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. 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