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WHAT OUR STUDENTS SAY

Our 2017 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.
• 95 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 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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