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He had just started his…","datePublished":"2022-02-08","dateModified":"2022-02-08","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.faulkner.edu\/author\/rburylo\/#Person","name":"Rebecca Burylo","url":"https:\/\/www.faulkner.edu\/author\/rburylo\/","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/37a0c97fbd1eda89e38697defcaf0573?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/37a0c97fbd1eda89e38697defcaf0573?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Faulkner University","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.faulkner.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Official-Horizontal-480x128.png","url":"https:\/\/www.faulkner.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Official-Horizontal-480x128.png","width":480,"height":128}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.faulkner.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Maxheadshot.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.faulkner.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Maxheadshot.jpg","height":2411,"width":1658},"url":"https:\/\/www.faulkner.edu\/news\/mba-program-helps-new-dad-finish-his-degree\/","about":["News"],"wordCount":481,"articleBody":"Max Tunstill Max Tunstill thought he would have to withdraw from Faulkner\u2019s Executive Master of Business Administration program and finish it at a later date following the birth of his daughter in November of 2020.He had just started his second course of the program when his daughter was born.Taking care of his wife and newborn baby along with juggling a master\u2019s degree program seemed a monumental task. It may have been if it were not for the accommodations Faulkner\u2019s Executive MBA leadership made to allow Tunstill to finish his coursework and reach his academic goal while still caring for his family.\u201cI was feeling a little overwhelmed with all the changes and thought it was best to withdraw and finish at a later date,\u201d Tunstill said. \u201cWilliam Cooper, director of the program, encouraged me to stay the course and try to continue the program. I was so glad that I took his advice.\u201dCooper looked over Tunstill\u2019s records and encouraged him to try and continue the program. In coordination with the course professor, Cooper worked with Tunstill to allow him an opportunity to complete his assignments. This adjustment allowed him to catch up and was able to successfully complete the class. Since he was able to finish the program and earn his Executive MBA degree, Tunstill applied and interviewed for the Chief Nursing Officer position at Athens-Limestone Hospital in January 2021. He was offered the job and has been in that position since March of that year.\u201cI truly feel that being able to say I was working on my MBA gave me an advantage over other candidates,\u201d Tunstill said. \u201cHaving an MBA also helps me understand and communicate effectively with other members of the senior leadership team that have a business background.\u201dTunstill was already a Registered Nurse when he decided to pursue an MBA to have a better understanding of business administration. He knew an MBA degree would be beneficial to gain broader business knowledge in order to help manage his department better financially.He was drawn to Faulkner\u2019s program in particular because of the program\u2019s national ranking among online MBA programs and for the accelerated, one-year format.\u201cI liked that the program was able to be completed on my schedule.  I did not have specific times to log in which allowed me to balance my professional, personal, and school obligations.  Without this flexibility, it would have been very difficult to complete the program,\u201d Tunstill said. \u201cOnce in the program, I was very impressed with the responsiveness of the instructors.\u201dTunstill graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Western Governors University in 2019 and graduated from Faulkner\u2019s MBA program in December 2021.For more information on Faulkner\u2019s one-year, 100% online MBA program where working adults focus on one five-week-long course at a time, visit https:\/\/www.faulkner.edu\/mba."},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/www.faulkner.edu\/news\/#breadcrumbitem"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"MBA Program Helps New Dad Finish his Degree","item":"https:\/\/www.faulkner.edu\/news\/mba-program-helps-new-dad-finish-his-degree\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]