The Business Division of Florida National College is proud to announce the opening of its Executive MBA (Masters of Business Administration) program with classes starting on April 30, 2012. This program is the first in a series of new programs that will be introduced as a result of FNC receiving SACS-COC (Southern Association of Colleges and Schools – Commission on Colleges) accreditation as a Level III (University level)institution of higher learning. As noted in our President’s earlier announcement, we will be changing to Florida National University in the near future.
 
The FNC MBA program is a 36 credit hour program with concentrations in General Management, Finance or Marketing. The program is designed to provide professionals in Business, Health Services, Law, Medicine, etc., with the skills and knowledge essential to career advancement or the management of professional services organizations. We will be starting this program with a special “Welcome Back” incentive for FNC Alumni.
 
What the Florida National Executive MBA Offers
The Florida National Executive MBA incorporates many innovative features that make it one of the most innovative and advanced programs offered in the area. The program includes:
• Every course includes both an academic and practical component based on extensive use of Harvard Case Studies to supplement academic learning with exposure to real-world situations.
• In response to the expressed needs of employers, each course includes practice and exercises on building communications, presentation and interpersonal skills. Distance learning students will participate in this course component through the use of video conferencing with their professors and fellow students.
• Students will participate in the management of a virtual company as members of a cross functional management team through the use of the Capsim™ simulation program. These simulations work with a Balanced Scorecard type evaluation of the company’s operating and financial outcomes as a result of the student’s decision making areas concerning product development, marketing, production, finance, TQM and HR.
• Additionally, students will participate in the COMP-XM ™ virtual management program to personally manage a company. This program will provide: a) an evaluation of the knowledge gained in the MBA program; and b) a basis for future career development. This methodology has been designated as a “Best Practice” by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). FNC plans to seek AACSB accreditation in 2012.
• Through the use of a proprietary measurement and management system, Students (and Faculty) will be able to track their progress on each course’s syllabus learning objectives to provide immediate identification of teaching and learning opportunities.
 
Why Study at Florida National?
There are many reasons why one should choose Florida National. Here are a few.
1. SACS-COC accreditation
2. Small class sizes
3. Personalized attention
4. Courses taught by professionals with experience in their field
5. High student satisfaction (over 76% of students would recommend FNC to friends and family, 2010 survey)
6. Tuition assistance for qualified applicants
7. Accelerated program (earn your degree in 12 months)
8. Open to international students
9. Flexible classes: On Campus, Distance Learning and Hybrid Classes
10. High retention and graduation rates
 
A Special Welcome Back to FNC Graduates
We are especially looking forward to welcoming back FNC graduates and students about to graduate. Alumni enrolling for the April “MBA Founders” classes will receive tuition rates at the Bachelors level ($525.00 versus $650.00 per credit hour) for a $4,500 savings over the MBA program.


Scott Kelso, Ph.D., Glenwood and Martha Creech Eminent Scholar Chair in Science and founder of the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science’s Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences at Florida Atlantic University, has been elected as a 2012 Fellow of the Society of Experimental Psychologists (SEP).
 
Dr. Kelso holds professorships in complex systems and brain sciences, psychology and biological sciences in FAU’s College of Science and is also a professor of biomedical sciences in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine. His research focuses on neural choreography, which aims to understand how the various areas of the brain are coordinated in space and time to produce cognitive and behavioral function.
 
Dr. Kelso is considered one of the world’s experts on how the brain controls and coordinates movements and learns new skills. His work connects neural circuitry to behavioral function using a combination of brain imaging and real-time behavioral measures within the theoretical/computational framework of coordination dynamics. He is the team leader of FAU’s Human Brain and Behavior Laboratory, which currently focuses on research that identifies neuromarkers of social interaction within and between human brains, a topic of great relevance for various diseases such as autism and schizophrenia.


Barry University and the city of Hollywood gave new life to an old firehouse by converting the empty space into classrooms for medical students.
 
Barry’s College of Health Sciences relocated two graduate health profession programs, Anesthesiology and Biomedical Sciences, to Hollywood. The university, which has its main campus in Miami Shores, renovated the 10,000-square-foot space, housing new offices, classrooms and a digital lab for faculty, staff and students. The campus will include a simulation center that provides realistic opportunities for nurse anesthesiology students to practice their skills before entering surgery.
 
Barry students and faculty will provide the city’s residents with community programs that emphasize health education, risk prevention and wellness. Throughout the year, health seminars and screenings will be offered at the Fred Lippman Multi-Purpose Center at 2030 Polk Street.
 


Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida has received a continued accreditation for a five-year cycle from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).
 
The continued accreditation is a testament to the commitment Mount Sinai has made since 1959 to training tomorrow’s health care providers. As a statutory teaching hospital, Mount Sinai brings together the best and brightest minds in medicine, creating a challenging environment where emerging physicians are trained by faculty who are well versed in the latest medicine based on the most current scientific data. Each year, Mount Sinai trains more than 160 residents and fellows in 17 medical specialties, at an investment of more than $20 million dollars.
 
Mount Sinai also enhances its educational programs through unique partnerships with other medical institutions such as New York’s elite Columbia University. The collaboration in the departments of cardiology and urology are the only Ivy-League affiliations of their kind in South Florida. Doctors and professors from Mount Sinai and Columbia University participate in Grand Rounds, which enhances the teaching experience for fellows, as well as share educational conferences.
 
In addition to graduate medical education training, Mount Sinai also supports more than 560 students through its allied health professional and undergraduate medical programs, helping students prepare for a range of careers as future nurses, technicians, therapists and pharmacists, among others.
 


Nova Southeastern University will create the College of Nursing on January 1. Formally a part of NSU’s College of Allied Health and Nursing, the new college has emerged because of the nursing program’s growth and success over the last five years.
 
The College of Health Care Sciences, formally a part of the College of Allied Health and Nursing, will also launch on January 1.
 
Nursing features an entry-level B.S.N., R.N. to B.S.N., R.N. to M.S.N, an online M.S.N., an M.S.N advanced practice registered nurse program in family nurse practitioner (FNP), a doctor of nursing practice (DNP) and an interdisciplinary nursing Ph.D. program in nursing education. The nursing program also offers its students three high-tech simulation labs in Davie, Miami, and Ft. Myers, providing interactive educational experiences using patient simulators. These high-tech patient simulators have voices; make heart, lung, bowel sounds; and have pulses and programmable vital signs that immerse the student in realistic clinical situations.