Dave Dornheggen with his family after receiving the Distinguished Alumni Service Award this past March.
Alumni Association Update
A recent series of meetings concluded that a closer alignment with the Xavier University alumni association would benefit the alumni association of the Graduate Program in Health Services Administration. The University has many programs and tools that the association can share and leverage to improve communication and offer benefits to the GPHSA alumni. This collaboration does not affect our 501 c (3) status.
As part of this change, the president of the GPHSA Alumni Association will become an at-large member of the University’s Alumni Association Board. This seat will give the GPHSA Alumni Association a stronger presence nationally. In addition, the annual alumni dues will be replaced with a defined annual giving program directed to the Health Services Administration department. Additional details will be announced as they are developed.
Lastly, the executive board would like to shift towards more electronic communications. Please send your e-mail address and other updated personal information through the website at http://www.xavier.edu/mhsa/alumni/professional-update.cfm. We look forward to hearing from you!
Any feedback is welcome on these changes. Please reply to Chad Wiggins, president of the GPHSA Alumni Association, at xumhsa@xavier.edu.
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 alumni association 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).
- Social Events: 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.
- Job Opportunities: A list is available on the website
