UNMC announces first Vital Pin recipients

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

The program — an updated version of the Thank ‘U’ employee appreciation program that has been in operation at UNMC for several years — recognizes employees who demonstrate UNMC’s brand values of Leadership, Team, Resource and Excellence.

The employees listed below received Vital Pins because they earned six Thank ‘U’ awards for a particular brand value.

Leadership

• Chad Abresch, College of Medicine
  
• Kathleen Brandert, College of Medicine
  
• Julie Heyl, College of Dentistry
  
• Mark Law, College of Medicine
  
• Yunlong Huang, College of Medicine
  
• Jialin Zheng, College of Medicine

Teamwork

• Tammy Benak, College of Dentistry
  
• Cari Ray, College of Dentistry
  
• Janet Bartek, College of Dentistry
  
• Michelle Coe, College of Medicine
  
• Qiang Chen, College of Medicine
  
• Diana Fisaga, College of Medicine
  
• Indira Garcia, College of Dentistry
  
• Carol Gilbert, College of Medicine
  
• Patricia Johnson, College of Dentistry
  
• Debbie Kemper, College of Dentistry
  
• Megan Levesque, Munroe-Meyer Institute
  
• Teresa Loerch, College of Dentistry
  
• Paige McArdle, Munroe-Meyer Institute
  
• Peggy Philpot, College of Dentistry
  
• DeeAnn Remmers, College of Dentistry
  
• Janet Rogers, College of Medicine
  
• Lisa Roseland, College of Medicine
  
• Jody Sanford, College of Dentistry
  
• Molly Schlife, College of Medicine
  
• Jenny Wohlers, College of Dentistry
  

Commitment to Excellence

• Lijun Sun, College of Medicine
  
• Qiang Chen, College of Medicine
  
• Gloria Garcia, College of Dentistry
  
• Debbie Kemper, College of Dentistry
  
• Tao Li, College of Public Health
  
• Han Liu, College of Medicine
  
• Bing Zhu, College of Medicine