HEALTHCARE MANGEMENT STUDENT RECOGNIZED BY MAHCEF
March 22, 2016
Congratulations to School of Allied Health - Health Care Management (HCM) student, Ms. Avona Greene on her nomination to be recognized by the Mid-America Health Care Executives Forum (MAHCEF) this year. Ms. Greene was nominated for this recognition by the HCM program Faculty based on her academic performance, leadership acumen, and volunteer community service.
Special thanks goes to Dr. Bernie Kerr from Central Michigan University, also a member of the HCM External Advisory Board, for once again facilitating the recognition of one of our excellent students.
Avona E. Greene is a junior Health Care Management Student at Southern Illinois University- Carbondale. She is a member of the Delta Epsilon Iota Academic Honor Society, The Student Healthcare Management Association and the SIUC Cheerleading team. Avona currently has a 4.0 GPA and has received several academic awards including a CASA Honors Award, Top 5% Psychology Student Award, Student Athlete Honors Award, as well as continually making the SIUC Dean’s List each semester.
Born in Champaign, Illinois, Avona has served as a volunteer tutor for elementary school children, a service attendant in the Salt and Light Resource Center and the Salem Baptist Church Soup Kitchen, as well as a founder and lecturer of the Central Illinois Community Action Coalition that urges Junior High school children to resist negative peer pressure.
Avona’s work history includes being an Instrument Maintenance Assistant at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, A Computer Technician & Lab Assistant in her hometown at SupporTech Computers as well as at SIUC, and a Summer Medical Assistant at the Carle Hospital Heart and Vascular Institute in Champaign, IL. In addition she recently accepted a position as an Academic Peer Advocate for the upcoming Fall 2016 school year here at SIUC.
Avona’s nurturing spirit, vision for the future, and resilience when facing obstacles is reflected in her decision to serve in the medical field. She selected a career as a Health Care Manager because she has a passion for excellence in service and an unquenchable desire to make a positive difference in people’s lives. She wants the responsibility of making sure health care facilities operate as efficiently as possible. As a chief administrator in the medical field she plans to use her leadership skills, determination, and medical knowledge to ensure that a high standard of quality is always present in any facility that she works in. Her ultimate goal is to create replicable systems of care that can be implemented on a wide scale across the world. These systems will properly equip medical professionals, and facilitate an environment that gives patients the best chance to heal. She is confident that her experience and her enrollment in the Health Care Management curriculum at Southern Illinois University- Carbondale will serve her well.