School of Health Management to honor 162 graduating students
Posted: May 27, 2009
KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – Virtual classmates will meet face-to-face to celebrate the completion of their education at A.T. Still University-School of Health Management’s commencement ceremony on Saturday, June 6.
As graduates gather in Ophelia Parrish Performing Arts Center on the campus of Truman State University in Kirksville, motivational speaker Kevin Eikenberry will deliver the keynote address. A two-time best-selling author, speaker, and consultant, he is the Chief Potential Officer of The Kevin Eikenberry Group, a learning consulting company. He has worked with numerous Fortune 500 companies and well-known organizations, including the American Red Cross, John Deere, Shell and the U.S. Marine Corps. As an author, he has published “Remarkable Leadership: Unleashing Your Leadership Potential One Skill at a Time “(2007) as well as “Vantagepoints on Learning and Life” (2006). As a motivational speaker, Eikenberry emphasizes the extraordinary potential of both people and organizations and that all aspects of life, including learning and work, should be fun.
Both learning and work have paid off for SHM’s graduating class and the number achieving a degree is higher than ever this year. A total of 162 students from 31 different states will be honored: graduates from last summer, graduates from last fall and winter, and this spring’s expected graduates. The majority, 74 students, will receive a master of public health; in addition, 31 will receive a master of health administration, 10 will receive a master of geriatric health, and eight will comprise the second group ever to receive a doctorate of health education. Finally, 34 will receive certificates in Public Health, and five will receive a certificate in Health Administration.
“Graduates of ATSU are using the osteopathic principles to change the face of health care in the United States and this year’s ATSU-SHM graduates are no different,” said SHM Dean Kimberly O’Reilly, D.H.Ed., M.S.W. “The School of Health Management is excited to graduate its largest class to the field of medicine and mind, body, and spirit care.”
While he is in Kirksville, commencement speaker Eikenberry will also address the public at a gathering at Napoli’s Italian Restaurant on Friday, June 5. He will speak on “Leading in a Climate of Change” at 7 p.m.; the event is free of charge to the community.