DETROIT - The Michigan Area Health Education Center (MI-AHEC) will host its first Friends of MI-AHEC Dinner from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. on June 5, 2015,  at the Wharton Center for the Performing Arts in East Lansing, Michigan. The event is a celebration of the successful creation of MI-AHEC's statewide network and the kick off for the Friends of MI-AHEC fundraising campaign. During the event, scholarships will be presented to students from across the state in honor of the Wayne State University School of Medicine's former dean, Dr. Valerie Parisi.

The Honorable Brian Calley, Michigan's lieutenant governor, will be the keynote speaker, and television personality Lila Lazarus will serve as emcee. Tickets are $150 per person, $250 per couple. To RSVP, visit events.wayne.edu/rsvp/miahecdinner2015.

MI-AHEC is funded by the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration and Wayne State University. Academic partners include Wayne State University's College of Nursing, School of Medicine, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, and School of Social Work; the University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry; Central Michigan University; Western Michigan University; and Northern Michigan University.

About the Michigan Area Health Education Center
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. To learn more, visit miahec.wayne.edu.