Healthcare Managers Receive their Diplomas

Graduates photographed from behind, wearing caps with the MBA program logo.
The 6th edition of the Executive SGH-WUM MBA in healthcare program has come to an end. On Saturday, November 22, 38 program graduates received their diplomas in the Main Auditorium of the Warsaw School of Economics.

“These two years have been a time of intense work, hundreds of hours of classes, projects, discussions, and diploma exams to defend your theses – described by reviewers as «at an exceptionally advanced, professional level,»” says Artur Białoszewski, director of the program on the part of WUM.

Hosts and Guests

Rectors of both universities were present at the graduation ceremony: Professor Piotr Wachowiak for the SGH, and Professor Rafał Krenke for WUM. Also present were the representatives of the Partner Council: Professor Maciej Słodkowski, director of the Postgraduate Education Center; Professor Bolesław Samoliński; and Bartek Kwiatek, as well as the lecturers: Tomasz Maciejewski, PhD, Tomasz Rostkowski, PhD Hab.; Professor Piotr H. Skarżyński, Maciej Kuźma; Robert Mołdach, PhD; Michał Chrobot, PhD, Michał Jakubczyk, PhD Hab., Professor Paweł Skowronek, Mikołaj Pindelski, PhD Hab.

The ceremony was hosted by Professor Monika Raulinajtys-Grzybek and Artur Białoszewski, with support from the SGH-WUM MBA teams. As a highlight of the graduation ceremony, the WUM Choir performed “We Are the Champions” and other pieces.

Graduation Lecture

An important moment during the celebration was the graduation lecture delivered by Barbara A. Karpinska Hopkins, MS, MBA, FACHE. She talked about her own journey as an athlete and manager to argue that the leader’s work in the healthcare sector is like sailing a stormy ocean: unpredictable, demanding, and full of sudden breakthrough points. Courage involves more than just ambition, it also includes humility in the face of uncertainly, and the ability to adjust your sails when the conditions are changing faster than we assumed. 

Awards for Graduates and Lecturers

Graduates received their diplomas. Three Golden Birettas (for the highest grade point average) went to Jacek Sieńko, PhD Hab., Grzegorz Rychwalski J.D. EMBA, and Sylwia Jędrzejczyk-Kowalska. Certificates of recognition were awarded to the most valued lecturers: Rafał Mrówka, PhD Hab., Professor Monika Raulinajtys-Grzybek, Professor Piotr Wachowiak, and Tomasz Rostkowski, PhD Hab. Mariola Dwornikowska-Dąbrowska, PhD, MBA was recognized for organizing the study visit.

After the official ceremony, the nearly 200 members of the program community moved to Villa Foksal, where discussions about projects, plans, and cooperations continued well into the night.

Several people are sitting in a wooden auditorium during a ceremony. They are all wearing black gowns with green trim and black caps with tassels. There are documents and pens on the tables in front of them. In the background, there are wooden benches and people sitting in the upper rows.
A person in ceremonial academic attire, wearing a red cap and a decorative rector's chain, stands at a wooden lectern. Two people are seated next to him on green chairs.
A group of people wearing black gowns with green trim and black caps with tassels are sitting in a wooden auditorium during a ceremony. There are documents and pens on the tables in front of them. Some of them are clapping, and in the background you can see rows of wooden benches with other participants sitting on them
A person dressed in a rector's robe with a red cap and a decorative chain stands at a wooden lectern. In the background, there is a large screen with the inscription “Ceremonial presentation of diplomas to participants of the 6th edition of the Executive SGH WUM MBA in Healthcare program.”
People are sitting in a wooden auditorium during a ceremony, dressed in black gowns with green trim and black caps with tassels. In the center, there is a person wearing a yellow cap, and the gowns bear the inscription “Edition VI” and the MBA program logo.
A person is standing at a wooden lectern. In the background, there is a large screen with the inscription “Ceremonial presentation of diplomas to participants of the 6th edition of the Executive SGH WUM MBA program in Healthcare.”
A man in a navy blue plaid jacket stands at a wooden lectern, holding a microphone. An elegantly dressed woman sits next to him at a table.
A large group of people stand in a semicircle in a lecture hall with wooden floors and light-colored walls. Most of them are dressed in black gowns with green trim and black caps, while a few have yellow or blue caps. In the center are people in rector's robes with red caps and decorative chains.