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WHAT OUR STUDENTS

ARE SAYING

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Our 2015 student surveys show that:

• 96 percent of students are
satisfied with their studies at
American Sentinel.

• 97 percent believe American
Sentinel gave them the ability to
achieve their goals.

• 92 percent would recommend us
to a friend.

Mary Drobnak, Student, Master of Science Nursing
(MSN), Nursing Education specialization

“I was concerned about juggling courses and a career while
giving up time with family and friends. But American Sentinel’s
flexibility, advisors and resources, such as online study tips, helped me. Professors
helped me overcome logistical snags. Every day I can see areas of my life where I
have grown because I am in school.”
A project from Mary’s Community Nursing course inspired her to create a preschool
health program in Shanghai, China, where she lives. “My American Sentinel nursing
education made me realize who I am again and how far I have come since I received
my RN, 16-plus years ago.”

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, www.americansentinel.edu
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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