Board members, administrators, faculty, staff, and students are the bedrock of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Together we are building a world-class health sciences university for the State, where students can be challenged, educators can teach, and researchers can discover. We are UMDNJ, and we have strengthened our resolve and recommitted ourselves to carrying out the important business of this University.

We believe that the fundamental role of universities is one of renewal and growth — to provide the next generation of society’s leaders with the tools they will need. It is our students who embody the central purpose and goal of our work here.

Students in each of our eight schools share the demanding challenge of acquiring the necessary knowledge and skills to prepare them for careers of distinction — whether in medicine, dentistry, public health, nursing, research, or any of the wide range of health-related professions. Fortunately, they have demonstrated the necessary intellect, stamina, and commitment to be successful. Better yet, they have chosen a University that recognizes and honors teaching.

Professors and advisors nurture these students, providing extraordinary opportunities to learn and to grow, challenging them to think, and watching their progress. They have been mentors, tutors, role models, motivators, friends — sometimes all rolled into one.

These dynamic partnerships — teacher and student — foster great expectations and great hope for what lies ahead: exceptional healthcare providers, ground-breaking scientists, innovative policy-makers. Leaders. Builders. Problem-solvers. They will shape a better future.