This
fall,
the
University
of
Michigan
launched
an
undergraduate
public
health
program
for
the
first
time,
welcoming its first cohort of 95
upper-level students. University
students applied to the program
the winter of their sophomore
year, and planned to take classes
through the School of Public
Health throughout their junior and
senior years.
The
program
offers
two
degrees. One, a Bachelor of Arts
in community and global public
health, looks at public health
through the lens of social and
behavioral sciences by focusing on
broader community issues related
to the field. The other, a Bachelor of
Science in public health sciences,
concentrates primarily on the
natural
and
applied
sciences
within public health.
Looking back on the program
over the course of the semester,
Gary Harper, the director of the
Office of Undergraduate Education
at the School of Public Health,
would consider its time so far
overall a success.
“I’m extremely happy with how
it’s going,” Harper said. “As the
director, I meet with small groups
of our students in meetings we
call ‘dialogues with the director.’
I’ve probably met with about
three-quarters of our 95 students
already in these groups, so I’ve
been hearing continual feedback
throughout the entire semester. I
think that, in general, we’ve been
able to do what it is we set out to
do.”
Faith
Reynolds,
a
junior
pursuing the school’s Bachelor
of Arts degree, pointed to this
openness to feedback as a strength
of the new program. She said the
faculty has been very responsive
to students’ input and suggestions
regarding classes, professors and
the overall atmosphere of the
school, which has helped make her
time a positive experience so far.
“The program has either met
or exceeded (my expectations),”
Reynolds said. “I knew it was
going to be a group effort (between
faculty and students) to getting the
best experience out of it, but I think
it’s been going really well. I don’t
think anyone would really disagree
with that.”
Omar Ilyas, a junior aiming
for the Public Health School’s
sciences track, joined the program
for
its
strong
emphasis
on
interdisciplinary training. For him,
the program’s multidisciplinary
approach to public health made
it the perfect fit for his variety of
interests.
“I’ve always been interested
in a lot of things — I was pre-
law, I was pre-business, I was
pre-med ¬— I studied a lot of
different things,” he said. “The
beauty of this program is it’s
an intersection of business, of
health care, of policy. All the
things I really enjoy, I found
them in this program.”
Ilyas
said
this
multidisciplinary
approach
is also reflected in his class
workload. He explained that
even within the structure
of each class there is a
comprehensive approach to
learning — classes incorporate
a
mixture
of
discussion,
homework,
research,
tests,
presentations
and
writing.
Though this can be difficult at
times, Ilyas said the challenges
are worth it because students
will graduate with a strong
foundation in a variety of types
of work that will help them in
future careers.
Though he is happy with
the program so far in terms
The University of Michigan’s
School of Music, Theatre & Dance
is guaranteed a Grammy win in
this year’s Musical Theater Album
category.
All three albums nominated
in the category have something
important in common — they are
all connected to Music, Theatre and
Dance alumni.
Ian Eisendrath, who earned
his
Bachelor
of
Music
from
the University in 2003, is the
musical supervisor and arranger
for acclaimed Broadway show
“Come
From
Away.”
Musical
duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul,
honored at last year’s Bicentennial
Commencement
Ceremony,
graduated in 2006 and composed
and produced the original cast
album for the musical “Dear Evan
Hansen.” And Gavin Creel, a 1998
Bachelor of Fine Arts graduate,
plays a lead role in “Hello, Dolly!”
— the last show nominated for the
award.
Pasek and Paul were also
nominated for Best Song Written
for Visual Media with their song
“City of Stars” from the film “La La
Land.”
All three shows were also
nominated for Tony awards earlier
this year, with Pasek and Paul
winning the award for Best Original
Score Written for Theater and
Creel winning Best Performance by
a Featured Actor in a Musical.
“I want to dedicate this to the
musical theatre department of the
University of Michigan School of
Music, Theatre & Dance,” Creel
said in his Tony Award acceptance
speech. “My education there as
a young person changed my life
forever.”
Several other Music, Theatre
&
Dance
alumni
have
been
nominated for Grammys as well.
Tenor Nicholas Phan, an Ann
Arbor native and 2001 University
graduate, was nominated in the
Classical Solo Album category for
his album “Gods & Monsters.”
The
Choral
Performance
category also has strong Music,
Theatre
&
Dance
representation.
One
of
the
nominations, Bryars: The Fifth
Century, combines the PRISM
Quartet with The Crossing, a mixed
choir. The PRISM quartet is made
up entirely of alumni — members
Matthew Levy, Zachary Shemon,
Taimur Sullivan and Timothy
McAllister
all
studied
under
Donald Sinta, associate professor
emeritus
of
saxophone.
The
Crossing includes current doctoral
student Kelly Bixby.
The 60th Grammy Awards
will take place at New York City’s
Madison Square Garden on Sunday,
Jan. 28, 2018.
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