Outreach
Great Plains Leadership Institute accepting applications; enters 12th year
The Great Plains Region includes Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, South Dakota
May 9, 2016
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UNMC to honor two Nebraskans at May 7 commencement ceremony
Honorees hail from York and Gage County
May 4, 2016
![Sina Bavari, Ph.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Bavari.jpg)
UNMC College of Nursing in Scottsbluff to hold July 20-21 summer camp
Free camp seeks high school students interested in nursing
May 2, 2016
Cattlemen’s Ball set for June 3-4 near Princeton, Neb.
Event has raised nearly $13 million for cancer research in Nebraska since its inception
Apr 22, 2016
![Legendary entertainer Clint Black will perform at June 4 concert.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/clintblack.jpg)
UNMC College of Pharmacy initiates program for pharmacy tech certification
Nearly 2,700 pharmacy techs in Nebraska will need certification by Jan. 1, 2017
Apr 20, 2016
![Val Lawton, pharmacy technician at Nebraska Medicine's outpatient pharmacy at the Durham Outpatient Center, has undergone NE-CPhT certification training, and will be among dozens in the program's inaugural class to receive their certifications at an April 21 event at UNMC.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/PharmacyTech.jpg)
Nebraska’s 7th Annual Lymphoma Walk to be held April 23
Harlan, Iowa, basketball coach to serve as honorary chairman
Apr 12, 2016
Nebraska Science Festival features multiple highlights in Omaha-metro area
Options include balloon launch, tour of beer brewery, inflatable, walk-through heart
Apr 8, 2016
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Neb. Science Festival highlights in Lincoln, Denton, Jansen, Raymond, Ashland
Options include Weatherfest, beer brewery tour, rocket launch
Apr 8, 2016
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72 Nebraska high school students attend conference on behavioral health careers
The conference builds the behavioral health workforce for rural Nebraska by connecting students with information and resources to explore behavioral health careers
Apr 8, 2016
2016 SciFest kicks off with balloon launch, array of activities
More than dozen events to take place on opening weekend
Apr 6, 2016
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