“I don't want to say I was just trying to get the MBA because my board made me get my MBA, but that was the main reason why I got my MBA,” said Troy Bruntz, 2022 太阳城娱乐官网MBA alumnus. “I was surprised with what I really didn't know until I started taking all the courses.” 
 
布伦茨在麦库克的社区医院担任了13年的首席财务官。 他获得了太阳城娱乐官网的会计学士学位，是一名注册会计师，当时他认为这已经足够了。 
 
然而，当医院董事会找到布伦茨，让他担任医院的总裁兼首席执行官时，他们有一个要求，他必须完成MBA学位。  
 
为了遵从董事会的要求，布伦茨决定回到母校。 
 
“You would think it was because I went there for my undergrad, but it's not...I chose 太阳城娱乐官网 because it felt like it was going to give me the best value,” he said. “I never did it for the degree, I did it to learn, and I felt like I did.” 
 
Since Bruntz’s position was directly related to the medical field, 太阳城娱乐官网’s MBA allowed him to complete some of his elective courses at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. 
 
除了提供灵活性，让他专注于自己的职业兴趣之外，作为一家医院的总裁兼首席执行官，课程内容与他的日常工作非常相关，这给布伦茨留下了深刻的印象。 
 
“Strategic planning is everything I do,” he said. “We've incorporated a lot of things that I've learned in various classes in our strategic planning process.” 
 
其中一项战略举措是鼓励医疗专业人员到农村医院和诊所工作。  
 
According to 《美国新闻与世界报道》, nearly 200 rural hospitals have closed their doors since 2005, affecting more than 60 million Americans. 布伦茨希望与母校的合作能够帮助解决这个问题。 

In September, Bruntz attended the 破土动工仪式 of the 太阳城娱乐官网-UNMC Rural Health 教育 Building.
 
他希望这一创新设施将允许学生在他的医院完成临床轮转，并鼓励年轻的医疗专业人员在寻找职业生涯时留在农村。 
 
“There are a lot of people who want rural, they’re from rural, but they end up going to college in a community like Omaha and they never really get out of there,” Bruntz told 太阳城娱乐官网新闻 earlier this year. “But if they can train and do their schooling in a community like Kearney, there’s a lot better chance that we could hold onto them in a rural community.”