May 28, 2013

Congratulations to Rosetta Barkley, who just celebrated 50 years of service at KUMC! Meet Rosetta here. 

Congratulations to Curtis Klaassen, Ph.D. and Leona Therou, M.D. on 45 years, and Laura Zeiger, Gloria Schroder, William Godfrey, M.D., and Thomas Pazdernik, Ph.D. on 40 years of service. View all of the employees who celebrated service anniversaries.

EVC Town Hall recap

If you were unable to attend Dr. Girod's Town Hall on May 22, you can read a recap and view a recorded video. Topics included budget cuts and possible outcomes as well as next steps. Read more.     

Stuff that might interest you

Help Oklahoma recover: We've all seen the devastation left behind from the tornado that blazed through Oklahoma. The best way to help is to donate to the American Red Cross. Read more.

Need a projector? TLT-Media is replacing 20 older classroom projectors. That means there are 20 old projectors that need a new home. Read more.

Jayhawk training: Students weren't the only ones to recently graduate. Last week, many KUMC employees "graduated" from a nine-month leadership program, Leading the Jayhawk Way. Read more.

Retirement: After almost 23 years of service, David Lee Brown, assistant director of construction administration, is retiring on June 30. All are invited to attend his retirement reception and sign his guestbook. Read more.   

Population health for American Indian youth

With new funding from the NCI, Won Choi, Ph.D., associate professor, Preventive Medicine and Public Healh, works to stop cancer in entire populations. Read more.   

Promising young scientists

Earlier this spring, more than 100 students from the Garden City High School Health Sciences Academy had the chance to show their skills at evidence-based research - and shed light on important community health issues. Read more.

News item?

If you have a news item you would like included in KUMed Central, submit the information by Wednesday for the following Monday's issue. You can also email Carrie Brown, internal communications manager. Your feedback is also welcome.

Missed last week's issue? Click here for the May 20 issue.

TAKE NOTE

May 31: Teambuilding training course will help you strengthen your leadership skills and performance. Read more.

June 8-9 & 15-16: Olathe I & II and Cambridge garages will be closed for cleaning. Read more.

June 20: Join Frontiers: The Heartland Institute for Clinical and Translational Research and the Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute for its annual symposium, "Integrating Technology into Translational Research." Read more.

Aug. 17: Write Winning Grants seminar for faculty, staff, and principal investigators. Read more.

BRAG IT UP

Steffani Webb, vice chancellor for administration, has been honored in The Women's Foundation A Celebration of Women commemorative journal. Read more

Sterling Williams, a former chair of obstetrics and gynecology and the founder of a program to use music therapy in the delivery room, died on May 19. Read more.

JUST FOR FUN

Congratulations to Annette Kramer, Evelyn Reynolds, Rosa Meagher, Jennifer Wallace and Rachel Olsen who answered last week's trivia question correctly with Sam Kim, M.D.

Thank you to Nancy Hulston, archive director in the Clendening History of Medicine Museum, for providing the trivia questions for Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month.View last week's question.

ADVANCES

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