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UNMC, hospital accept Gulf Coast patients, students
UNMC and its hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center, are welcoming patients and students evacuated from the area devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Click to also find out when the American Red Cross will be on campus for employees interested in contributing to the relief effort.
Sep 6, 2005
Message from Chancellor Maurer, Dean Gollan on Hurricane Katrina
Message from UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., and UNMC College of Medicine Dean John Gollan, M.D., Ph.D., on relief efforts for Hurricane Katrina.
Sep 6, 2005
Accreditation consultant to be on campus Sept. 15
A consultant/representative from the association that will re-accredit UNMC will be on campus on Thursday, Sept. 15. Robert Appleson, Ph.D, associate director of the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA), will meet with campus officials and accreditation leaders during his one-day visit. UNMC is an accredited member of the NCA.
Sep 2, 2005
Employees with Gulf Coast connections express concern
Until July, when Marshall Longwell, M.D., took a job as an emergency room physician and faculty member at UNMC, he had spent the past eight years of his life in New Orleans in medical school and residency training. With family in Baton Rouge, and friends and colleagues in New Orleans, he can only stand by and watch in shock.
Sep 2, 2005
Nursing hires assistant dean for administration
Pam Bataillon, a graduate of the UNMC College of Nursing’s master’s degree in community health, has accepted the position of assistant dean of administration in the College of Nursing.
Sep 1, 2005
NU opens doors, hearts to hurricane-affected students
The University of Nebraska’s campuses will offer assistance to the hurricane-affected regions and do “everything possible” to accommodate college students displaced by Hurricane Katrina, President James B. Milliken said today.
Sep 1, 2005
Maurers to be honored for their work in community
Since coming to Omaha in 1993, Harold M. and Beverly Maurer have made community outreach one of their top priorities. Their efforts have not gone unnoticed. On Sept. 14, the couple will be honored in a special recognition dinner by the Chabad of Nebraska.
Aug 31, 2005
UNMC organizing campus response for victims of Hurricane Katrina
Numerous UNMC employees have expressed an interest in aiding the victims of Hurricane Katrina. UNMC will have an organized response to the devastating effects of the hurricane, said John Russell, assistant vice chancellor for human resources at UNMC.
Aug 31, 2005
Comparative medicine staff garners national awards
Two technicians in UNMC’s Department of Comparative Medicine — Christy Neel and Karen Thysen — have won distinguished professional awards.
Aug 30, 2005
Campus invited to free Joslyn event Aug. 31
Employees, faculty and students of UNMC, University Medical Associates and The Nebraska Medical Center are invited to attend a free, special evening at Joslyn Art Museum on Wednesday, Aug. 31, from 4 to 7 p.m. with special remarks at 5:30 p.m.
Aug 30, 2005