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WHAT OUR STUDENTS

ARE SAYING

Our 2016 student surveys show that:
• 98 percent of students are
satisfied with their studies at
American Sentinel.
• 98 percent believe American
Sentinel gave them the ability to
achieve their goals.
• 96 percent would recommend us
to a friend.

Tracey Bixler, Student, Master of Science Nursing
(MSN), Nursing Leadership and Organizational
Management specialization, BSN graduate

“I was scared about returning to school, but one class in and
I wondered what I was ever afraid of. Since then, I’ve referred
many other people. American Sentinel’s support and library
services are just great. I had a really great time and was
impressed with the program.”
Tracey enjoyed her experience so much that she decided to return back to school
and earn her MSN with American Sentinel as well. “Although I did enjoy it, the BSN
was something I was told I had to do, [by her employer, Geisinger Health] but this
time I’m going to school for self-satisfaction.”

John Podraza, Graduate, MBA Healthcare

As a military doctor, John quickly started thinking about his long-
term career aspirations. John is an attending staff of pediatrics
and neonatology at the Walter Reed National Military Medical
Center and is an associate staff at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
“In the military, I noticed that a lot of the service chiefs and
executive officers didn’t tend to have much business training,”
says John, who first became interested in medicine when working as an EMT in
college. “Many of the higher ups worked their way up through the chain of command,
and there is something tremendous to be said for that. For me, I started thinking early
in my career about pursuing more training than just on-the-job training.”
It’s been a long road with multiple deployments, but John completed his MBA
Healthcare in November 2014. He has his sights set high—his long-term goal is to
become the CEO of a major healthcare system. An MBA Healthcare, he says, is key
to him reaching that goal.
“In the United States, many hospital administrators do not have business education,
and we’re seeing more and more that major systems are being run by MBAs without
medical experience,” John says. “I believe strongly that the best person for the job,
however, is a nurse or a doctor who brings ground-level insight. That whole-picture
perspective is so important, and it’s what motivated me to get my MBA Healthcare.”
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