Nicole Lindquist
Dr. Cuddigan named Outstanding Teacher
A cheerleader, a counselor, a mentor, a friend. The roles of a teacher involve much more than just lesson plans and grading scales. To Janet Cuddigan, Ph.D., chairwoman of Adult Health and Illness in the UNMC College of Nursing, teaching is about people.
Apr 25, 2008
Dr. Evans chosen for national psychology award
Joe Evans, Ph.D., would have been happy just to be compared to those he considers to be the best in the business of psychology. Now, the director of psychology at the Munroe-Meyer Institute and professor in the department of pediatrics at UNMC is among the best.
Apr 23, 2008
Still time to register for MMI symposium
There is still time for health professionals in nursing, psychology, pediatrics, special education, occupational therapy and speech pathology to register for the first Munroe-Meyer Institute Symposium on April 4-5.
Mar 17, 2008
Campus invited to dance for those with disabilities
After the last dance held at the UNMC Student Life Center in January for teens and adults with developmental disabilities, Amy Wenninghoff, mother of 17-year-old Joey Wenninghoff, went home and cried. Tears of joy. Her son had had the time of his life at the Winter Wonderland dance that his parents told him was his prom.
Mar 13, 2008
Task force promoting health care reform plan for Nebraska
Affordable, accessible health care coverage for all Nebraskans. That’s what a task force co-chaired by internal medicine professors, John Benson, M.D., of UNMC and Richard O’Brien, M.D., of Creighton University, is hoping to provide the groundwork for with its recently released report on health care reform in the Cornhusker State.
Mar 12, 2008
GWR Sunshine Foundation hires executive director
With 15 years of experience as a senior adviser to a management consulting firm, Mark Hirschfeld was an obvious choice for the new executive director position at the GWR Sunshine Foundation, an organization dedicated to autism awareness. But the husband and father of two from Omaha also has a personal connection to the cause. His son, Jacob, has autism.
Mar 4, 2008
Meeting room named in honor of late MMI board president
Carol Goranson was a woman with a way. A way with people, a way with colleagues and a way with friends. As a longtime member of the Munroe-Meyer Institute Operating Board, she spent many a Thursday afternoon on the third floor of the Hattie B. Munroe building on the UNMC campus.
Feb 27, 2008
The importance of walkin’ and rollin’
Barb Essi, the mother of MMI program participant, Justin Essi, discusses the impact of recreation programs for adults with disabilities.
Feb 22, 2008
Nearly 500 people converged on Westroads Mall last Sunday, but it wasn’t to shop. The men, women and children, all sporting red T-shirts, were there to support the fourth annual Walk and Roll for Disabilities.
Feb 22, 2008
UNMC Off the Clock – Shellberg’s love of horses began at 3-weeks
From the looks of Jackie Shellberg’s cubicle on the second-floor of the Health Professions Tracking Center at UNMC, it’s obvious the 22-year-old is passionate about horses.
Feb 20, 2008