The purpose of the health systems management, or HSM, program class representative is to help facilitate communication between the HSM core office and alumni association with the graduating class that they represent. Class representatives are assigned at the year of graduation by nomination or by nomination after the fact if no representative is identified.
An alumnus is eligible for nomination for the Distinguished Alumni Award if they graduated from the HSM program five years ago or longer, embody the mission and values of the HSM program, and meet the following criteria:
The winner of the 2018 HSM Alumni Association’s Distinguished Alumni Award is Rhea Begeman, MS ‘90/HSM (right).
Begeman is the Director of Administration for the Center for Global Health and the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Here are winners from past years:
The Alumni Innovator Award honors alumni who have made significant contributions as entrepreneurs and/or innovators in health care management and/or improving health.
The Honorary Alumni Award’s purpose is to recognize and honor individuals who are not graduates of the health systems management program but who, through a commendably high level of ongoing commitment and support, have made significant contributions to the success of the program for the program and its activities.
The HSMAA Scholarship Award is a $1,000 scholarship presented to a second year HSM student who has demonstrated significant academic achievement and leadership ability.
Congratulations to Kaila Mitchell, HSM ’18, for receiving the 2017-2018 HSMAA Scholarship Award. Kaila graduated from the MS-HSM program in 2018. She graduated from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota with a degree in Psychology. Kaila worked in the Revenue Cycle department during her first year in the program and the Corporate Finance Department throughout her second year in the program. She is now currently an Administrative Fellow at: Froedtert/U of Wisconsin.
Previous recipients: Allison Parker, HSM ‘17; Nicole Powell, HSM ’16
To contact the alumni board, please email hsmalumni@gmail.com or contact the HSM main office at (312) 942-5402.
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