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Enclosed is your class newsletter MHCL • Spring 2011
Friends University Issue 32 Spring 2011
Campus Connection
MHCL
From Your Class Agent Ken Allensworth ken.allensworth@ va.gov
I hope this newsletter finds each of you well and progressing in your healthcare leadership careers. Cathy Rider, M’08, has been selected as an adjunct instructor to the MHCL program, and is teaching the research methods course. Sally Stevens, M’10, has also been selected as an adjunct instructor to the program, and began teaching the marketing strategies course in October. Congratulations also to Malea Gonzalez, G’06/ M’09, who was recently promoted to the position of Director, Quality Management at Newton Medical Center.
The Friends University Wichita campus embraced the Christmas spirit Dec. 13 as they assisted the Salvation Army for the 18th year.
You may have seen the Sept. 8, 2010, article in the Wichita Eagle that announced the partnership between the MHCL program and Newton Medical Center. Students can now attend courses at the medical center. The MHCL program will also begin offering the online option in March 2011. This will not replace the traditional brick-and-mortar program offerings, but rather augment the program for those students who prefer an online format. As you may recall, most cohorts start in the fall. The demand for enrollment into the MHCL program has increased, thereby prompting an additional class start in March 2011. As alumni, we have many opportunities to be involved in developing healthcare leaders, and to participate in the many events that occur at
Friends throughout the year. I encourage you to visit the Friends alumni site at www.friends.edu/alumni-friends. At this site you will find a link for volunteer opportunities. Among the options is the Campus Connection class agent, which allows an MHCL graduate to keep fellow alumni informed via this newsletter. I would encourage anyone who would be interested in this to contact either the Alumni Office or me. The Friends University Campus and Career Transitions Office is hosting its annual Career Fair Thursday, March 31, 2011 from 3:30 to 6 p.m. Held in conjunction with Newman University, this fair will take place at the Newman Conference Center. For more information, go online to www.friends.edu/career-fair. As always, feel free to send me any alumni updates at ken.allensworth@va.gov. These could include job changes, fellowships, births, marriages, relocations, job or mentoring opportunities, etc. Let’s make this newsletter a valuable source of information for current and future alumni. Ken Allensworth, M’08