Munroe-Meyer Institute
UNMC for the record, April 14, 2023
News items on the Kinman Oldfield Award, the World Autism Day Celebration, a wellness planning webinar and campus retirements.
Apr 14, 2023
![Paul Trippier, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/PaulTrippier041423-900x600.jpg)
Outstanding faculty: Bethany Hansen, PhD
Dr. Hansen is an associate director in the UNMC Munroe-Meyer Institute’s Department of Pediatric Feeding.
Apr 13, 2023
![Bethany Hansen, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/BethanyHansen041323-900x600.jpg)
Camp Munroe seeks volunteers for summer
Student volunteers, who must be 13 or older, will help supervise campers.
Apr 13, 2023
![Volunteers are needed for Camp Munroe's summer session.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Camp0423-900x600.jpg)
A champion for child speech therapy, Laikko is Gold U winner
Paul Laikko has been a speech-language pathologist at the Munroe-Meyer Institute for 35 years.
Apr 7, 2023
![Paul Laikko](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/PaulLaikko040723-900x600.jpg)
The UNMC Munroe-Meyer Institute’s RiteCare Clinic in Hastings is teaching a 5-year-old girl the speech skills to match her outgoing personality – and highlighting the importance of that therapy to central and western Nebraska.
Apr 5, 2023
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Dr. Godfrey honored as UNMC’s Varner Educator Laureate
Maurice Godfrey, PhD, opens up possibilities in the health sciences with outreach to Native American communities.
Mar 30, 2023
![Maurice Godfrey, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/MauriceGodfrey033023-900x600.jpg)
Nebraska Medicine making masks optional, beginning April 3
UNMC’s clinical partner is announcing a shift from its universal mask policy to allow for flexibility and discretion in encounters with patients.
Mar 27, 2023
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SAPA collaborates on ‘Deaf-Centric Hospital’
The group will team with a local Deaf community organization for an event aimed at health profession students.
Mar 15, 2023
![Bailey Reigle](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Reigle030723.jpg)
MMI, UCP of Nebraska offer Tech Tools Library
The library contains modified toys, sensory aids, an array of adaptive switches and more.
Mar 14, 2023
![An MMI therapist and her guest use a toy from the Tech Tools Library.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/UCPToy030723-900x600.jpg)
Meyer Foundation’s Walk & Roll ‘family’ sets new record
About 400 people, the most ever, turned out for the annual event, which raises funds for adult programs at MMI.
Mar 13, 2023
![More than 400 community members gathered March 5 for the 19th annual Walk & Roll for Disabilities.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Walk1MMI-900x600.jpg)