October 21, 2022 - Aron Sousa, MD
Friends,
Let maine promote you to vote. In Michigan you tin register online. And, successful Michigan everyone tin ballot astatine location simply by applying to ballot absentee. You bash NOT request an excuse to ballot astatine location and can inquire for an absentee ballot online. In fact, I sent successful my absentee ballot today. Whatever your governmental constituent of view, this is an important election, and MSUVOTE has non-partisan resources to assistance you. So, get registered, get educated and bash your civic work and vote. We request an progressive citizenry successful this country.
You tin beryllium an progressive assemblage citizen, too. Or you tin beryllium a much progressive and educated assemblage national by attending the Teach-In connected Academic Governance this day astatine the STEM Building connected campus. Or you tin presumption the Livestream connected the MSU Academic Governance channel. To presumption the unrecorded stream, delight travel this link. If you person been incapable to support up with events connected campus, I suggest you work the October update from our ain Karen Kelly-Blake, PhD. We expect Dr. Kelly-Blake to articulation america connected the Dean’s Town Hall adjacent week astatine noon, Friday, October 28.
As you volition callback from anterior updates, I person been doing immoderate traveling. On Wednesday of this week, I managed to walk immoderate prime clip successful Flint, Detroit, and East Lansing. In Flint, I joined the joyous solemnisation of Wayne McCullough, PhD, who received the MSU Outstanding Supervisor Award. Wayne is the manager of our Master successful Public Health grade programme and the interim manager of our Division of Public Health. The radical of his programs nominated him for the MSU WorkLife Office’s award. The representation included with the update is of Wayne and I astatine the reception conscionable earlier my elaborate survey of the cake quality astatine the event. The part has a beardown past with awards – Linda Cornish won the Jack Breslin Distinguished Staff Award past year!
After the solemnisation successful Flint, including the cake, I went to the MSU Detroit Center, wherever we had a reception celebrating the archetypal Late Clinical Experience students astatine Henry Ford. I had a large time, and I peculiarly enjoyed watching our students interact with their MSU module from Henry Ford arsenic good arsenic prospective students from the Detroit area. I privation to convey Melissa Kacos, Arlynn Dailey, Mark Brieve, and each of Jerry Kooiman’s squad for mounting up this event.
Next week, I americium successful Marquette arsenic a make-up for the August travel thwarted by my lawsuit of COVID. The upwind work has maine feeling comparatively optimistic.
Serving the radical with you,
Aron
Aron Sousa, MD, FACP
Dean
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