December 15, 2015 Volume 5, No. 17 ELECTED OFFICERS FOR THE MHSA CLASS OF 2018 Before the fall 2015 semester ended, the first-year MHSA students (Class of 2018) engaged with the second-year students about the duties and roles of the class officer positions. We wait until the end of the first semester to hold class elections in order to allow for the incoming students to get acquainted and have opportunities to work together. Elected to serve their class are the first-year students pictured here: From left back: Kelly Kleier, Co-President; Taylor Duncan-Presson, Co- Chair, Community Service; Nate Kunce, Co-Treasurer; Tony Grisafo, Co-Chair, Healthcare Administration Student Professional Society From left front: Eric Steine, Co-Treasurer; Joe Hayden, Co-Chair, Healthcare Administration Student Professional Society; CoPresident Anne Mitchell; Mariah Mitchell, Co- Chair, Community Service 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”. • Kristen Fortner ’05M is Health Systems Specialist, Patient Care Services at the VAMC in Dayton OH • James Baisden ‘15M is Administrative Director for Nursing at the VAMC in Dayton OH NO HERALD FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS due to the Christmas break for the University from December 24, 2014 through January 1, 2016. We hope that you have a wonderful and blessed Christmas holiday. The spring semester ’16 classes start on Monday, January 11, 2016. The next HERALD will be on Tuesday, January 12, 2016. Men and Women for Others: Thinkers, Inspirers, and Leaders in Health Services Administration