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Cover Story: FAU: Helping to Advance Careers in Today's Competitive Marketplace

Continued from page 1 tions, IT and other professionals who nav-
igate everything from registering students
A diverse selection for their classes, to individualized career
of academic programs planning, to customized IT support and
With more than 60 programs, FAU we even order textbooks delivered to those
Executive Education has the most diver- students who elect that service. When we
sified selection of national and interna- are back on campus, we will resume our
tional certification programs in South amazing catered lunches that provide an
Florida. Each year, over 2,000 individu- opportunity for students to relax in the
als look to FAU to develop a specialized middle of their day of learning and net-
skillset, gain deeper understanding of a work with other students in their class,
business function, better their work per- professors and industry leaders.”
formance, or diversify their expertise. According to Molinet, the new state-of-
Conveniently delivered through online, the-art $23 million College of Business
evening, weekend or boot camp formats, Executive Education facility in the
courses are taught by subject matter Schmidt Family Complex for Academic &
experts who impart immediate and rele- FAU EMHA students visit Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital to meet with their leadership Athletic Excellence is an amazing facility
vant knowledge helping to improve par- team and tour the facility prior to COVID -19. They hope to resume similar with the latest technology for learning.
ticipant marketability. activities when safe to do so. PHOTO CREDIT: RUDY MOLINET, FAU “We are excited to welcome our stu-
“Our certified Medical Business dents back in January to learn in our new
Management programs cover in-demand world for female participants in Executive work with healthcare leaders in their com- executive facilities,” he says.
skills: legal, regulatory, and compliance Education and No. 8 in the U.S. for quality munities leading to relationships that help Most of the Executive Education faculty
practices, medical office operations, anato- of participants. them throughout their whole career,” says are still active in their fields; students value
my, terminology, billing and coding,” says Molinet. “We also encourage our students learning from leaders who are engaged in
Molinet. Advantages of the to transition to full ACHE membership as business and understand the current envi-
FAU Executive Education is a recog- healthcare-related programs soon as they are eligible, so they can pur- ronment. These industry leaders work in
nized leader of Professional Development At FAU, its Executive Master in sue their board certification in healthcare collaboration with a strong and accom-
programs ranking No. 1 in both Florida Healthcare Administration (EMHA) pro- administration by earning the FACHE cre- plished academic faculty. They are AACSB
and the Southeast U.S. and No. 11 nation- gram focuses on student success both aca- dential. Our EMHA program is offered accredited, a prestigious accreditation that
ally and No. 59 globally in the Financial demically and in the real-world. For the online and in person, so students from all only 5% of business schools offer. Having
Times Executive Rankings. The Financial past three semesters, they’ve encouraged over the country can benefit. We recently the Executive MHA program housed in
Times ranks the top 75 universities around new EMHA students to become involved added the National Association of Health the School of Business provides students
the world; in this year’s rankings, only 15 with and join the American College of Service Executives (NAHSE) to the profes- with an added level of knowledge and
percent are U.S. schools. These rankings Healthcare Executives (ACHE) by FAU sional organizations that our students will sophistication.
are determined by student feedback, paying for their student dues. be working with.” “This is different than other schools in
course design, faculty, teaching methods “Covering the membership costs In addition, FAU instituted an EMHA the area, “explains Molinet. “With the
and facilities. FAU also ranked No. 4 in the enables our students to interact and net- Leadership Bootcamp that Molinet teaches complexities of healthcare reimbursement,
to bring in speakers from industry to dis-
cuss and teach students about current changing systems including value-based
issues in healthcare. This class has been pricing, a global pandemic and other chal-
extremely relevant and valuable during the lenges, we equip our students to learn
about the ‘business of healthcare’ while
COVID-19 pandemic. The local healthcare
' " () * # community has been very generous in pre- providing the fundamentals of patient
experience and excellence in patient care.”
senting to the students. Anyone in leader-
+ "" ,- " ship who would like to be a speaker can In fact, one of the faculty, Dr. Andrew
contact him at rmolinet@fau.edu Gallan, is one of the foremost authorities
“We are always looking for new speak- on patient experience in the country. They
ers to increase our students’ exposure to also have former hospital CEOs such as
Dr. Sal Barbera and Ms. Chantal Leconte
role models for leadership,” Molinet on the faculty, in addition to industry
explains. “We also teach students valuable experts including Rene Zipper and Dr.
! business skills such as Achieving Sam Lin, a retired Assistant Surgeon
" Executive Presence, Personal Branding, General of the United States, and Dr. Alan
Advanced PowerPoint, Excel, Strategic
Planning and others.” Whiteman who has extensive experience
! # $ ! % The Bootcamp emphasizes real-world in consulting.
! experiences and interaction with leaders. “My background was in the C-suite and
There have been a number of activities senior leadership roles in a number of
& ! ! ! ! ! including a field trip to Joe DiMaggio industries including home healthcare, hos-
' ( ! ) ! ! ! * + Children’s Hospital where students met pice, specialty pharmacy, and executive
, ! + - + . + * ! ! with C-Suite leaders, toured the facility, coaching,” says Molinet.
! ! ! ! - ! and learned about the special work done The aspect of their program that matters
- ! ! # $ ! by the staff at this hospital. The trips are most, in Molinet’s opinion, is the student
experience and the different student-cen-
! ! ! ! $ ! on hold now due to COVID-19, but they tric programs they offer in addition to the
! !! ! ! $ hope to resume them whenever it’s safe to academic rigor they are known for. In the
do so.
! " " # $ " % & The school offers an Executive MBA and Executive Education family, they view stu-
Professional MBA program with various dents as “customers” and strive to provide
$ ! / ! a high level of personalized customer care.
concentrations, including healthcare. The
! ! ! " They offer a customized mentoring pro-
Executive MBA is for more seasoned pro-
fessionals. The Professional MBA program gram called the Faculty Ambassador
is tailored to younger students, and they Program where newly admitted EMHA
students are paired with a professor who
develop curricula to help these young acts as their mentor throughout their FAU
future leaders succeed.
“One of the aspects of our FAU career and beyond.
! Executive programs that sets us apart from “Our student’s mental health is of the
" #!$%!! %&'(& other universities is the personalized utmost importance to our Executive
Education family especially during the
) attention we provide our students,” adds
Molinet. “We offer ‘concierge-level servic- pandemic,” says Molinet. “We have a
es’ so our students only need to focus on dynamic counseling center on campus
learning. We offer a dedicated team of available free of charge to students.
advising, admissions, financial aid, opera- Continued on following page

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