Dr. Michael Nowicki became the Director of the School of Health Administration in September, 2007, when the School was created by merging the Department of Health Administration and the Department of Health Services Research. Dr. Nowicki's office is located in the Health Professions Building (HPB) in Room 251. He can reached at 512-245-3556 or nowicki@txstate.edu.

I am proud to be the first Director of the School of Health Administration at Texas State University, where I have been a faculty member for over 20 years. The School offers graduate degrees in healthcare human resources, health services research, and CAHME-accredited healthcare administration. We also offer graduate certificate programs in healthcare administration, healthcare human resources, long-term care administration, and health informatics. The School also offers an AUPHA-certified undergraduate program in healthcare administration. The School has 14 full-time faculty: five are board-certified in healthcare management and four are Fellows of the American College of Healthcare Executives; one is board-certified in healthcare financial management and a Fellow of the Healthcare Financial Management Association. The School has over 225 part-time and full-time students taking classes on both the San Marcos campus and the Round Rock campus. The School also provides an area of special emphasis in healthcare administration to the University's MBA program. The School has a network of over 2,000 alumni, several of whom serve as preceptors to our students during their field experiences.

For serious students pursuing an education in the School of Health Administration, there are unlimited opportunities at Texas State. The award-winning faculty (faculty awards include five College teacher-of-the-year awards, eight College teaching excellence awards, four College service excellence awards, and one College research excellence award in addition to two Presidential Awards for Excellence in Teaching) provide a rich diversity of experiential and educational backgrounds. Students are encouraged to participate in a variety of professional associations which meet regularly in both Austin (20 miles to the north) and San Antonio (30 miles to the south). Students, in turn, are expected to engage both the faculty and the curriculum with enthusiasm and interest.

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