 
November 13, 2008: Dean Kenneth E. Warner invites University of Michigan School of Public Health donors, alumni, faculty, staff, and students to a schoolwide celebration in recognition of the opportunities made possible through the generosity of over 5,000 individuals, corporations, and foundations during
The Michigan Difference Campaign. Thank you!
 University of Michigan School of Public Health Campaign Finale Celebration:
-4:00 p.m. Létourneau Organ Concert featuring students from the UM School of Music, Theatre & Dance, Community Room, School of Public Health.
-4:30 – 6:00 p.m. Reception, Crossroads Lobby, School of Public Health
 All-University Campaign Finale Convocation:
On November 14, 2008, from 2:30 – 4:00 p.m., the celebration continues at
Hill Auditorium with University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman, marking the Michigan Difference Campaign's historic accomplishments. More information.
Giving to UM SPH
Your gift plays a vital role in improving the public's health by supporting cutting-edge research, scholarships, internships, educational events, and new initiatives. Description of SPH funds, instructions on how to make a gift, and to receive a printable gift form.
Dr. Ronald M. Davis Honored by New Scholarship at UM SPH
A preventive medicine physician, adjunct professor of epidemiology, and chair of the preventive medicine residency program at the School of Public Health, Ronald M. Davis has recently been honored for his contributions to the field and to the school by the funding of a scholarship in his name.
The Ronald M. Davis Preventive Medicine Residency Scholarship will support physician graduate students who are obtaining an M.P.H. Recipients will be eligible based on merit or need. Donations to the scholarship fund will be matched by the current President's Donor Challenge on a $1 for $2 donated until the Challenge funds are expended, or until December 31, 2008.
Dr. Davis has been fighting pancreatic cancer, allowing his friends and colleagues unusual access to the personal trials and tribulations of being a cancer patient through his CarePages postings. We are so very pleased to be able to honor Dr. Davis in this public way for his courage and constant mentorship of us all.
You can give online to the Ronald M. Davis Preventive Medicine Residency Scholarship via the button at top right of this page, or use the infomation at right to contact the UM SPH Development Office.
President's Challenge Update
Funds available for graduate student support campaign almost gone!
Gift positions UM as national leader in studying risks to public health.
July 1, 2008, UM News Service release
Related link: Risk Science Center
NSF International Establishes Department Chair in UM School of Public Health.
May 25, 2007, UM News Service and SPH release
The UM SPH Office of Development and Alumni Relations has launched its inaugural Winter/Spring 2008 issue of NetWorks. Read the stories (PDF) of UM SPH alumni, students, and donors who are making a difference in the field of public health. And let us know what you think.
Students, Faculty, and Alumni Join Forces for Scholarships
Graduating students of the UM SPH class of 2007 contributed almost $13,000 in gifts and pledges for scholarship support. The spring campaign had 40% student participation schoolwide. Student champions in each of the school's five departments asked their peers to participate in the annual Graduating Student Gift Campaign in coordination with the Office of Development and Alumni Relations, and with department faculty. Matching gifts from alumni and faculty helped to bring the campaign total to almost $27,000 for 2007.
Students in Health Management and Policy had 89% participation. HMP alumnus Bob Lane, and his wife Vikki Lane, matched gifts dollar for dollar to the campaign. HMP faculty, Paula Lantz (chair), Peter Jacobson, and John Griffith also helped to inspire students with matching gifts.
Biostatistics students had 64% participation, and gifts were matched by chair Rod Little. Other matching gifts for the campaign include a second-time match in Epidemiology by Associate Dean for Practice Matthew Boulton and his wife, Chitra Boulton, and by department chair Hal Morgenstern. Howard Hu, chair, and Bob Gray, faculty emeritus, matched gifts to Environmental Health Sciences.
Student Recipients 'Mix It Up' with Scholarship and Awards Donors
 Over 100 recipients, donors, and friends gathered at the Michigan League Ballroom on March 29, 2007, to honor this year's scholarship and awards recipients. The lively event featured remarks by UM Provost Teresa Sullivan, SPH alumna Deborah VandenBroek, and three graduating students: Tianle Hu (Biostatistics), Sara McLaughlin (Health Behavior/Health Education), and Jessica Dixon (HMP).
Dean Kenneth Warner presided and called the evening one of "his favorite" gatherings for the amount of personal interaction and sharing that happens between the students, alumni, donors, and faculty. Provost Sullivan summed up the importance of the evening's focus on scholarships when she said:
"The scholarship donors we are honoring tonight are investing in the future. They know that we cannot predict the challenges the future will hold. But we do know that it will take rigorous education and a commitment to public service to address them effectively.
"Louis Pasteur, the French chemist whose work contributed so much to the development of the germ theory of infection, observed that, 'Chance favors only the prepared mind.' All of us will benefit from the gifts these donors have made, gifts that allow our students to develop the prepared minds the future will require."
New Building Offers Opportunities for Honoring
 With the Crossroads and Tower now open and the renovation of SPH completed, these new facilities offer friends, alumni, faculty, and staff of the school the opportunity to honor a family member, colleague, or respected associate with the naming of a special space.
Building naming opportunities range from trees or bricks in the new court yard, to artwork, to actual spaces like the CyberCafe or a new lab. Several spaces already boast honorees; the Lane Family Auditorium, the Kimma Chang Meeting Room, and the JSI Conference Room.
Donations will enable UM SPH to maintain the new structure, and in some cases continue to improve its final form, especially in the areas of landscaping and artwork for open spaces.
As UM President Mary Sue Coleman expressed at the Crossroads opening in 2006:
"The message is clear: The University of Michigan School of Public Health is at the forefront of public health research, teaching and service [and] what takes place at the school directly benefits the lives, health and spirit of people around the world."
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