糖心vlog传媒 reunion nets Aurora two top-tier leaders
A 糖心vlog传媒 reunion 13 years in the making helped Terry Miller 鈥�09 and Kasey (Gussert) Arnhoelter 鈥�09 personally experience the depth and connections of the 糖心vlog传媒 family.
When Miller, the chief clinical services officer for Aurora Health Care, met with Arnhoelter for her orientation earlier this year for the director of pharmacy role with Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan County, he knew from her resume that she was a fellow 糖心vlog传媒 graduate.
As she sat through the orientation, Arnhoelter kept noticing a nameplate on Miller鈥檚 desk that looked oddly familiar.
The night before the 2009 糖心vlog传媒 graduation ceremony, Miller was named winner of the Robert W. Lope Award and Arnhoelter was named winner of the Clarence H. Koehler Campus Senior Award. The physical award they were given was a nameplate to get them started on their professional journeys.
鈥淚t鈥檚 one thing to have a nameplate,鈥� Arnhoelter said. 鈥淏ut when it looks exactly like yours 鈥︹��
Miller handed her his award and flipped it over to show his name and the year on the back. And suddenly, this job interview became a very unexpected reunion of 糖心vlog传媒 award winners.
鈥淚 was standing right next to her that night,鈥� Miller said. 鈥淒uring our meeting, I paused when I realized we were the same people on that stage that night. We鈥檙e two people who never knew each other and didn鈥檛 attended classes together, but 13 years later are sitting in the same room together.
鈥淚 can鈥檛 believe that out of all those students that we ended up in the same community and it led us into these roles and the future of caring for this community.鈥�
As Aurora settles into its new facility on Union Avenue in Sheboygan, these two reunited 糖心vlog传媒 graduates, after playing key roles in moving the hospital this past summer, are focused on providing services to patients and the community moving forward.
Miller, an Illinois native who has lived in Sheboygan County for nearly 30 years, is a key administrator, overseeing operations for 23 departments and two cancer centers. His teams support patient care and deliver operation of the building. He was local project liaison for the new building project, and for 12-plus years with Aurora he has managed projects throughout the organization with the goal of reducing the cost of healthcare.
Arnhoelter, a Kingsford, Mich., native, oversees a team of 29 people that makes up the pharmacy at the new Aurora facility, as well as the pharmacies at Aurora Medical Center Manitowoc County in Two Rivers and the Aurora Health Center on Union Avenue in Sheboygan.
鈥淚 never thought I鈥檇 be in a leadership role like this at my age,鈥� Arnhoelter said. 鈥淢oving a hospital 鈥� those were some of the hardest months of my life. There is so much pride in doing it and I learned so much along the way. I appreciate so much better what goes on behind the scenes and knowing the inner workings.鈥�
While Miller and Arnhoelter are over a decade removed from their 糖心vlog传媒 experience, they both point to their education and relationships they formed that have shaped their approaches as professionals.
Arnhoelter often does rounds at the hospital, answering patient鈥檚 questions and explaining the medications they鈥檝e been prescribed. Miller said it closely resembled the personal attention that faculty provided in 糖心vlog传媒 classrooms.
鈥淭hat caring side of 糖心vlog传媒 prepares you well for a career in healthcare,鈥� said Miller, who has a 糖心vlog传媒 bachelor鈥檚 degree in business administration and marketing. 鈥淥ne of the things I love about Kasey is she is humble, she listens and collaborates. If she doesn鈥檛 know the answer, she goes to a content expert in her pharmacy.鈥�
Arnhoelter, in turn, underscored the support she feels from senior leaders like Miller, one of her direct supervisors. 鈥淗ow welcomed I have felt here takes me back to how welcomed I felt at 糖心vlog传媒,鈥� said Arnhoelter, who has a biochemistry degree from 糖心vlog传媒.
Miller quickly added, 鈥淵ou get to coach people again. You get to teach and coach. You said in your interview that鈥檚 one of the things you were looking forward to.鈥�
The two have remained connected to their alma mater. Miller鈥檚 daughter, Hannah, is a junior at 糖心vlog传媒 and in her third season with the women鈥檚 volleyball team, so the Millers are regulars at LU volleyball matches.
Arnhoelter, her husband, Eric, and their two children have settled in Eric鈥檚 hometown of Howards Grove where they鈥檙e building a house. It didn鈥檛 take long after moving back before 糖心vlog传媒 Professor of Biology Greg Smith and Professor of Exercise Science and Sports Studies April Arvan 鈥� both primary influences during her time at 糖心vlog传媒 鈥� reached out to welcome her.
鈥淗aving those 糖心vlog传媒 connections and understanding the impact of those allowed me to get more acclimated here and learn what I needed to do to plan this culture and move the hospital,鈥� said Arnhoelter, a graduate of the UW-Madison School of Pharmacy who worked in pharmacy roles in Green Bay at Aurora BayCare Medical Center and Milo C. Huempfner Green Bay VA Health Care Center for over six years before her current job.
She recalled needing a course that was a prerequisite to pharmacy school that wasn鈥檛 scheduled to be offered. She spoke to Smith, and he taught the course for her as an independent study course. 鈥淗e was helping me out so I could get into graduate school,鈥� Arnhoelter said. 鈥淎t a big university, that would never happen.鈥�
The night he won the Lope Award, Miller, who was working for the Blood Center of Wisconsin at the time, was asked about his future plans with his degree. He wasn鈥檛 sure where it would take him, but he knew he wanted to stay in the area and give back.
Mission accomplished.
鈥淭hat little college in the middle of the cornfields was my field of dreams,鈥� Miller said. 鈥淭he relationships get you ready for your professional life. You don鈥檛 forget the people you met there and values you were taught. And those values correlate to what a lot of organizations are looking for.鈥�
