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With the inaugural celebration of The Campaign for MSU on September
20, MSUCOM's Dean William D. Strampel, D.O., has established goals
for the college's portion of this university-wide capital drive.
These include:
- Student scholarships: For a single in-state student living on
the frugal budget established through financial aid, the total
cost to graduate from MSUCOM is $153,528; for out-of-state students
it is $232,728. Though the college has created a number of endowed
scholarships and loan funds for our students, the annual awards
are usually less than $5,000 and many more are needed
- Osteopathic Medical Scholars: This program provides conditional
admission to MSUCOM for ten entering freshmen at MSU who have
demonstrated scholastic achievement and who intend to pursue a
career in osteopathic medicine. Additional funds would allow us
to broaden this initiative
- Nationally renowned faculty: We need to create a series of endowed
chairs, preferably one for each department, to attract renowned
faculty. Around these foci of excellence, the highest quality
of education, research and clinical care can be conducted
- Outstanding research: Funds are needed to build a collaborative
research effort with other osteopathic colleges and hospitals,
to develop the new Center for Neuromusculoskeletal Research, to
continue support for a core of excellent researchers, and to promote
new research initiatives
- Diversity: Because the pool of diverse students and faculty
is very small for the osteopathic profession, it is imperative
that we develop and continue to expand programs to enhance it,
particularly in an environment where physicians are being called
upon to practice medicine with increasing diversity among their
patients
- Medical informatics: With the rapid growth and change of technology,
it is imperative that the college develops resources that will
both allow us to keep abreast of technology for education, and
teach our students, faculty, and alumni to utilize technology
in their practice settings
- College infrastructure: A new building designed specifically
for osteopathic education would assist in attracting the highest
level of students and faculty, enhance the operations of the college,
reduce renovation costs, and increase our flexibility. In addition,
the college is developing a proposal for a clinical assessment
center in conjunction with other campus medical units, which offers
both educational and revenue opportunities.
- Medical Scientist Training Program: MSUCOM's D.O./Ph.D. program
was the first of its kind in the world, and has remained paramount
for the training of elite students to be osteopathic physician-scientists.
Graduates of the program have gone on to work in the foremost
education and research institutions in the nation. Additional
funding would allow us to expand and enrich this educational program
in our college.
"The generosity of our donors to the capital campaign can
give MSUCOM the margin of flexibility needed to allow us to innovate
and to achieve new levels of excellence," Dean Strampel noted.
"This kind of partnership with the college is imperative to
our continued growth in service to our patients and profession."
Interested in participating in these initiatives at MSUCOM? If
so, please contact Sharon Snyder, director of development, (517)
355-8355.
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