Press Release
The 2000 Cattlemen’s Ball will be held Saturday, June 3 near Arthur, Neb. on the world famous Haythorn Ranch. Hosts will be Waldo and Beldora Haythorn, Craig and Jody Haythorn and Sally and Bob Mayden. The Haythorn Ranch, which is located about 20 miles north of Ogallala, is world renowned as the single largest producer […]
Jul 28, 1999
Nebraska High School Honor Students Attend UNMC Health Career Workshop
Eighteen Nebraska high school students participated in the University of Nebraska Medical Center one-week Summer Health Professions Career Workshop July 19-23 in Omaha. The goal of the workshop is to encourage young Nebraskans to pursue a career in the health professions with the hope that they may someday practice health care in rural Nebraska where […]
Jul 28, 1999
UNMC College of Nursing Kearney Division Students To Spend Part of Summer Working in Jamaica
Three students at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing Kearney Division will be spending part of their summer in Jamaica – but not on vacation. Lecia Seitz of Alexandria, Abbey Schroeder of Allen and Lori Steuer of Crete, all senior nursing students, will be part of a United Methodist Church humanitarian […]
Jul 26, 1999
Dr. Thomas McDonald Named President of UneMed Corp.
Thomas McDonald, Ph.D., a professor in the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s department of pathology and microbiology, has been elected president of UneMed Corp. by its board of directors. UneMed’s mission is to serve UNMC by developing and commercializing discoveries made by UNMC faculty, staff and students. Dr. McDonald has assisted UNMC in a variety […]
Jul 20, 1999
Architectural Firm Selected for UNMC Research Centers of Excellence
The University of Nebraska Board of Regents Saturday approved HDR Architecture, Inc. of Omaha as the firm that will provide architectural and engineering services for the Research Centers of Excellence to be constructed on the west end of the University of Nebraska Medical Center campus on the present site of the University Geriatric Center. HDR […]
Jul 20, 1999
UNMC To Establish Center for Human Molecular Genetics
The University of Nebraska Board of Regents Saturday approved a proposal to establish a Center for Human Molecular Genetics at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in an effort to bring together basic scientists and clinicians campus-wide in a single, unified genetics program. The center will be housed in newly completed research space in the […]
Jul 20, 1999
Nursing students from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing Kearney Division, with the help of Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital and Good Samaritan Health Systems, are getting six to eight weeks of valuable nursing experience this summer. Fourteen senior nursing students are participating in the Senior Clinical Nursing Externship program which gives the […]
Jul 14, 1999
Nursing students from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing Kearney Division, with the help of Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital and Good Samaritan Health Systems, are getting six to eight weeks of valuable nursing experience this summer. Fourteen senior nursing students are participating in the Senior Clinical Nursing Externship program which gives the […]
Jul 14, 1999
70 Eighth-Graders from Across Nebraska Attend UNMC’s 7th Annual Health/Science Meet
Seventy eighth-grade students from 18 schools across Nebraska attended UNMC’s seventh annual Health/Science Meet earlier this month for a three-day, educational and entertaining experience. The meets goal is to inspire Nebraska eighth-graders, especially those from rural communities, to pursue careers in health care. The students qualified for the meet by submitting science projects in regional […]
Jul 6, 1999
UNMC, BryanLGH Medical Center Team up to Provide Nursing Students with Practical Experience
Nursing students at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing Lincoln Division received seven weeks of practical nursing experience this summer through BryanLGH Medical Center in Lincoln. Sixteen senior nursing students participated in the UNMC Senior Clinical Nursing Externship program, which gives students an opportunity to apply nursing theories and skills, as well […]
Jul 2, 1999