>Consider applying to the following pipeline program >sponsored by The University of Michigan School of Public Health in Ann >Arbor. > >The University of Michigan School of Public Health >Summer Enrichment Program (SEP) for Undergraduate Students >Application Deadline: March 5, 2007 > >The School of Public Health at The University of Michigan sponsors the >Summer Enrichment Program (SEP) which is designed to expose undergraduate >students to careers in public health and public policy, particularly >issues and topics related to racial, ethnic and socioeconomic disparities >in health care. Under the supervision of School of Public Health faculty >and administrators, undergraduate students are placed in paid health >management and policy internships and pursue course work in a summer >program that focuses on eliminating health disparities. The internships, >which provide paid placements in hospitals, HMOs and other health services >and public health agencies in Detroit, Ann Arbor and Flint, enable >students to work in organizations that confront these disparities every day. > >The Summer Enrichment Program is geared towards undergraduates entering >their junior or senior year of academic study. Those pursuing degrees in >the social sciences, the biological sciences, and other fields pertinent >to health management and policy, such as economics, political science, >accounting and finance, are especially encouraged to apply. Because the >majority of placements are in Detroit, Ann Arbor or Flint, all >participants must reside in Southeast Michigan or Genesee County during >the summer. For students accepted into the program who attend >non-Michigan universities and whose permanent summer residence is outside >Southeast Michigan, the program will provide transportation to and from >Ann Arbor and housing. All students are provided with local transportation >or are reimbursed for their transportation costs and receive a food >allowance as part of a $3,000 stipend. Applicants must show evidence of >academic achievement (2.8 GPA or above). Preference will be given to >applicants from populations that are adversely impacted by racial, ethnic >or socioeconomic disparities in health (health disparities) or show a >strong practical or research interest in health disparities. >In addition to exposing students to public health and public policy >issues, particularly health disparities, the Summer Enrichment Program is >also a pipeline program intended to provide guidance and direction to SEP >participants as they apply to graduate school, preferably to Master of >Public Health (MPH) programs and other related degree programs. To assist >students in the graduate school application process, the Summer Enrichment >Program offers participants an eight (8) week Graduate Record Examination >(GRE) preparation course. Because of their participation in the program, >SEP participants are often admitted to the nation's leading public health >graduate programs and/or win scholarships to finance their graduate school >education. > >The University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Summer Enrichment >Program website features a video that fully explains the program which can >be found at: >http://www.sph.umich.edu/hmp/sep_hmp.html > >For an application, please visit: http://www.sph.umich.edu/hmp/sep07app.pdf > > > >Elliott Dawes >Director, CUNY Black Male Initiative >The City University of New York >535 East 80th Street, Room 637 >New York, New York 10021 >(212) 794-5651 (telephone) >(212) 794-5706 (fax) >E-mail: [log in to unmask] >Website: http://www.cuny.edu/bmi