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UM-Flint named gold-level veteran-friendly school for fifth consecutive year

The Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency named UM-Flint a gold-level school for the 2019-20 year. UM-Flint has achieved the gold-level criteria every year since 2015 when the program was launched. (Photo by UM-Flint)

The Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency named UM-Flint a gold-level school for the 2019-20 year. UM-Flint has achieved the gold-level criteria every year since 2015 when the program was launched.

Seeing eye to eye: UM-Flint professor researches how optometrists communicate lifestyle advice with their patients

Public Health and Health Sciences professor Michelle Sahli, left, with Master of Public Health students Anya Harris, right, and Caitlin Tosh, top, in March 2020. (Photo by Lindsay Stoddard, University Communications & Marketing)

Dr. Michelle Sahli, an assistant professor within the Department of Public Health and Health Sciences, is surveying optometrists statewide about whether they communicate lifestyle advice with their patients, and when they do not, what prevents them from doing so.

UM-Flint awards students for exceptional campus leadership

The UM-Flint Department of Student Involvement and Leadership (SIL) recognizes the leadership contributions of students at the university with the Celebrating Wolverine Excellence awards. (Photo by UM-Flint)

The UM-Flint Department of Student Involvement and Leadership (SIL) recognizes the leadership contributions of students at the university with the Celebrating Wolverine Excellence awards.

UM-Flint maps resources for area residents amid COVID-19 pandemic

Outreach is mapping resources related to food, health, education, small business assistance, and more so that residents can easily find assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic (Graphic by Lindsay Stoddard/University Communications and Marketing)

Outreach is mapping resources related to food, health, education, small business assistance, and more so that residents can easily find assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic.

DEI Committee setting action plan for UM-Flint

The University of Michigan-Flint is bringing together students, faculty, staff, and administrators from across the university to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion on campus. (Photo by UM-Flint)

The university launched its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee in January 2020, and the members are now creating short- and long-term goals in a multi-faceted action plan for UM-Flint.