The Office of Multicultural Affairs and Recruitment Initiatives, under the direction of Kennth B. May, DDS, MS, works in concert with the Office of Student Affairs to provide support in recruitment, counseling, mentoring activities, summer program development and implementation.

The Michigan tradition is grounded in providing opportunities to all qualified students regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation or religion.  The Office of Multicultural Affairs recruits students from high school through graduate school for the dental profession.  We offer summer programs for students from “disadvantaged backgrounds” in high school, college and a pre-matriculation program for entering dental students. 

The School of Dentistry was among the first dental schools to actively recruit and enroll students from diverse backgrounds.  The University of Michigan has been a leader in graduating dentists from underrepresented groups for more than three decades.

Kenneth B. May, DDS, MS Director of Multicultural Affairs and Recruitment Initiatives 1325 Dentistry, 1078 bural@umich.edu 734-763-6541