MUSC Alumni

The future of healthcare leadership is online. 🌟

MUSC’s Doctor of Health Administration (DHA) program is now expanding with a fully online pathway, giving busy healthcare professionals the flexibility to earn a doctoral degree while continuing to lead and serve.

The new format provides greater flexibility, allowing experienced leaders to pursue doctoral-level education without stepping away from their careers.

Explore the new program: https://buff.ly/6W8Qjla

We're so proud of the Class of 2026! 🥳

If you walked across the stage last week, here are a few ways to stay connected with your alumni community.

🎓️ Update your contact info on your alumni profile. https://buff.ly/OjJEJXS
🎓️ Tell us where you're going next by submitting a Class Note. https://buff.ly/NRUP9gD
🎓️ Update all of your social profiles with , so everyone knows you're a proud alum!

"Build relationships before you need them." 💙

Cortney Gensemer, Ph.D., '22, shares her wisdom for the Class of 2026 today.

1. Your whole self belongs in your work.

During my graduate studies and now in my career, I work in the disease area I'm personally affected by. For a long time, I worried that being a patient in the same space I was researching would undermine my credibility, but it didn't.

It turned out to be one of the most valuable things I brought to my work. It kept my research grounded, expanded who I could reach, and gave me a perspective that training alone could not have provided.

2. Build relationships before you need them.

The relationships I invested in during my Ph.D. and after (the collaborators I stayed in touch with, the colleagues I checked in with) are the reason I have the job I have today. My CV or publication list didn’t matter. What mattered was that people knew my work, trusted my integrity, and thought of me when something exciting was happening and wanted me to be a part of it.

You are leaving MUSC with a network of people. Check in without an agenda. Celebrate each other's wins. The colleague you grab coffee with today might be your collaborator, your reference, your hiring manager, or your best friend a decade from now.

3. Protect your capacity to keep going.

I'm a scientist, but I'm a mom, a wife, a family member, and a friend first. I've had to get very honest about what I can and can't do, especially when you layer health conditions on top of it.

The people I admire most in my field are the ones still doing meaningful work ten, twenty years in, because they figured out how to protect their energy. That looks different for everyone. Maybe it's a hobby you refuse to give up. Maybe it's a hard stop on your evenings or weekends. Maybe it's learning to say "I can't take that on right now" without guilt.

The goal isn't to survive your career, but to build one you actually want to be living twenty years from now.

💙 Hey, Class of 2026!🎓️

Did you know that as of commencement Saturday, you're officially a part of a network of more than 40,000 alumni? 💪 That's 40,000 brilliant minds. 40,000 big hearts devoted to making the world better. And 40,000 people who will keep cheering you on long after you finish your degree.🎉

We asked a few of our alumni to share their best advice for our new graduates.

Scroll through to read words of wisdom (and a shameless plug for the MUSC Alumni Association 😉) for our newest alums.

💙 🥳 It's commencement week! And we are so excited to welcome our new alumni into the community!

Know someone graduating? Tag them in the comments to say congrats. ⬇️

Want to cheer on the Class of 2026 on in real time? There will be a livestream posted to the YouTube channel.🔗 https://buff.ly/jxmdFFL

A gentle touch. A warm smile. A quick and decisive life-saving action. MUSC Health nurses and future nurses provide compassionate and professional care.

Giving in honor of Nurses Week is a thoughtful way to thank our incredible nurses.

Your donation today will support ongoing education, scholarships and other important programs for current and future nurses.

https://buff.ly/WYdMvpl

⏰️ Last chance! Enter to win tickets to our Alumni Sports Nights events today.🎟️

Alumni and friends had so much fun connecting at games around Charleston last year. ⚾️ ⚽️ This year, we're expanding to include games across South Carolina.

We hope even more of you can enjoy a casual night out and good conversation with other alums. (Just don't forget to find our table to get some free alumni merch and let us know what you've been up to. 💙 )

Enter to win now: This is the last day! Link in the first comment. ⬇️