June/July 2006, Volume 18, Number 2

In this issue:

• Welcome to Iowa! — Summer is the time when new faculty, staff, and students arrive in Iowa
• From the Director — July 1: Welcoming people, a healthier campus, and a new fiscal year
• Changing Medicine. Changing Lives. — Innovations that have made a difference in the lives of our patients, their families, and our work place
• Cancer Information Service celebrates 20 years of service
• Hospital Construction Worker 101 — Construction projects at UI Hospitals and Clinics
• Heart & Hands nominees among us? — Award for exemplary community involvement by staff members
• 100 Great Iowa Nurses — Congratulations to 19 nurses at UI Hospitals and Clinics
• NewsWorthy — Significant news events
• Hospitalcam — Photos of faculty and staff around the hospital
• July 1 = Smoke-free hospital campus
• Multi-million dollar gifts support and re-name UI Center for Macular Degeneration
• Year of Public Engagement proves community outreach works
• 2006 - 2010 Strategic Plan Update — Efforts to meet goals of "The Iowa Difference"
• liveWell on top of its game — Wellness program launched in April 2006
• Above and Beyond — Recognizing people who demonstrate their commitment to excellence and service
• Milestones — Appointments, honors, retirements
• CEO Awards — Amy Werner, Tyeisha Washington, Gloria Rolfson
• Andreasen receives first annual Vanderbilt Prize
• Hageman receives major awards
• Arc of Johnson County presents award to departments