Our “ACHE 2025 Chapter Member Needs Survey” goes out May 5. Please watch for an email from surveys@ache.org and share your thoughts!
Our chapter received several national awards at Congress this past March. We received the Award for Chapter Distinction for both Membership Growth and for Membership Satisfaction, AND we received the Award for Sustained Performance. We are in the top three chapters in the entire country for both size of chapter and growth of membership. and our activities reflect that growth. But we need to hear from you on how to meet your needs going forward.
In the past year, we’ve focused on forming alliances with other groups that share our members, as well as growing the membership and helping those who want to pursue fellowship with Board of Governor exam preparation. In addition, we’ve had an incredible array of networking and social opportunities, special interest groups for early careerists to help grow in their careers, ACHE credit opportunities and community service opportunities for Fellows pursing renewal. For the first time ever, our chapter hosted the national Congress (annual meeting) as well. We’d love to hear work worked and what you’re finding most useful, and what else you’d like to see.
- Board of Governors exam prep – offered in Spring and again in Fall
- Formal and informal mentoring
- Quarterly Breakfast meetings with speakers or panel discussions
- Annual Clay Shoot Competition and Fundraiser for Scholarship, held in the spring
- Annual Health Leadership Council, typically offering 12 ACHE F2F credit, held in November
- Annual DEI Mini-conference held in late summer
- Annual Awards Event, held in January
- Community Service Opportunities at local food banks, with Meals on Wheels and Kids Meals, at local centers for addiction, at our own Hermann Park conservancy, and with national organizations such as March for Dimes and American Heart Association
- Social / networking events such as the Annual Ice Cream Social, Coffees with the Chief, Cocktails with the Chief, holiday mixer
- Wine tasting fundraisers for the scholarships
- Annual Fleming Center’s Student Case Competition, in collaboration with UT School of Public Health
- For students, interns and fellows, we held the Healthcare Administration Internship Panel, the biannual What’s Up Boss event, and have formed a new committee for Administrative Fellows
- Quarterly newsletters, monthly reminders, and weekly updates. If you’re not receiving these, please make sure we have your most updated email address
- New this past year was a networking opportunity with an ACHE author, events for Women’s History Month and educational events on human trafficking, on cybersecurity, and on workplace violence
SO, what’s next?
This is where you come in. We need your feedback on the national survey to help us plan for the upcoming year. Watch for an email from ACHE in your inbox.
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