The Army-Baylor MHA\MBA Program conducted annual end of year activities in June. The Army-Baylor Class of 2014 culminated the didactic phase by completing Comprehensive Oral Examinations. The evening following the day of Comprehensive Oral Examinations was highlight by a first-class celebratory reception sponsored by the Army-Baylor Alumni Association at the Grand Hyatt Regency in downtown San Antonio that served to congratulate the Class of 2014 students completing the didactic phase and welcome the incoming Class of 2015.
More than 200 students, faculty, alumni, and family members attended the event. The members of the Army-Baylor Class of 2014 will be serving one-year Administrative Residencies at more than 50 sites around the country including each of the Top 5 U.S. News Hospitals in America (Massachusetts General, Johns Hopkins, Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, and UCLA Medical Center). The academic year both officially ended and began on June 18th during the Opening and Closing Ceremony. The ceremony marked the highest enrollment (didactic and residency phases) of students, 108 total, within the program in more than 30 years. Major General Jimmie Keenan, Commander of the Army’s Southern Region Medical Command and Chief, Army Nurse Corps, provided the keynote address. Major Michael Franz was recognized by both his classmates and the faculty with both the Peter T. Shaul Peer Award and the Army-Baylor Alumni Award. Faculty recognition included Lieutenant Colonel Forest Kim, Ph.D., Instructor of the Year; Major Joe Topinka, JD, Distinguished Faculty Service; and Major Fred Weigel, Ph.D., Researcher of the Year.
The final point of program news is that LTC Lee Bewley, Ph.D. presented a paper, “To Infinity and Beyond! Your Program as a Catalyst for Best Practice Exchange” at the 2013 Annual AUPHA Meeting. The paper was jointly developed by LTC Forest Kim, Ph.D., LTC Brad Beauvais, Ph.D., and Dr. Bewley.