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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