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Mission SMART initiative provides “enhanced opportunity” for medical school admission Xavier University of Louisiana and Michigan State University College of Human Medicine (CHM) have announced an agreement that will provide an enhanced opportunity for Xavier premedical students to attend medical school at MSU. Potential candidates for the Mission SMART (SpartanMD Acceptance Realization Track) initiative will receive academic advising directed at admission to Michigan State University’s College of Human Medicine and will be enrolled in a program of enriching clinical and service experiences in preparation for admission. “We are excited to welcome Xavier University of Louisiana as our founding partner with the Mission SMART Initiative,” said Aron Sousa, MD, interim dean, MSU College of Human Medicine. “This partnership represents two institutions that share core values, including promoting the dignity and inclusion of all people. We are offering this pathway to medi

Grand Rapids Community College students who transfer as undergraduate premedical students to Michigan State University will have an opportunity to be granted early assurance of admission to the MSU College of Human Medicine under an agreement signed Monday. The early assurance of admission opportunity will provide an enhanced opportunity for admission to medical school for GRCC students transferring to MSU as pre-medical students. These students will receive academic advising directed at admission to MSU College of Human Medicine and will be enrolled in a program of enriching clinical and service experiences in preparation for admission. MSU College of Human Medicine Dean Norman J. Beauchamp Jr., MD, MHS, and Assistant Dean for Admissions Joel Maurer, MD, joined GRCC President Bill Pink, Ph. D, and Provost Brian Knetl, Ed. D, and students and leaders from both schools at a signing ceremony. “Partnerships make our institutions and our communities stronger,” Pink said. “GRCC

With September in the rearview mirror, so too is Women in Medicine month. Women in Medicine (WIM) Month "serves to showcase the accomplishments of women physicians as well as to highlight advocacy related to women physicians and health issues impacting women patients," per the American Medical Association , who have even adopted an outline of recommendations for achieving equity. It's with equity in mind that many at the College of Human Medicine believe continuously acknowledging women in the profession is important. Every month. Every year. Today, women make up more than a third of practicing physicians. Large increases in the number of women in medicine have naturally meant more women in med school. As statistics from the American Association of Medical Colleges show, women made up only 9.3% of matriculants in 1966. Fifty years later, women were close to 48% of incoming students. Here at the College of Human Medicine, in fact, five of our last six entering c