2008 Woodie Awards
Alumnus receives Harvard honor
By: Erich T. Doerr
Issue date: 3/14/08 Section: News
Central Michigan University alumnus Rupert Evans has been named a Harvard Macy Scholar.
The Harvard Macy Scholar program is designed to enhance the professional development of physicians, basic scientists and other health care professionals as educators; according to the university.
Evans works as Assistant Professor and Associate Director of the Master of Hospital Administration program at Governors State University, located just south of Chicago in University Park, Ill.
"Not only is selection as a Harvard Macy Scholar for the Educators in the Health Professions an honor, more importantly, it is an exceptional educational and leadership opportunity," said Bernie Kerr, interim director of CMU's Doctor of Health Administration program.
Kerr said Evans may be the first CMU graduate to be accepted into the program.
The models used by Harvard in the program are developed for problem-based learning situations - situations in which a group of students are given a problem and discuss the ways to work it out.
The program helps in the development of knowledge in all aspects of teaching including learning and teaching, curriculum, evaluation, leadership and information technology, according to the program's Web site.
Evans first applied for the program after it was recommended he should by Linda Samson, the dean of the College of Health Professions at Governors State University.
"I was honored for my dean to ask me to apply," he said.
Evans was one of 140 applicants for the program of which Harvard only takes 65 to 70, said Program Manager Teresa Cushing. Evans said there were applicants from 20 different countries.
The program has helped more than 1,500 students since it began in 1994, Cushing said.
"Faculty and leaders who attend our programs become life-long members in a global community of scholars dedicated to transforming health care delivery and academics at the local level," said Elizabeth Armstrong, director of the Harvard Macy Institute.
Evans was selected in November and was the only health care administrator chosen. Most accepted to the program were doctors and the rest were mainly scientists in allied health care professions.
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The Harvard Macy Scholar program is designed to enhance the professional development of physicians, basic scientists and other health care professionals as educators; according to the university.
Evans works as Assistant Professor and Associate Director of the Master of Hospital Administration program at Governors State University, located just south of Chicago in University Park, Ill.
"Not only is selection as a Harvard Macy Scholar for the Educators in the Health Professions an honor, more importantly, it is an exceptional educational and leadership opportunity," said Bernie Kerr, interim director of CMU's Doctor of Health Administration program.
Kerr said Evans may be the first CMU graduate to be accepted into the program.
The models used by Harvard in the program are developed for problem-based learning situations - situations in which a group of students are given a problem and discuss the ways to work it out.
The program helps in the development of knowledge in all aspects of teaching including learning and teaching, curriculum, evaluation, leadership and information technology, according to the program's Web site.
Evans first applied for the program after it was recommended he should by Linda Samson, the dean of the College of Health Professions at Governors State University.
"I was honored for my dean to ask me to apply," he said.
Evans was one of 140 applicants for the program of which Harvard only takes 65 to 70, said Program Manager Teresa Cushing. Evans said there were applicants from 20 different countries.
The program has helped more than 1,500 students since it began in 1994, Cushing said.
"Faculty and leaders who attend our programs become life-long members in a global community of scholars dedicated to transforming health care delivery and academics at the local level," said Elizabeth Armstrong, director of the Harvard Macy Institute.
Evans was selected in November and was the only health care administrator chosen. Most accepted to the program were doctors and the rest were mainly scientists in allied health care professions.
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