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In the 1980s, a 19-year-old pre-med student at the University of Texas just happened to like computers – a lot. Michael Dell never made it to graduation and dropped out at the end of his first year to pursue a different dream, armed only with a $1,000 stake from his family and a love of PCs. No one could have predicted that Dell would turn his dorm room “business” into Dell Inc., a globally recognized leader in computing.
Dell merged with EMC Corporation in late 2016, and the new company was rebranded as Dell Technologies, which includes Dell, Dell EMC, Pivotal, RSA, Secureworks, Virtustream and VMware. According to Forbes, Dell Technologies (before completion of the merger with EMC) was the fourth largest privately held company in the United States and the world’s largest privately held technology company. With offices in more than 180 countries worldwide, Dell boasts more than 145,000 employees, with sales exceeding $74 billion in 2016. According to its investor relations website, a whopping 98% of all Fortune 500 companies use Dell Technologies products and services. Dell is also well represented in Gartner Magic Quadrant leader lists for products and services, including the Data Center Backup and Recovery Software, Managed Security Services, and Integrated Systems lists.
Computing products remain a staple in the Dell product portfolio. Consumers interested in laptops, workstations, tablets and desktops will find a variety of products available (along with peripherals such as monitors, printers and VDI appliances) to meet personal, SMB, enterprise or gaming requirements. Dell also offers solutions for networks, storage, servers, gateways and embedded computing, as well as a broad range of IT and business services.
Dell Technologies’ products and services currently fall under seven technology brands:
Within each brand, there are multiple products, services and solutions that cater to specific areas of interest for Dell customers.
VMware, Secureworks and Pivotal continue to strategically align with Dell Technologies’ core business areas. VMware continues to provide hybrid cloud, mobile computing and software-defined data center solutions. Pivotal offers analytic tools, next-generation software development methodology and modern cloud-native platforms, while Secureworks focuses on incident response and threat intelligence security. RSA helps companies manage and monitor their digital risk profiles and activities.
In response to its merger with EMC, Dell and Dell EMC’s certification programs have merged into the unified Dell EMC Proven Professional certification portfolio. You’ll find that the website and certifications have a brand-new look and feel. Dell Education Services offers two CompTIA certs along with numerous Dell EMC certifications divided up by technology category or track, including Storage, Data Protection, Converged Infrastructure and Data Science. A exact search of the Dell certification website finds that Dell no longer offers Microsoft certification training courses.
If you’re not sure where to start on your certification journey, the new Dell EMC Proven Professional certification framework is a great starting point. Here, you’ll find certifications for four skill levels:
The certification framework is hierarchical: The specialist certification takes the lower-level associate credential as a prerequisite, while the expert-level credentials take both the associate and specialist credentials as prerequisites. Associate and specialist certifications do not expire. Master and expert certifications expire after two years.
In Dell’s certification framework, you’ll find Dell EMC credentials across eight different tracks: Technology Architect (TA), Cloud Architect (CA), Enterprise Architect (EA), Implementation Engineer (IE), Systems Administrator (SA), Platform Engineer (PE), Technical Support Engineer (TSE) and Data Scientist (DS). The certification framework also maps credentials back to specific technology areas (cloud, storage, data protection, server, networking, converged infrastructure and data science).
There are also certification maps for role-based credentials:
Certification candidates should register with Dell EMC TechDirect. From the TechDirect portal, candidates can access free test prep materials, schedule exams, view test results and print their certification transcripts. Candidates may also view their company’s competency status through the TechDirect portal.
Dell Partners whose employees have earned the Certified Deployment Professional badge may be eligible to earn the Services Competency for Deployment (or simply Deployment Competency) designation. To earn this competency, Partners must be at least at the Gold tier level and have two or more employees who’ve passed the associated exam. A formal application must be submitted to Dell requesting Deployment Competency designation. Deployment Competency designations are available for Server, Storage, Networking and Client Systems.
Because Dell has updated its certification portfolio, it’s well worth your time to peruse the new Dell EMC Proven Professional Certification Framework to understand the new certification flow. All certification tracks begin with selecting a technology concentration: Cloud, Storage, Data Protection, Server, Networking, Converged Infrastructure or Data Science. Next, candidates earn the DECA (associate) credential recommended for their technology track. From there, candidates select the applicable role-based certification roadmap (Plan and Design, Deploy, Manage, or Support) and follow the certification recommendations to earn the specialist, expert and master credentials available in that certification path.
Below, we’ve listed some examples of the many certifications you’ll find in the new Dell EMC program. We’ve chosen to present these certification examples by the available technology tracks.
The Server technology roadmap is the only certification path where a third-party certification, the CompTIA Server+, serves as the associate-level credential.
On top of its Certified Deployment Professional certifications, Dell Education Services has partnered with several third-party organizations in the past to provide certifications for CompTIA and Microsoft certifications. However, Dell has reduced the number of CompTIA cert courses that it offers and totally eliminated its Microsoft cert courses.
CompTIA is a well-known, vendor-neutral certification provider. Dell has reduced its CompTIA certification training courses to just two online offerings: A+ and Linux+ certs. The cost for CompTIA training courses ranges from $550 to $650 for these topics.
According to Dell, 78% of all companies use IT deployment services. With such a widespread need, IT professionals specializing in deployment find a demand for their skills across multiple industry sectors. Some of the sectors that Dell serves are education, energy, financial services, government (federal, state and local), healthcare, manufacturing, retail, telecommunications, media and entertainment, and web development.
Popular job boards such as TechCareers, SimplyHired and Glassdoor reveal numerous jobs available for Dell-certified deployment professionals. Most of the listed positions focus on engineering roles for server, virtualization, networking, systems, integration, data security and the like. Other available roles include consultants, account executives, system administrators, IT managers and deployment managers.
Dell recommends and offers core training courses for each of its Dell EMC credentials. Interested candidates who register on the DirectTech website can also access free test study guides. In addition, Dell offers many free e-learning courses at the foundation level on various Dell products and technologies, including networking, storage, data protection, big data and converged infrastructure.
Core recommended training for each solution track includes a basic, intermediate and advanced course. Prices vary, but candidates can expect to pay $2,500 to $5,000. Most training is a combination of e-learning activities that you complete prior to attending instructor-led training.
Dell also provides training for other certifications and training opportunities for end users and IT professionals in various disciplines, including these:
Fundamental or introductory courses typically cost $100 to $200, while advanced training courses may cost thousands of dollars (we found one course with a price tag of $10,000). Dell also offers onsite training courses, with most prices running at least double that of public courses. The most expensive onsite course we found topped $42,000.
Check out everything Dell has to offer on its Education Services webpage.
Ed Tittel
Ed is a 30-year-plus veteran of the computing industry who has worked as a programmer, a technical manager, a classroom instructor, a network consultant, and a technical evangelist for companies that include Burroughs, Schlumberger, Novell, IBM/Tivoli and NetQoS. He has written for numerous publications, including Tom’s IT Pro, and is the author of more than 140 computing books on information security, web markup languages and development tools, and Windows operating systems.
Earl Follis
Earl is also a 30-year veteran of the computer industry who has worked in IT training, marketing, technical evangelism, and market analysis in the areas of networking and systems technology and management. Ed and Earl met in the late 1980s when Ed hired Earl as a trainer at an Austin-area networking company that’s now part of HP. The two of them have written numerous books together on NetWare, Windows Server and other topics. Earl is also a regular writer for the computer trade press, with many e-books, whitepapers and articles to his credit.
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One-year-old Elif is dancing in the front of the lecture hall at the University of Texas Dell Medical School on an October morning. She's clapping her hands and playing with a toy. With her is her mom, Maidelys Hernandez, and her grandmother Josefina Gasso.
The family is now together in part thanks to the dogged determination of a Dell Medical School community health worker at Dell Seton Medical Center.
Community health workers are employed by health care centers to help people access care. They are not doctors or nurses or social workers. They work with individuals to Strengthen health outcomes by finding people who might have trouble accessing the health system and focus on getting them connected to services. Community health workers receive certification training through the Texas Department of State Health Services.
"The structure of the health system is such that even doctors don't know how to navigate it," said Dr. Snehal Patel, a specialist in hospital care at Dell Seton Medical Center. "A patient or family member trying to navigate the complexity of the health system without external support is a big challenge."
Health organizations throughout Central Texas use community health workers to engage people in their different programs and Strengthen health outcomes. Dell Medical School's team of seven work inside the Dell Seton Medical Center as well as at community clinics and in activating the school's public health projects.
Access to a community health worker is not something someone signs up to receive. Instead, the community health workers seek out the people in most need of their services or people who would qualify for the program or service they are promoting.
Community health workers become the bridge from the hospital to home or from the clinic to home. In general, "80% of someone's health happens outside of the clinic," said Ricardo Garay, program manager for the community engagement and health equity team at Dell Medical School and supervisor of the community health workers at the school. A lot of the work of the community health worker, he said, "is focusing on that 80%."
Patel said, as a doctor, "you often feel like you're not able to do what's necessary to advance the long-term health of person. We can do a lot of great stuff to treat a heart attack, but if we can't help figure out this person's rent, maybe you feel like you're putting a Band-Aid on a problem. Working with community health workers, you can address other issues. It feels really gratifying. We're doing everything we can to help this heart attack and, in addition, to be able to follow up and address other issues."
Dell Seton Medical Center began getting community health workers from Dell Medical School during the delta variant wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
"The majority of our patients early in the pandemic were Latinx patients, and many of them had never seen a primary care provider," Patel said. It wasn't enough to just get them well, he said. They needed to recover at home and have resources that they didn't know existed or how to access. Community health workers became key in that follow-up care.
They also became key in preventing COVID-19 spread.
"During the pandemic, it was very obvious there was a disconnect between messaging and trust," Garay said. "That is where our role becomes very important."
Community health workers at different local health organizations helped distribute information about COVID-19 as well as personal protective equipment. Then they became front-line workers trying to get the community vaccinated as well as connecting the public to COVID-19 testing sites.
Today, community health workers continue to help Austin Public Health, the local health department, get more people immunized for COVID-19, flu and monkeypox. They also help with shelters and water distribution in emergencies. They help people with chronic illnesses such as diabetes manage their disease as well as educate the community on diabetes prevention. They do case management for pregnant people and postnatal care for new mothers. They are also the people you see at health fairs and health education presentations.
"At Austin Public Health, we call (community health workers) the 'secret sauce' because of their unique abilities to empathize with and reach community members, as well as their earned trust from their community," wrote William Malm, public information specialist at Austin Public Health. "They see the whole person and all the factors that influence their health and wellness: physical, mental, social, spiritual, and cultural. They have a unique knowledge of barriers to access and are experts in overcoming those barriers."
At Central Health, the Travis County hospital district, community health workers help enroll people in the Medical Access Program, which is health insurance for people at or below 200% of the poverty level. They also have been the people helping to get people onto Medicaid or Medicare if they qualify for those insurance programs.
Community health workers "really are a part of our collaborative care teams," said Veronica Buitron-Camacho, Central Health director of medical management. They work with the social workers, nurses and doctors to make sure that patients have what they need and connect them to community resources. That could mean helping someone get access to a food bank, getting a ramp on their house or filling out a housing application.
"These are critical needs that impact their health care," Buitron-Camacho said. Community health workers "figure out how we're going to work with them to get those needs met."
Central Health also uses community health workers to combat specific diseases such as kidney failure and diabetes that are impacting the community.
"If we didn't have community health workers, we would not get patients to engage as much as we do," Buitron-Camacho said.
Community health worker Brenda Garza first met Maidelys Hernandez three months after Hernandez had first entered a hospital to have her daughter Elif.
Garza had been helping people in the immigrant community who had been hospitalized with COVID-19 and had never accessed health care in Austin. She called their families in Austin or Mexico or Central America and kept them updated. She helped families in Austin enroll in programs and then help the patients transition back home.
She often thought about her own health experience as an immigrant from Mexico living in Detroit in 2003. She was diagnosed with advanced breast cancer after struggling to get a mammogram or anyone in the medical community to listen to her. "I translated my own experience," she said. "How is this person feeling? ... How can I help them?"
She knew that often the patients were worrying about their families at home, and if she could help the families as well as reassure them that someone was looking out for their loved one, the patients would do better in the hospital.
The community health workers don't have a desk at the hospital, instead they float from room to room, talking to the doctors about their most difficult patients who could benefit from this support.
Hernandez started out like one of these cases. She had a very complex health situation, but to really help her, Garza would have to navigate the U.S. government, the Cuban government, Child Protective Services, Medicaid, Social Security Disability, the nonprofit SAFE Alliance, as well as Hernandez's health care needs.
Maidelys Hernandez was 39 weeks pregnant on May 8, 2021, when she went into Ascension Seton Medical Center to be induced to provide birth. Hernandez, who was 35, had immigrated to Austin from Cuba, where all of her family lived.
During the induction, Hernandez had a seizure and went into cardiac arrest. The staff performed CPR on her and did an emergency cesarean section.
Hernandez survived and baby Elif, was healthy, but the trauma of child birth led to escalating new health problems.
She began hemorrhaging. She went into shock and respiratory failure. Two days after that, her liver lacerated, she had more bleeding and a blood clot in a major artery in her abdomen.
She went into a coma when Elif was 8 days old.
The rest of that month, Hernandez had a blockage in her intestines and a bowel perforation. The lining of her abdomen was inflamed and she had bacteria in her bloodstream.
That June, there was some hope. She was responsive and off the ventilator for a while, but then she worsened and was back on the ventilator.
By July, her adrenal gland wasn't working well, and she had an abscess in her liver. She wasn't getting adequate blood flow to her leg.
She was transferred to Dell Seton for the hospital's wound care specialists. She had numerous surgeries, skin grafts and amputations of a leg, fingers and a breast. She had multiple bacterial infections. Then she developed pneumonia and severe malnutrition. Her body began to atrophy because she had been in the hospital so long.
When Brenda Garza first met Hernandez, it didn't go over very well.
"It was actually funny," Hernandez said. "The first time I saw her I didn't think she could help me. ... She was always smiling. I didn't think she was serious enough. She showed me."
It took Garza a week after their first meeting to wrap her head around all that would need to be done for Hernandez and if she could do it.
"This is a person who I connect with, someone who needs help," Garza said. "She was alone here. Oh, I need to help her."
The first thing Garza wanted to do was find out how to bring Hernandez's mother, Josefina Gasso, to Austin from Cuba.
"It has been very, very hard," Gasso said. "I was very, very sad."
Garza and Hernandez began working with lawyers from the nonprofit RAICES (Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services) to get Gasso a visa. That took a full year and they had to elicit the help of U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett to get through some of the bureaucracy.
"I wanted to provide up so many times in the process," Garza said. "I would think of the baby and the mom."
Hernandez, though, "wasn't very helpful," Garza said. "She wouldn't engage with me."
Then Garza would call Gasso, who would beg Garza to help her daughter.
Garza kept going. She began to understand Hernandez better and the trauma she had been through. "Every time I went to her room, it was something new, a new surgery," Garza said.
Garza kept showing up and eventually Hernandez began to engage. "Maidelys was my partner," Garza said. She became better at advocating for herself, making calls and filling out forms. "You help them recover and once they recover, they become their own advocates," Garza said.
While working on the visa for Gasso, Garza knew Hernandez needed to connect with her baby and know that her baby was OK.
The baby's father had Elif but had cut off communication with Hernandez and her family. Garza decided to do a welfare check on Elif at the beginning of October.
The baby, who was almost 5 months old at this point, was dirty. Garza gave her a bath. "The baby wasn't safe," Garza said.
Garza called CPS, and Elif was placed with a foster family at the beginning of November.
Hernandez had not yet met her daughter. Garza coordinated with the foster family to bring Elif to the hospital to see her mom for the first time on Dec. 3, almost seven months after she was born. Hernandez then began receiving regular visits to build a relationship with her daughter.
On Dec. 13, 2021, Hernandez got to leave the hospital and move to a rehabilitation center.
Hernandez continued to work on her recovery and getting stronger. She took parenting classes and occupational therapy to be able to take care of her baby.
By June 2, Hernandez was fitted with a prosthesis and began learning to walk again. By July 20, she was able to leave rehab and move into a women's shelter.
Then on Sept. 20, Gasso received her visa and was able to come to Austin. A month later, Hernandez was given custody of Elif.
"I'd like to thank them for all the support," Hernandez said of the team. "This has been a very strong trauma for us. ... I've been able to recover. ... I take strength from the team. I realized I wasn't alone."
"I'd like to focus on recovery mainly," Hernandez said of her new life. "I would like to have a house. I would like to study, and have a career."
Garza has big dreams for Hernandez: "My hope is that she becomes an advocate the same way I did after cancer. I know she can do the same. I'm going to help her."
Most community health workers have some lived experience, like Garza, but you can be as young as 16 to take the training.
Garay — who is on the board of both the National Association of Community Health Workers and the Texas Association of Promotores and Community Health Workers — says the training is not about charity or helping people. It's about building a partnership: "We are working with patients. They're teaching us. We're teaching them."
In Garay's ideal world, there would be hundreds of community health workers throughout Austin, instead of the handful at each organization.
Garay's team and Garza through the Value Institute are researching the effect community health workers have and the cost-savings that they can bring. Currently, the community health workers project is grant-funded through the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, the city of Austin and other sources.
Patel said the Dell Medical School had to start with a small model to do the research to make it into a larger model after research and evaluation. "What's actually working? How do we make things better? How do we better integrate community health workers into the health care system?" are some of the basic questions they are asking.
Patel said: "100% of patients admitted to the hospital could benefit from a community health worker. We don't have that resource right now."
This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Austin community health worker helps mom recover from birth trauma
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No matter the size of your organization, it is crucial to maintain an IT infrastructure that is capable of supporting growth and adapting to the changing needs of your business. The Dell EMC PowerEdge R650xs is a feature-rich 1U rack server that is designed for companies looking to innovate at scale with demanding and emerging workloads.
Equipped with the third-gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors, this server promises to be an ideal choice for workloads that require high performance, virtualization, and a scale-out database. Let’s talk about how the Dell PowerEdge R650xs will help you innovate and adapt with confidence, thus facilitating growth.
The Dell EMC PowerEdge R650xs is a powerful 1U server designed for scale-out environments where resources such as processing power and storage capacity can be added to the system as needed. It has dual-socket capabilities, allowing for the addition of up to two 3rd generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors with up to 32 cores per socket. With support for up to 16x DDR4 RDIMMS at 3200 MT/s, the added processing power and cores can help to accelerate in-memory workloads or operations that are performed entirely in the main memory.
Additionally, the PowerEdge R650xs includes several features that can Strengthen throughput and reduce latency, such as up to 5 PCIe Gen4 slots, OCP 3.0 support for cost-effective and energy-efficient network cards, and Dell’s SNAP I/O support for efficient use of shared storage resources.
It is designed for virtualization, medium VM density or VDI, and software-defined storage node (SDS) workloads such as data protection, data migration, or data optimization.
In terms of storage, the PowerEdge R650xs offers a variety of options to fit different needs. It can support up to 12x 3.5” SAS/SATA HDDs or SSDs, up to 16x 2.5” SAS/SATA HDDs or SSDs, and 8 NVMe drives. This provides a lot of flexibility for organisations that may need to scale storage up or down quickly. This also helps with better data protection, disaster recovery and data management.
The Dell EMC OpenManage systems management portfolio has all the tools needed to efficiently manage the PowerEdge R650xs. Modern management tools provide better workload tracking and performance analysis, making complex IT enterprise management simple and intuitive. There are tools and automation that help you scale, manage, and protect your technology environment, freeing up resources that can be used for business growth.
Built-in telemetry streaming, thermal management, and RESTful API with Redfish let you monitor and manage the server remotely in an efficient manner. Intelligent automation allows for the integration of human actions and system capabilities to enhance productivity.
Full-stack management integration with Microsoft, VMware, ServiceNow, Ansible, and many other tools offers a number of advantages and makes it easier for different teams to collaborate and work together. It can increase efficiency by automating tasks and streamlining processes and provides a unified view of your entire IT infrastructure, making it easier to identify and troubleshoot issues.
Dell EMC and Intel solutions provide a comprehensive approach to ensuring the security and resilience of the PowerEdge R650xs. From the silicon and supply chain to asset retirement, these technologies help avoid vulnerabilities to ensure that your servers are safe and secure against emerging threats. With enterprise-class security, organizations of all sizes can minimize risk and have confidence in their cyber resilience.
Dell offers continuous innovations that bolster cyber resilience, such as OpenManage Secure Enterprise Key Manager and Automatic Certificate Enrollment. Additionally, intelligence, automation, and recovery tools like iDRAC9 Telemetry, BIOS live scanning, and Rapid OS recovery, allow organizations to stay ahead of potential threats.
Dell also verifies the authenticity and integrity of the firmware and hardware components in the supply chain using platform security features such as Secured Component Verification and Silicon Root of Trust (RoT). This helps ensure that the server is protected against cyber attacks and runs only authorized and trusted code.
Dell PowerEdge R650xs is a powerful and versatile option for enterprises that can help accelerate transformation. This dual-socket 1U server is designed for scale-out environments, it easily adapts to changing resource needs, and benefits from Dell’s robust and comprehensive management portfolio, as well as enterprise-class security solutions. This combination of advanced technology and solutions allows for easy scalability and efficient management and security, making it a great option for organizations looking to innovate, adapt, and grow.
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With an online Bachelor of Science (BS) in Community Health Education degree, you can make a positive difference in the communities that need it most.
The online bachelor's program focuses on improving the health of individuals and their communities based on their needs and resources.
For student Jacqueline Graham, this program gave her so much more than what she learned in the classroom. Graham says, "it was truly life-changing," giving her the confidence to not only complete the program but go on to pursue her master's.
This program aligns with the educational requirements for the Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) examination, offered through the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing. Successful student graduates will have fulfilled the educational requirements to be eligible to sit for the CHES examination.
At SNHU, you'll get support from day 1 to graduation and beyond. And with no set class times, 24/7 access to the online classroom, and helpful learning resources along the way, you'll have everything you need to reach your goals.
With community health a concern throughout the United States and around the globe, the need for health educators and community health workers is on the rise.
Through 2031, employment is projected to grow 8% for health education specialist positions. Growth is driven by efforts Strengthen health outcomes and reduce healthcare costs through promotion of healthy behaviors.1
In 2021, the BLS reported a median annual wage for health education specialists of $60,600, with the highest 10% earning more than $102,480.1
At a community level, health educators help overcome health disparities that ensure equal access to healthcare for specific demographics. “We look at the issues that are going on in our communities through a social justice lens,” said Southern New Hampshire University adjunct faculty member Dede Teteh, a certified health education specialist and public health researcher.
Health education specialists can work in a variety of settings. According to the BLS, here are the top 5 employers of community health workers and health educators:1
The BLS notes that while health educators typically need at least a bachelor's degree, some organizations also require Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) credentials.2 The CHES credential is offered through the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing (NCHEC).
SNHU's online BS in Community Health Education program can help prepare you for a variety of roles within the high-growth public health education field, including:
Earning your degree in community health education can also help advance your current career in the field by giving you the opportunity to explore the subject more in-depth. Daniel Amato '21 was able to earn his degree while working in the field, giving him the opportunity to build off his existing passion and knowledge.
"I thought to myself … imagine what I would learn from this degree program and what I could accomplish from there," Amato said.
The BS in Community Health Education program is designed to help you build a strong foundation from which you can use to launch the next chapter of your life. Whether you wish to go straight into the field or want to continue your education by earning a master's in public health online, this program can help you get there.
Alexisa Humphrey '20
"My capstone was my most loved and valued class. I was able to focus on my passion in helping a community that is poverty-stricken and provide the youth in that area a way to reverse some unfavorable behaviors."
When you earn your health education degree online at SNHU, you've completed a program that was designed to set you up for success in the health field – created by subject-matter experts who know the skills you need to have under your belt. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics cites some of those important qualities1 as:
SNHU's bachelor's in community health education prepares you for the professional certification examination to become a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) offered through the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing (NCHEC). According to NCHEC, the CHES credential shows employers that you've mastered the Seven Areas of Responsibility for health education specialists, outlined in the Health Education Specialist Practice Analysis project.2 Those areas are:
The curriculum in the community health education degree provides you with 12 credits of electives within your program – meaning you get the opportunity to choose 4 courses in community health education, integrated health professions and public health education.
"I have learned so much in the years since I have been a student," said student Jacqueline Graham. "This major is wonderful, and the courses are interesting. There is so much to learn."
Plus, the community health degree program has plenty of free elective space overall. That's ideal for students with transfer credits, or even those who want to broaden their skill set and explore areas of interest.
Daniel Amato '21 was one student who brought a lot of credits into his program.
"I transferred credits to SNHU, which helped me complete my degree much faster," he said. "My credits ended up completing all my electives, so all I had to do for my community health education degree was my core classes. It was much quicker than I thought it would be."
Classes are taught by instructors who have experience in the field.
"The instructors at SNHU are so very helpful, and they all want their students to succeed," Graham said. "They are very accessible, so you will never feel alone or that you cannot have access to them because it is online."
Amato agreed.
"My instructors were knowledgeable and passionate about community health education," he said. "They allowed all of us to bring our own experiences into the classroom and use them within our studies. It made for a fun learning environment, because we got to read each other's stories and bounce ideas off each other."
As a private, nonprofit university, we’re committed to making college more accessible by making it more affordable. That’s why we offer some of the lowest online tuition rates in the nation.
We also offer financial aid packages to those who qualify, plus a 30% tuition discount for U.S. service members, both full and part time, and the spouses of those on active duty.
Online Undergraduate Programs | Per Course | Per Credit Hour | Annual Cost for 30 credits |
---|---|---|---|
Degree/Certificates | $960 | $320 | $9,600 |
Degree/Certificates (U.S. service members, both full and part time, and the spouses of those on active duty)* | $675 | $225 | $6,750 |
Tuition Rates are subject to change and are reviewed annually. *Note: students receiving this rate are not eligible for additional discounts.
Additional Costs No Application Fee, $150 Graduation Fee, Course Materials ($ varies by course)
SNHU has provided additional information for programs that educationally prepare students for professional licensure or certification. Learn more about what that means for your program on our licensure and certification disclosure page.
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