Pictured left to right: Jackie Lucas (Class of 2010), Norma Jean Rosskopf and Matt Waskerwitz (Class of 2010) at the 2008 ACHE Annual Alumni Dinner
Alumni
GPHSA alumni have a national reputation for their leadership excellence in health services administration. Our graduates have been recognized with many honors. In fact, our program ranks second in the number of alumni who have who have been granted the prestigious American College of Healthcare Executives Young Administrator of the Year Award.
As an association of more than 1600 graduates located in every state and several foreign countries, the graduate program alumni form a large and influential network. View profiles of XUGPHSA alumni.
Once you have earned an MHSA from Xavier University, you automatically become a member of the Xavier University Graduate Program in Health Services Administration Alumni Association and a part of this invaluable network. Each year, the department awards the Distinguished Alumni Service Award to recognize outstanding contributions by alumni of the program.
As a graduate of the MHSA program the Alumni Association offers you the opportunity to participate in:
- Networking: The alumni are their own network at local, regional and national professional meetings such as the Congress of American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE).
- Continuing Education: Annual events on campus that invite national prominent experts to speak on topics of strategic interest in the field.
- Newsletter: The Graduate Program in Health Services Administration Alumni Association newsletter, published three times per year, keeps alumni up to date on professional achievements, career moves, faculty research, upcoming events, and Graduate Program happenings.
- External Advisory Committee: Breakfast and luncheon meetings featuring faculty and alumni talks on topics of current interest, and providing an opportunity to offer advice on program development.
- Social Events: Group outings to Xavier Musketeer basketball games. Participation in the annual Alumni Reception/Dinner meeting and Awards ceremony held annually in Chicago during the spring, in coordination with the ACHE Congress.
- Service: Opportunities to serve the Graduate Program and to interact with current and potential students in the areas of recruitment, residency placement, mentoring, and participation on the executive board of the program.
- Career Opportunity Job Sheet: A listing of career opportunities mailed bi-monthly to dues paying alumni members.
If you are an alumna or alumnus of the Xavier University Graduate Program in Health Services Administration click here for access to the XUGPHSA Alumni Association website.
