Chancellor to speak
UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D., will give his annual address to the faculty at 4 p.m. on April 23 in the Durham Research Center Auditorium as part of the annual faculty meeting. Faculty Senate President Gay Canaris, M.D., assistant professor, internal medicine, College of Medicine, will provide an overview of the year’s activities. Following the address and the award presentations, Dr. Gold will host a reception in the center’s foyer.
Awards will be presented for Outstanding Teacher, Spirit of Community Service, Outstanding Faculty Mentor of Graduate Students and Outstanding Mentor of Junior Faculty, as well as the University of Nebraska’s Outstanding Teaching and Instructional Creativity Award (OTICA) and Outstanding Research and Creative Activity (ORCA) Award. Faculty members also will be recognized for their 5, 10, 20, 30 and 40 years of service.
Fourteen faculty members celebrating service milestones of 40 and 30 years will be recognized during the annual faculty meeting at 4 p.m. April 23 in the Durham Research Center Auditorium.
Below, two honorees share memorable moments:
Carol Casey, Ph.D., professor, gastrointestinal, recalls her first week at UNMC and the VA 30 years ago.
“I feel like everyone at the VA and UNMC are part of my family. I’ve been very fortunate to be part of a collaborative and supportive group of mentors and colleagues – (and we actually hang out together, both at work and while we are attending national meetings). It started out that way – on my third or fourth day of my new job in 1984, one of the technologists in the Liver Study Unit (Kookie Knott, now in tissue typing) came by and told me that several of the people there were going out Friday after work (including Mary Clausen, now in IT, and Harriet Beckenhauer, who worked at the VA until recently) and asked if I would be interested. I was and I soon realized that this group and this environment would be a ‘keeper’ for me.”
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James Temme, associate professor, associate director & Charles R. O’Malley Chair of Radiation Science Technology Division, recalls his favorite memories from the past 40 years.
“I have many fond memories of my time here at UNMC.
“In 1971, I began my professional career as a first-year radiography student in the Radiology Department. Typical exams performed at that time were barium enemas, upper GI studies, intravenous pyelograms (IVP), and pneumoencephalograms. Imaging equipment that is commonly utilized today was not available then. We did not have computed tomography, ultrasound, MRI, PET/CT, digital imaging or computers.
“I was fortunate to have been mentored by a number of great role models that include: Drs. Harned, Dobry and Hunt. They taught me the value of performing optimal imaging techniques and professionalism. The education I received and the lessons learned as a student has carried over to my tenure as a UNMC faculty member. The technology at UNMC has changed drastically over the years, but not the concern for the patient.”