dentistry (2)
• Todd Owen, Munroe-Meyer Institute
• Amber Paden, Munroe-Meyer Institute
• Michelle Parks, College of Pharmacy
• Jacqueline Pavlik, College of Medicine
• Gina Peters, College of Dentistry (2)
• Peggy Philpot, College of Dentistry (3)
• Jamie Pollak, College of Dentistry (2)
• Genevieve Poskochil, College of Denistry (3)
• Diane Potter, College of Nursing
• Amy Proskovec, Munroe-Meyer Institute
• Mary Pruch, Business and Finance
• Cari Ray, College of Dentistry (4)
• M Ray, School of Allied Health Professions
• Lana Reichardt, College of Medicine
• DeeAnn Remmers, College of Dentistry (4)
• Ke Ren, College of Pharmacy
• Christine Rieck, Business and Finance
• Lisa Roseland, College of Medicine (3)
• Margaret Runge, College of Dentistry
  
• Cynthia Sands, College of Medicine

• Jody Sanford, College of Dentistry (3)
• Charles Schutt, College of Medicine
• Samantha Simet, College of Medicine
• Lynette Smith, College of Public Health
• Lori Spracklen, College of Dentistry (3)
• Charles Stepanek, College of Public Health
• Susan Tatum, College of Dentistry (2)
• Robin Taylor, College of Medicine
• Jill Thewke, College of Nursing
• Patricia Trausch, College of Nursing
• Rachel Utter, Munroe-Meyer Institute (2)
• Amaris Van Dyke, Munroe-Meyer institute (3)
• Debbie Vidlak, College of Medicine
• Pamela Walker, College of Dentistry
• Thomas Waples, Office of the Chancellor
• Donna Wilke, College of Dentistry (2)
• Christy Williams, Munroe-Meyer Institute
• Lisa Winkler, Munroe-Meyer Institute (2)
• Xiaohuan Xia, College of Medicine
• Wanfen Xiong, College of Medicine
• Lirong Xu, College of Medicine (2)
• Lu Yang, College of Medicine
• Shuping Yang, Eppley Institute
• Dongze Zhang, College of Medicine
• Gang Zhang, College of Medicine
• Lin Zhang, Eppley Institute
• Pan Zhang, College of Medicine (3)

Resource

• Kristi Anderson, College of Medicine
• Susan Blum, Business and Finance
• Lori Cooley, College of Nursing
• Nitasha Dickes, Munroe-Meyer Institute
• Pamela Ehmke, College of Public Health (2)
• Xiaoyan Feng, College of Medicine
• Saralyn Fisher, College of Medicine
• Judith Houfek, College of Medicine
• Amy Lamer, Business and Finance
• Analisa McMillan, College of Public Health
• Lynne Niemeyer, College of Medicine
• Justin Obermeier, College of Public Health
• Lana Reichardt, College of Medicine
• Janet Rogers, College of Medicine
• Victoria Smith, Vice Chancellor for Research (2)
• Kimberly Tyrey, Munroe-Meyer Institute
• Danielle Wilson-Baxter, College of Nursing
• Yuanyuan Zhang, College of Medicine

Excellence

• Pamela Althof, Munroe-Meyer Institute
• Aditya Bade, College of Medicine
• Shantanu Balkundi, College of Medicine
• Lenal Bottoms, Academic Affairs
• Yu Cai, College of Medicine
• Shannon Callen, College of Medicine
• Qiang Chen, College of Medicine (4)
• Xingcheng Chen, College of Medicine
• Julie Ditter, College of Medicine
• Pamela Ehmke, College of Public Health
• Maureen Fitzgerald, College of Medicine
• Santhi Gorantla, College of Medicine
• Samantha Gruidel, Munroe-Meyer Institute
• Theresa Grutel, College of Medicine (2)
• Dongwei Guo, College of Pharmacy (2)
• Abigail Haggerty, Munroe-Meyer Institute
• Jaclyn Hollinger, College of Medicine (2)
• Dali Huang, College of Medicine
• Erin Jaworski, Munroe-Meyer Institute
• Weike Ji, College of Medicine
• Yinnong Jia, College of Pharmacy
• Chao Jiang, College of Medicine
• Lindsey Kendrick, College of Medicine
• Yeon Hee Kook, College of Medicine
• Song Li, College of Medicine (2)
• Tianyuzi Li, College of Medicine
• You Li, College of Medicine
• Hongyan Liao, College of Medicine
• Jinxu Liu, College of Medicine (2)
• Xiangmin Lv, College of Medicine
• Andrea Martinez-Skinner, College of Medicine
• Analisa McMillan, College of Public Health
• Kathy Minikus, College of Public Health
• Daniel Mitteer, Munroe-Meyer Institute
• Mary Morris, College of Public Health
• Kimberly Morrison, College of Medicine (2)
• Fang Niu, College of Medicine
• Nicole Norlin-Giron, Munroe-Meyer Institute
• Kathryn Peterson, Munroe-Meyer Institute
• Jamie Pollak, College of Dentistry
• Larisa Poluektova, College of Medicine
• Jenelle Pomicter, College of Public Health
• Pavan Puligujja, College of Medicine
• Lana Reichardt, College of Medicine
• Patrick Rejda, College of Nursing
• Janet Rogers, College of Medicine
• Wen Shi, College of Pharmacy (2)
• Rhonda Simpson, College of Dentistry
• Rebecca Stroebel, Munroe-Meyer Institute
• Lijun Sun, College of Medicine (4)
• Yimin Sun, College of Medicine (3)
• Changhai Tian, College of Medicine (2)
• Leticia Tran, College of Medicine
• Chao Wang, College of Medicine (2)
• Cheng Wang, College of Medicine
• Yongxiang Wang, College of Medicine (2)
• Shuwei Xie, College of Medicine
• Lu Yang, College of Medicine (2)
• Dongze Zhang, College of Medicine
• Gang Zhang, College of Medicine (2)
• Jinjin Zhang, College of Pharmacy
• Weiwei Zhang, College of Medicine
• Jumin Zhou, College of Public Health

Leadership

• Chad Abresch, College of Medicine (3)
• John Davis, College of Medicine
• Nitasha Dickes, Munroe-Meyer Institute
• Jixon Dong, Eppley Institute
• Santhi Gorantla, College of Medicine
• Yulong Li, College of Medicine
• Kelly McDonald, College of Nursing
• Jane Meza, College of Public Health
• Kimberly Morrison, College of Medicine
• Kathryn Peterson, Munroe-Meyer Institute (2)
• Rhonda Simpson, College of Dentistry (2)
• Changhai Tian, College of Medicine (2)
• Dong Wang, College of Pharmacy
• Jialin Zheng, College of Medicine (3)
• Matthew Zimmerman, College of Medicine