Berzas Recognized by the American College of Healthcare Executives
Baton Rouge, LA – Elizabeth Berzas, PhD, MHA, FACHE, Director of the Health Service Administration program at Our Lady of the Lake College, was recently recognized with two awards from the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE). The first award was the ACHE Louisiana Regent’s Award, which is given to an individual who has demonstrated leadership, contributed to the field of healthcare management and/or supported the growth of others in the healthcare profession. The second award was the American College of Healthcare Executives Service Award, given in recognition of extensive volunteer involvement in the community and in advancing healthcare management excellence.
Our Lady of the Lake has been selected for the 2010 Community Engagement Classification
Our Lady of the Lake has been selected for the 2010 Community Engagement Classification. The College’s application documented excellent alignment among mission, culture, leadership, resources, and practices that support dynamic and noteworthy community engagement, and you were able to respond to the classification framework with both descriptions and examples of exemplary institutionalized practices of community engagement. The College also documented and coordinated evidence of community engagement in a coherent and compelling response to the framework’s inquiry.
The campus at Our Lady of the Lake College is one of 115 institutions that will now be added to the Community Engagement Classification completed in 2006 and 2008, bringing the total to 311. It is heartening to see this level of commitment and activity. Clearly, higher education is making real strides in finding ways to engage with and contribute to important community agendas. There is much to celebrate.