The Michigan Area Health Education Center will host its first Friends of MI-AHEC Dinner on June 5, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., at the Wharton Center for the Performing Arts in East Lansing, Mich.

The event is a celebration of the successful creation of MI-AHEC's statewide network and the kickoff for the Friends of MI-AHEC fundraising campaign. During the dinner scholarships will be presented to students from across the state in honor of Valerie M. Parisi, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., former dean of the Wayne State University School of Medicine and co-founder of MI-AHEC.

Lt. Gov. Brian Calley will give the keynote address and television personality Lila Lazarus will serve as emcee.

Tickets are $150, $250 for two or $1,000 for a table of eight. To purchase tickets, go to http://events.wayne.edu/rsvp/miahecdinner2015.

The Michigan Area Health Education Center, a program of Wayne State University, strengthens the state's health care workforce by recruiting, training and retaining health professionals committed to increasing access to primary care.