Trinity University HCAD Herald

October is notorious in south Texas for bringing rain but it also brings in some sunshine in the form of the annual Trinity HCAD Alumni Weekend! This time is a chance to celebrate the accomplishments of the Trinity HCAD family and reconnect across the alumni network. Trinity Alumni Coordinator Elizabeth Ford worked with HCAD Alumni Association President Heidi Pandya to host a series of events across the two days. There was a great turnout as graduates reconnected and met with the students. Some of the first year students Alumni reconnecting at the event The first of these events was a Thursday night dinner at Pearl Studio to recognize our 2018 Duce Award recipient Sally Deitch and Momentum Award recipients Holly and Peyton Elliot. Mrs.Deitch warmly accepted her award with a speech thanking her parents and husband. The Elliots gave a shared speech on the value that Trinity had added to their lives and what the award meant to them. Additionally at the dinner we thanked ...

We are proud to see our alumni doing great things in the field of health care administration, and when profiles of our outstanding alums are published, we want to share them! Donna Parker at Trinity University recently completed a profile of Vincent Ng, Class of 1979, highlighting his  path to a career in health care administration and his leadership at the VA Boston Healthcare System.  When you have a moment, please take a second to read this enjoyable profile by clicking on the following link:  http://new.trinity.edu/news/veteran-administrator .

Tomorrow, August 26th, 2014, we'll welcome a new class of on-campus graduate students to the Department of Health Care Administration at Trinity University, and we'll also welcome back the Class of 2015 from their summer break.  Today, however, it's calm and quiet in the Department, as faculty and staff are busy at their desks getting ready for an exciting fall semester.  We're looking forward to a busy and bustling Department beginning tomorrow, and we've got a nice spot on the wall ready for a picture of the new Class of 2016! Even though things are quiet here on campus, our extraordinary alumni continue to make some noise out in the field.  Three Trinity alums - Wayne Smith (#15), Joel Allison (#35), and Douglas Hawthorne (#96) - once again made Modern Healthcare's list of the "100 Most Influential People in Healthcare" ( http://www.modernhealthcare.com/section/100-Most-Influential-2014 ).  We're proud to call these top leaders alumni of ...