OMAHA, Nebraska, Nov. 22 (TNSpar) -- Creighton University issued the following news: Just like the national nursing shortage, rural hospitals across the country are also facing staffing challenges. CHI Health and its academic medical partner, Creighton University School of Medicine, have created two first-of-their-kind residency programs to give new graduates experience in both urban and rural areas of Nebraska. The programs are now open to applicants and its first physicians will be selected i  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Nov. 24 (TNSper) -- Gov. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on Nov. 23, 2022: Governor Pete Ricketts appointed Aaron Conn of Rushville to the County Court, Twelfth Judicial District (consisting of Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Deuel, Garden, Grant, Kimball, Morrill, Scotts Bluff, Sheridan, and Sioux counties). Conn, 37, has served as Sheridan County Attorney since 2019. He has also been with Smith, King, Simmons and Conn, P.C. since 2013, wher  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Nov. 24 (TNSper) -- Gov. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on Nov. 23, 2022: Governor Pete Ricketts appointed Thomas Klein of Wahoo to the County Court, Sixth Judicial District (consisting of Burt, Cedar, Dakota, Dixon, Dodge, Thurston, and Washington counties). Klein, 55, has served as the Saunders County Public Defender since January 1999. Additionally, he has served as Village Attorney for the Village of Morse Bluff since 1993. Klein has also wo  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Nov. 23 -- Gov. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on Nov. 21, 2022: Governor Pete Ricketts and the Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) recognized Frank Axiotes of Elkhorn with the Carnegie Medal, awarded by the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission. The Carnegie Medal is North America's highest honor for civilian heroism. "Frank's initiative and courageous action helped save lives," said Governor Pete Ricketts. "He's a true Nebraska hero and well deserving of the   more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Nov. 22 (TNSfund) -- Southeast Community College issued the following news: Southeast Community College's Precision Machining and Automation Technology program recently received a $15,000 donation from the Gene Haas Foundation. The money will be used for scholarships and for students to enter and travel to skills competitions such as SkillsUSA. "The generosity of Gene Haas and his foundation is very much appreciated," said Kirby Taylor, program chair. "This helps offset the   more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Nov. 22 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: * * * Against the backdrop of northern Kenya, two Nebraska high school educators dove into anthropological and ecological research while developing science curricula they are now piloting in their classrooms. * * * With funding from the National Science Foundation's Research Experience for Teachers program, Charley Bittle, biology teacher and chair of the science department at   more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Nov. 22 (TNSper) -- The University of Nebraska issued the following news release on Nov. 21, 2022: University of Nebraska System President Ted Carter announced today that following a national search, he has named Walter S. Gilliam, Ph.D., a leading expert in the education, health and mental health of young children, as the next executive director of NU's Buffett Early Childhood Institute. Gilliam is currently the Elizabeth Mears & House Jameson Professor of Child Psychiatry   more