College of Nursing annual awards
Annual awards were presented to faculty and staff of the College of Nursing. Awards and recipients are:
- Rosalee C. Yeaworth Teaching Excellence Award – Peggy Pelish, Ph.D.;
- Ada M. Lindsey Professional Service Award – Linda Sather, Ed.D.;
- Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award – Julie Quickert;
- The Distinguished Team Award – The Evaluation Task Force: Teresa Hultquist, Ph.D., Catherine Bevil, Ed.D., John Barrier, Patrick Rejda, Connie Miller, Ph.D., Kathy Kaiser, Ph.D., Lori Turner and Christie Campbell-Grossman, Ph.D.;
- Donna Westmoreland Excellence in Faculty Mentoring Award – Karen Grigsby, Ph.D.;
- Staff Excellence Award – Tom Mason;
- Pennie Z. Davis Faculty Research Award – Tiffany Moore, Ph.D.;
- Staff Leadership Award – Valeta Creason-Wahl;
- Kathryn Sandahl Philp Award for Creativity and Innovation – Julie Quickert; and
- Staff Spirit Award – Karen Schledewitz
James Temme named a Life Member of the American Society of Radiologic Technologists
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ASRT president Sandra Hayden, right, presents UNMC’s James Temme with the ASRT’s highest honor, the Life Member award. |
Temme is only the 30th ASRT member to be elevated to Life Member status since the honor was established in 1938.
Temme later told an ASRT interviewer that as he gave his remarks, “I internally reflected on how far our profession has come, and frankly how far I have come, and what I have experienced and the changes I have seen. And emotionally, it got to me – in a good way.”
Streck names Dr. Wisecarver to its inaugural Scientific Advisory Board
James Wisecarver, M.D., Ph.D., vice chair of clinical operations and professor of the UNMC Department of Pathology and Microbiology, has been named to the inaugural four-member Scientific Advisory Board for Streck, Inc. The board will support Streck’s exploration of innovation in medical technology as well as its continued development of molecular diagnostic capabilities. Dr. Wisecarver also is medical director of the clinical laboratory for Nebraska Medicine.
One of the three other members of the advisory board, James Linder, M.D., also has strong ties to UNMC. Dr. Linder is currently chief strategist at the University of Nebraska and president of the University Technology Development Corporation. He previously served as interim president of the University of Nebraska and was interim dean of the UNMC College of Medicine as well as professor of pathology/microbiology for UNMC.
Streck, which is headquartered in Omaha, develops and manufactures products for clinical and research laboratories.
Field Club Trail temporarily closed next week
The Field Club Trail will be closed from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday next week as the city addresses drainage issues on the trail. (The trail will reopen each evening after 5 p.m. for evening use.) Barricades and “trail closed” signs will go up Monday morning.
Good for you, Dr. Wisecarver! Always a pleasure to see good things happen to great people!