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The Office of Alumni Affairs
The office facilitates the participation of over 4,000 alumni in the life of the school and in a very active alumni network. It staffs the formal organization, the Association of Yale Alumni in Public Health (AYAPH), which is comprised of graduates of both the M.P.H. and doctoral programs elected to represent the social and professional needs of alumni of the school. It also maintains an information system which helps both current students and graduates maintain contact with classmates and other Yale alumni. In addition, the office serves as an advocate for alumni, ensuring that graduates have appropriate input into school policy. Each year the school, in partnership with AYAPH, sponsors a number of alumni events. An annual membership meeting is held at American Public Health Association, facilitating geographic rotation of meetings nationally. Alumni weekend, held in New Haven each spring, features a professional development program and an awards ceremony honoring outstanding contributions of alumni to the field of public health and/or in service to the school. There are also events for alumni each year that encourage networking and which include students. Among these events are a new student reception, alumni speaker series, and alumni receptions hosted by the Dean in key cities across the country. In addition to participation in formal alumni events, graduates of the school are encouraged to contribute both time (mentoring, advising, and recruiting students) and contacts for job and internship searches for students. The school, in turn, provides professional development opportunities for alumni including career counseling, job search assistance, professional networking opportunities, and programs and workshops for professional growth and development. Alumni have an important role in providing input into school policy. They serve in an advisory capacity to the Dean, through their formal association, and on an ad hoc basis (individually, through focus groups, and through alumni club initiatives). In addition, they provide ideas and information on specific issues which are important to the school. In a recent review by the Council on Education for Public Health, the alumni, for their interest, enthusiasm, and abiding loyalty, were deemed one of the school's greatest assets.
Alumni Fund
The Alumni Fund is part of a comprehensive effort to provide ongoing financial support to students. These gifts and pledges are critical to ensuring that we are able to attract the best and brightest students to the Yale School of Public Health and help sustain the School's policy of admitting students without regard to financial status. Thanks to intensified efforts by the Fund's Chairperson, Elaine Anderson, M.P.H. ‘76, working with our network of class agents and the Fund's Advisory Committee, we have seen significant increases in levels of participation and giving by YSPH alumni over the past five years. We are very grateful to all of the school's donors and volunteers, whose gifts of time and money have helped us achieve these successes. For more information, please contact Marie DiZazzo. |
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