The Center for Professional Education at UT Austin

Security and privacy aren’t compliance checkboxes. They’re leadership responsibilities.

Healthcare organizations are faced with outdated and often conflicting regulations, escalating breach risks and rapid AI adoption. The pressure isn't just to understand policy, it's to operationalize it.

Operationalizing Security and Privacy: Putting Health Policy into Practice is a fully online, four-week course designed to help leaders turn regulatory requirements into action.

You’ll strengthen your command of healthcare security and privacy regulations, assess AI risk and compliance exposure and design response strategies that protect both patients and operations.

Led by industry experts David Finn, Mari Savickis and Steve Snyder.

If you’re responsible for privacy, security, or operationalizing policy related to data, this course was built for you.

Enrollment is open. https://bit.ly/4uKYAea

Middle managers are often caught in the middle—balancing leadership expectations, employee needs and competing priorities.

Without the right support, that pressure can lead to burnout, disengagement and lower team performance.

This blog shares seven practical ways middle managers can communicate effectively, manage competing priorities and lead stronger, more engaged teams.

Read the article: https://bit.ly/4eMeuQz

Effective communication is about more than what you say. It's about understanding who you're speaking to and how to connect with them.

Know Your Audience: Navigating Workplace Communication will help you communicate more effectively, build stronger workplace relationships and tailor your message to the people who need to hear it.

Learn how to assess communication situations, understand your audience and craft messages that inspire action and collaboration.

💻 Online, Instructor-Led
📅 June 25–26, 2026
⏰ 9 a.m.–Noon CT

Perfect for professionals who want to communicate with more confidence, clarity and impact.

Save your spot.

https://bit.ly/3S3nw2S

Need to write a business proposal but not sure where to start?

Writing Effective Business Proposals will help you organize your ideas, understand your audience and create persuasive proposals that get results.

💻 Online, Instructor-Led
📅 June 22–23, 2026
⏰ 1–4 p.m. CT

Perfect for managers, supervisors, proposal writers and anyone looking to improve their business writing skills.

Save your spot.

https://bit.ly/43rfBir

The application deadline for the Road to Success Scholarship is approaching. If you’re considering a fall program, we encourage you to submit your application soon. Upcoming deadline on July 13.

https://bit.ly/3Q84fwz

Ransomware is no longer just a cybersecurity issue. In healthcare, it is a patient safety issue. From operational shutdowns to data exfiltration and AI-enabled extortion tactics, modern cyber threats are disrupting care delivery and exposing organizations to unprecedented risk.

Secure Healthcare from Modern Cyber Threats: Ransomware, Extortion, and AI begins this July. Through real-world case studies and applied strategies, you'll develop practical skills to detect, respond to and recover from attacks, while improving long-term resilience.

Designed for healthcare IT, cybersecurity, compliance, risk management and operational leaders.

Enrollment is open.
Learn more: http://bit.ly/4gnejMP

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Building professional connections doesn’t have to be intimidating.

Whether you're attending events, meeting new colleagues or growing your professional network online, Authentic Networking: Building Connections That Matter will help you connect with confidence and purpose.

Learn how to introduce yourself with ease, communicate your value, navigate conversations naturally and build relationships that last.

💻 Online, Instructor-Led
📅 June 22–23, 2026
⏰ 9 a.m.–Noon CT

Perfect for professionals who want to grow their network, early-career professionals and anyone who feels uncomfortable networking.

Save your spot today!

https://bit.ly/3Q8Lppb

Artificial intelligence is no longer a future concept. It is a practical tool you can start using right now.

Join our new AI Skills for Modern Professionals course and learn how to confidently apply AI and generative AI in your everyday work. This hands-on, beginner-friendly session breaks everything down in clear, nontechnical language and shows you how to get real results from tools like ChatGPT and Copilot.

Through guided exercises and real-world examples, you will learn how to streamline routine tasks, improve the quality of your work and save time. You will also build practical prompting skills, explore role-specific use cases you can apply immediately and learn how to use AI responsibly in a professional setting.

💻 Online, instructor-led
📅 Aug. 18, 2026
🕘 9-11:30 a.m. CT

No technical background needed. Register today.

https://bit.ly/4fIBjpl

Thinking about a career in the legal field?

Join us on June 17 for an information session about our Paralegal Certificate Program and discover how earning a certificate can help you stand out to employers.

Stephanie P., who completed the self-paced program in November 2025, shared her experience:
"Thank you so much. This is a career switch for me after owning my own business for 23 years. I did the program while I was still living in California, [prior to moving to Texas]. I just landed my first law firm job as a case manager. I was the only one who applied to the job that had a paralegal certificate, which made me stand out among the rest. The firm is growing and there is lots of opportunity for me to grow with it. The benefits are amazing and I'm excited to get started. Thank you again and I will recommend this program to anybody who asks."

Register for the June 17 information session and get your questions answered by program experts.

📅 June 17, Noon-1 p.m. CT
Register on our website: https://bit.ly/4o3xltm

Readers judge your documents in seconds, and visuals make the first impression. Learn how to design clear, credible, visually compelling documents in this two‑day course. Seats fill quickly. Register now.

Join us June 9–10 to learn practical design principles you can apply immediately.

Seats are limited - register today.
https://bit.ly/4dOkgAR

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