October 6, 2015 Volume 5, No. 8

ABOUT OUR UNDERGRADUATE BSHSA PROGRAM Our undergraduate BSHSA program is an important part of creating a health administration “learning community” at Xavier. This means that all of our students, both graduate and undergraduate, feel that they belong to one Xavier HSA home. To accomplish this, the students are working together on various initiatives, there is some graduate faculty overlap, and our department assistants, Tina Farrell for MHSA and Judy Janzen for BSHSA, coordinate a myriad of things to assure that. In this HERALD I wanted to update you about our undergraduate program.

OUR UNDERGRADUATE BSHSA STUDENTS This fall, 2015, marks the fifth year for Xavier’s Undergraduate Degree in Health Services Administration. What began as a research project by MHSA students in 2009 developed into a feasible degree that was approved by the Xavier University Board of Trustees in 2011. Although the program was planned to start in the fall of 2012, the high demand by students resulted in us starting the BSHSA degree a year earlier in 2011 instead. MHSA Prof. Karen Kent served as interim director to get the program launched, and Dr. Rick Browne was appointed director as of 7/1/12. Below is the list of our undergraduate students. We’ve now graduated two BSHSA classes.

NAME HOMETOWN HIGH SCHOOL YEAR IN BSHSA 1. Austin Bazilio Indianapolis IN Cathedral High School Senior 2. Haley Beavers Wadsworth OH Wadsworth Senior High School Senior 3. Amanda Burdsall Batavia OH Clermont Northeastern High School Senior 4. Bishop Burton New Richmond OH Archbishop McNicholas High School Senior 5. William Crabtree Medfield MA Medfield High School Senior 6. Katharine Cuppett St. Louis MO Nenix Hall High School Senior 7. Christopher Donohue Barrington RI Barrington High School Senior 8. Ivonne Duran Berwyn IL Cristo Rey Jesuit High School Senior 9. Derrick Echols Paulding OH Paulding High School Senior 10. Jessica Farrell Cincinnati OH Inglemoor High School Senior 11. Thomas Fong Milwaukee WI Oak Creek High School Senior 12. Abigail Fritsch Fairfield OH Stephen T. Badin High School Senior 13. Andrew Fuerst Berea OH Medina High School Senior 14. Samuel Hale Milford MA Milford High School Senior 15. Darius Hamblin Aurora IL Meta Valley High School Senior 16. Paxton Hatcher Piqua OH Lehman Catholic High School Senior 17. Allison Henkel Cincinnati OH Roger Bacon High School Senior 18. Lyndsay Jones Franklin IN Franklin Community High School Senior 19. Jasleen Kaur West Chester OH Lakota East High School Senior 20. Sean Kerber Milford OH Milford High School Senior 21. Robert Killeen Louisville KY St. Xavier High School Senior 22. Grace Kim Blue Ash OH William Mason High School Senior 23. Sylvie Knepler Woodacre CA Sir Francis Drake High School Senior 24. Patrick Malecha Dallas TX Winston High School Senior 25. Kelsey Minix Jackson KY Jackson Independent High School Senior 26. Katherine Nilles St. Louis MO Cor Jesu Academy Senior 27. Brandon Oden Cincinnati OH St. Xavier High School Senior 28. Schaedler Pupp Bloomfield Hills MI Brother Rice High School Senior 29. Laura Rees Bloomington IL Central Catholic High School Senior 30. Earl Rolley Cincinnati OH Woodward High School Senior 31. Paige Rost Brunswick OH Brunswick High School Senior 32. Ethan Sennish Sandusky OH St. Mary’s Central Catholic High School Senior 33. Andrew Stautberg Cincinnati OH Senior 34. Matthew Stautberg Cincinnati OH Elder High School Senior 35. Sara Sweeney Rexford NY Catholic Central High School Senior 36. Tommie Towers Greensboro MD Saints Peter and Paul High School Senior 37. Nathaniel Whelton Norwell MA Boston College High School Senior 38. Catherine Wirrig Dayton OH Chaminade-Julienne High School Senior

39. Lauren Anderson Cincinnati OH Walnut Hills Academy Junior 40. Charlie Berland Rochester MN Mayo High School Junior 41. Jessica Biben Twinsburg OH Twinsburg High School Junior 42. Michael Bosse Cincinnati OH Deer Park High School Junior 43. Alexus Brown Florence KY Covington Latin High School Junior 44. Andrew Brzezinski North Olmsted OH St. Ignatius High School Junior 45. Elizabeth Clines Fairfield OH Fairfield High School Junior 46. Michael Costanzo OH St. Joseph Academy Junior 47. Dalton Davis Villa Hills KY Covington Catholic High School Junior 48. Desiree Dick Cincinnati OH McAuley High School Junior 49. Eric Futscher Irving TX Dallas Jesuit High School Junior 50. Ryan Geoppinger South Bend IN St. Joseph’s High School Junior 51. Emma Gripshover Lakeside Park KY Covington Latin High School Junior 52. Stephanie Hagedorn Cincinnati OH Ursuline Academy Junior 53. Katherine Healy Westwood MA Westwood High School Junior 54. Stacy Hemmerich St. Charles IL St. Charles North High School Junior 55. William Herrick Waukesha WI Waukesha South High School Junior 56. Maggie Heschel Avon Lake OH Avon Lake High School Junior 57. Hannah Heyob Cincinnati OH St. Ursula Academy Junior 58. Erin Hirst Charleston WV George Washington High School Junior 59. Patrick Holden Duxbury MA Boston College High School Junior 60. Robert Killian Pittsburgh PA Fox Chapel Area High School Junior 61. Geoffrey Larson Rocky River OH Saint Ignatius High School Junior 62. Maddie Magee South Bend IN St. Joseph’s High School Junior 63. Hannah Martin Temperance MI Bedford High School Junior 64. Kaitlyn McNally Moon Township PA Our Lady Sacred Heart High School Junior 65. Sullivan Mills Cincinnati OH St. Xavier High School Junior 66. Nicholas Molnar Che4sterland OH Benedictine High School Junior 67. Michaella Norris Dublin OH Dublin Coffman High School Junior 68. Audrey Oyer Findlay OH Findlay High School Junior 69. Meaghan Reilly Alexandria VA Bishop Ireton High School Junior 70. Jesse Rhodebeck Mount Gilead OH Mount Gilead High School Junior 71. Abigail Robertson Buffalo NY Nardin Academy Junior 72. Gabriella Schulte South Bend IN Manan High School Junior 73. Monica Seitz Sheffield OH Magnificat High School Junior 74. Kara Sexton Needham MA Needham High School Junior 75. Dajah Siplin Cincinnati OH Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy Junior 76. Colleen Staunton Glenview IL Loyola Academy Junior 77. Lena Stringham Pasadena TX Pasadena Memorial High School Junior 78. Rachel Stull Greenwood IN Center Grove High School Junior 79. Emily Wagner Bloomington IN Bloomington South High School Junior

80. Amelia Bedri Las Vegas NV Bishop Gorman High School Sophomore 81. Chris Carroll Cleveland OH Saint Ignatius High School Sophomore 82. Martin Carter Detroit MI University of Detroit Jesuit High School Sophomore 83. Alexis Clemente Buffalo NY Orchard Park High School Sophomore 84. Darien Cummings Indianapolis IN Lawrence North High School Sophomore 85. Mikaela Dougherty Frenchtown OH DVRHS Sophomore 86. Tyger German Buffalo NY Frontier High School Sophomore 87. Alexander Hall Mayfield Village OH University High School Freshman 88. A’Ni-Yah Hamner Cincinnati OH Princeton High School Sophomore 89. Alexander Herman Pewaukee WI Marquette University High School Sophomore 90. Ariel Hoeldtke Carmel IN Carmel High School Sophomore 91. Marcus Huggins Solon OH Solon High School Sophomore 92. Drew Kaplan Elyria OH Elyria Catholic High School Sophomore 93. Frank Livingston Cleveland OH Avon Lake High School Sophomore 94. Austin Mardanus-Budiano Sussex WI Marquette University High School Sophomore 95. August McCool Santa Teresa NM Loretto Academy High School Sophomore 96. Brennan Mullins Fort Wayne IN Bishop Luers High School Sophomore 97. Enlara Ndum Chicago IL Loyola Academy Sophomore 98. Emily Price St. Louis MO Ursuline Academy Sophomore 99. Jake Prues Milford OH Milford High School Sophomore 100. Teela Rice Cincinnat OH North College Hill High School Sophomore 101. Kennedy Scheich Whitehouse OH Anthony Wayne High School Sophomore 102. Ellen Williams Marietta OH Warren High School Sophomore 103. Alexander Wolfred Noblesville IN Noblesville High School Sophomore 104. Taylor Young Findlay OH Carey High School Sophomore

105. Alison Klaben Silver Lake OH Archbishop Hoban High School Freshman 106. Allison Phillips Mason OH William Mason High School Freshman 107. Sasha Scott Indianapolis IN Arsenal Technical High School Freshman 108. Bailey Windell Yorktown IN Burns Laboratory School Freshman 109. Mollie Young Cincinnati OH Ursuline Academy Freshman

These 109 BSHSA students have eclipsed the number of students last fall – we had 102 then, which is a 7% increase this year. Our senior class of 29 students last fall has now increased to 38 students. While the number of freshmen looks small at this point, there will be numerous students transferring majors as the weeks go by. BSHSA is one of the fastest growing undergraduate programs at Xavier.

ALUM-N-I-C-E Our 1,587 Graduate MHSA Alumni and 37 Undergraduate BSHSA Alumni are the pride and joy of Xavier and our HSA Department. We applaud your achievements and commitment to the highest quests in health services administration, we hold you up as models for our students to emulate, and we happily claim you as “ours”.

We celebrate with our entire BSHSA Class of 2015 graduates who share their first jobs:

• Raya Armstrong ‘15B at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati • Emily Cordle ‘15B at The Christ Hospital in Cincinnati • Bridget Daley ‘15B Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, NY • Allison Dardinger ’15B at Mercy Health in Cincinnati • Mary Grace Driscoll ‘15B at Life Care Services, Kansas City, MO • Drew Dubois’15B at Clinical Architecture, Indianapolis, IN • Karly Gade ‘15B at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati • Victoria Gall ‘14B at Mercy Health in Cincinnati • Ross Haller ‘15B at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati • Bridget Hill ‘15B at University of Cincinnati Medical Center in Cincinnati • Jaclynn Hipp ‘15B continued education at State University for Master in Health Services • Soli Jimenez ‘15B at The Healthcare Connection, Cincinnati, OH • Drew Neuman ‘15B at Charge Description Master Coordinator for Kootenai Health in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho • RyAnne Palacios-Camacho ‘15B Mercy Health in Cincinnati • Rob Park ‘15B continuing education, Law School at Boston College • Grace Pinns ‘15B at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati • Jennifer Rosenacker ‘15B continuing education for MBA at Xavier University • Jay Umble ‘15B at Clinical Trial and Consulting, Cincinnati • Emily Webber ‘15B at Hillebrand Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Cincinnati • Emily Wellbrock ‘15B at Mercy Health in Cincinnati • Melissa Yakubik ‘15B at Mercy Health in Cincinnati • Stephanie Young ‘15B at Health Care Management Group, Brookwood Retirement Community, Cincinnati

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