The program is glad to announce that Jenifer Murphy, the President of ACHESA, the American College of Healthcare Executives Student Association (ACHESA), the student chapter of ACHE at James Madison University was the 2004 winner in the undergraduate division of the Hill-Rom Management Essay Competition for her essay titled “After 9/11:Elevating Bioterrorism Preparedness in Hospitals.” This is the seventh time that a JMU HSA student has received the Hill-Rom award in the last eight years.

Jen received a free trip to the ACHE Congress held in March 2004 in Chicago, a gift voucher worth $3000 and her paper will be published in the June/July issue of the Journal of Healthcare Management. Jen says, “As the ACHESA President, and a graduating senior, I am very nervous and excited about graduation and moving into the field of health administration. ACHE offers lots of great networking opportunities through the many different areas that health administration encompasses, as well as lots of fun opportunities for continuing education.”
Click here to read Jen's award winning paper.

Any HSA senior student who is also a national member of ACHE is eligible to participate in this competition held each fall. In the competition, each Health Administration Program in the U.S. having an ACHE Student Chapter submits one paper. If someone is interested in writing it, they should contact Dr. Thompson. If more than one person is interested, he will have each person submit a short abstract on his or her topic of choice and then the selection will be made by the HSA faculty.