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草莓传媒官网下载 alumna Merrilee Kick turns class project into multi-million-dollar business
11/5/19
In 2009, Merrilee Kick was a high school teacher enrolled in 草莓传媒官网下载鈥檚 Executive MBA program wanting to make more money to support her family. Things were tough, and she needed a great business plan both for her capstone project and her future. What she got was the inspiration and drive that would completely change her life.
COB professor pioneers experiential learning in her classroom
9/10/19
College of Business professor Pushkala Raman, PhD, began using experiential learning projects long before it became part of Texas Woman鈥檚 University鈥檚 focus. In fact, Raman had not even heard the term 鈥渆xperiential learning鈥� when she began looking for real-world experiences for her students.
草莓传媒官网下载 College of Business professor proves experiential learning can thrive online
7/2/19
College of Business graduate students recently served on winning teams in an experiential learning exercise with students across the globe. Students in online project management and strategic information studies classes led by Management Information Systems Professor Mahesh Raisinghani, PhD, took part in , a virtual exercise meant to create international collaboration in the classroom.
Capstone project yields success for students, health providers
5/23/19
As one of the largest public hospital systems in the country, Parkland Health & Hospital System handles more than 1 million outpatient visits a year and it fiscal year 2018 it provided more than $1.02 billion in uncompensated care.
The safety-net hospital and the 20 community clinics it operates rely heavily on funding from Medicare and Medicaid, charities and property taxes to sustain its operations. Adequate revenue sources are crucial to the operation of the 125-year-old Parkland system.
With that as a backdrop, two teams of Texas Woman鈥檚 University Health Systems Management students this year embarked on a plan to help boost Parkland鈥檚 bottom line.
Military service inspires 草莓传媒官网下载 alumna and professor to improve care for veterans
2/5/19
Sometimes, inspiration comes from places we least expect it.
For Sabrenda Littles – a member of 草莓传媒官网下载’s Houston nursing faculty, a business owner and a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves – inspiration came during numerous hospital waiting room visits as a child.