UNMC College of Medicine employees of the month are nominated by college leaders. Jenny Kreikemeier was recognized for exemplary work by Debra Romberger, MD, chair of the UNMC Department of Internal Medicine.
Name: Jenny Kreikemeier
Title: Administrative associate
Hometown: West Point, Nebraska
Talk about your job and what you like best about it:
- There are generally not two days in a row that are the same, and I enjoy the daily and hourly changes that occur and the balancing act of redirecting what’s important now.
- In this role, I have gotten to meet so many of the faculty throughout our entire internal medicine department as well as the administrators and support staff. I enjoy the interaction I have with everyone, and I love being a resource for whatever comes up and being able to help and trouble shoot with them. It can be challenging but so rewarding at the same time.
I like directly supporting/working with Dr. Debra Romberger and the department. I enjoy the pressure of being her “go-to” person for whatever she needs for herself, a faculty member or staff or the entire department. I remember asking, when I took this job, how I could make an impact on day one, and I was told “helping to manage my calendar.” My thought process is the more I can do for Dr. Romberger and the department is one thing less for her or someone else to do, freeing up their time and energy for other more pressing/important things.
List three things people may not know about you:
- I was homecoming queen back in 1987.
- I went to college on a basketball scholarship, until I was in a car accident that injured my knee and shoulder, and majored in elementary education.
- I married a farm boy from West Point, Nebraska, and the first 11 years of our marriage we raised hogs and cattle on a small farm outside of town before moving to the big city of Omaha in 2000. We’re celebrating 35 years of marriage this month and have three children and four grandchildren.