COMING UP
Indiana University School of Dentistry
Calendar of Events
December 2007
Happy
Holidays
to
Students,
Staff
& Faculty
Congratulations to the 35 IUSD staff members who celebrated milestone
anniversaries with IU in 2007. The group was acknowledged this fall at the
dental school's annual Staff Recognition Brunch, held at University Place Hotel:
5 YEARS
Julie Lewis
Dental Assisting
Oral Pathology, Medicine, and Radiology
Kyle Lynn
Patient Accounts Representative
Cash Operations
Lori Pennington
Dental Assistant
Comprehensive Care Clinic E
Kathy Reese
Central Services Technician
Central Sterilization and Services
Rolando Torres
Research Technician
Preventive and Community Dentistry
Theresa Wick
Patient Accounts Representative
Oral Surgery and Hospital Dentistry
(Grassy Creek)
Ryan Williams
Digital Multimedia Specialist
Technology Services
Emmily Yow
Dental Assistant
Comprehensive Care Clinic A
10 YEARS
Joanne Bradley
Clinic Services Representative
Oral Surgery and Hospital Dentistry
(Regenstrief)
Erma Crumpton
Dental Assistant
Oral Surgery and Hospital Dentistry
(Regenstrief)
Craig Eberhardt
Clinical System Manager
Clinical Affairs
Nicole Guerrettaz
Administrative Secretary
Oral Pathology, Medicine, and Radiology
Sue Hutchinson
Library Services Representative
Druscilla Kriech
Senior Clinical Study Assistant
Preventive and Community Dentistry
Brenda Mahaley
Central Services Technician
Central Sterilization and Services
Thomas Meador
Photographer
Dental Illustrations
Devise Pargen
Central Services Technician
Central Sterilization and Services
Sondra Schulz
Dental Assistant
Oral Surgery and Hospital Dentistry
(Grassy Creek)
Wendy Senour
Administrative Support Specialist
Dental Education
Jennifer Watson
Patient Accounts Representative
Oral Surgery and Hospital Dentistry
15 YEARS
Vicky Jennings
Budget Coordinator
Preventive and Community Dentistry/Oral Health Research Institute
Pamela Lovejoy
Annual Funds Director
Development
Liliya Lukantsova
Dental Hygienist
Preventive and Community Dentistry/Oral Health Research Institute
Linda Maxey
Patient Accounts Representative
Cash Operations
Sharon Powers
Dental Assistant with Administrative Duties
Oral Surgery and Hospital Dentistry
(University Hospital)
J. William ("Bill") Wilson
Building Manager
Service and Supply Center
20 YEARS
Andrew Beiswanger
AV/Computer Support Specialist
Technology Services
Latonya Kirkland
Purchasing Specialist
Preventive and Community Dentistry/Oral Health Research Institute
Debra Lanning
Administrative Assistant
Comprehensive Care Clinic
Julie LeHunt
Administrative Support Specialist
Oral Pathology, Medicine, and Radiology
25 YEARS
Melinda Ball
Patient Accounts Coordinator
Cash Operations
Blake Keillor
Sterilization Clerk
Central Sterilization and Services
Sheri Puckett
Supervisor
Comprehensive Care Clinic
35 YEARS
Gayle Massa
Administrative Support Specialist
Orthodontics and Oral Facial Genetics
Dr. Charles Palenik
Research Laboratory Manager
Oral Biology
Nov. 30 (Fri.)
FIRST SEMESTER CLASSES END for dental and graduate students
2 (Sun.)
Final day of the AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL RADIOLOGY annual
session, Chicago
3 (Mon.)
Demonstration of the new CLASS ATTENDANCE SYSTEM for faculty, 8:30-9 a.m. in
DS S117
FACULTY ENRICHMENT, 9-10 a.m., Grand Rounds, DS S117 (campus emergency and
pandemic flu plan). Please note: Staff members are invited to attend this
one-hour session as well – extra seating is provided in DS S116. The Faculty
Enrichment program continues from 10 a.m. to noon for department activities. No
classes, labs, or clinics this morning.
Special meeting of the IUSD FACULTY COUNCIL, noon in DS S117
CPR training for clinical faculty and staff, 1-5 p.m. at Walker Plaza 201A.
Register with Kathy Thompson at 274-8841.
3-7 (Mon.-Fri.)
FIRST SEMESTER ASSESSMENT WEEK for dental students and FINALS WEEK for
graduate students
4 (Tues.)
DENTAL HYGIENE NATIONAL BOARD EXAM
IUPUI FACULTY COUNCIL, 3-5 p.m. at IH 100
6 (Thurs.)
An alternative lunch from the Alternative Spring Break Team. Sack lunches
can leak or get squishy, vending machines can steal your quarters, and
restaurants can dish up sloooooooooow service. If you're looking for a quick and
economical alternative to your noonday meal – not just today but on Thursdays
throughout spring semester – you need journey no further than to the dental
school's basement lounge for a yummy taste of pizza pie (not one but two whole
slices). A fiver also gets you a drink, a dessert, and the satisfaction of
knowing that you've helped support IUSD's student volunteers in their spring
break quest to provide dental services to underserved communities in Mexico,
Ecuador, Guatemala, and Brazil. Thursday lunch options will include chicken
sandwiches with chips beginning in January. Meals are available from 11:30 a.m.
to 1 p.m. (or till the food runs out).
7 (Fri.)
PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE for Student Research Subcommittee's Dec. 21
meeting
FIRST SEMESTER CLASSES END for dental hygiene and dental assisting students
FIRST SEMESTER ENDS for dental and graduate students
STAFF BONUS AWARD NOMINATIONS are due to Kim Fields in Academic
Affairs, DS102, by 5 p.m. today.
Doorless? Doesn't matter. Judging of the HOLIDAY DOOR DECORATING CONTEST
takes place this morning. Instead of a door, you can also decorate another area
of your office or clinic that suits your environment better. Don't forget to
remove all decorations before you leave for the holidays.
Pass the buffet plates – it's time to party! DEAN GOLDBLATT'S IUSD HOLIDAY PARTY
kicks off at 3 this afternoon in
the student lounge and runs till 5. All students, staff, and faculty are
invited. In addition to offering up scrumptious food, the names of the door
decorating contest winners, and a chance to chat with many of our former
co-workers, who will be joining us as guests, this annual get-together provides
a unique setting for IUSD employees to give dental students and graduate
students a proper send-off as they head into the holiday break, and to wish the
best of luck to dental hygiene and dental assisting students as they head into
their final exams. It's also a perfect time for students to recognize and
acknowledge the efforts of the school's faculty and staff. Come spend some time
in the company of your IUSD friends, colleagues, and classmates.
8 (Sat.)
IUSD LIBRARY'S HOLIDAY SCHEDULE BEGINS TODAY:
Closed all weekends, starting today thru Sun., Dec. 30
Closed Tuesday, Dec. 25 thru Tuesday, Jan. 1
Beginning Monday, Dec. 10, weekday hours are 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
Regular schedule resumes on Wednesday, Jan. 2.
10-14 (Mon.-Fri.)
FIRST SEMESTER FINALS WEEK for dental hygiene and dental assisting students
12 (Wed.)
DENTAL STUDENT MODULE GRADES should be recorded in the IUSD Gradebook and
submitted to DDS course directors by noon today.
STUDENT AFFAIRS COUNCIL/DEAN'S STUDENT TOWNHALL, noon in DS114
14 (Fri.)
RESEARCH COMMITTEE, 9 a.m. in DS S421
CPR training for clinical faculty and staff, 8 a.m.-noon at Walker Plaza
201A. Register with Kathy Thompson at 274-8841.
DENTAL STUDENT FINAL GRADES should be recorded in the IUSD Gradebook by 5
p.m. on Dec. 14.
FIRST SEMESTER ENDS for dental hygiene and dental assisting students
17-Jan. 1
IUSD CLINICS CLOSED
19 (Wed.)
GRADUATE STUDENT FINAL GRADES are due in the IUPUI Registrar's Office by 5
p.m. today.
21 (Fri.)
STUDENT RESEARCH SUBCOMMITTEE, 8 a.m. in DS B29
22 (Sat.)
Desperate
Dentistry on a Deserted Island. The movie Cast Away, which starred Tom Hanks as a Federal Express executive who washes onto the shores of an
uninhabited tropical island after surviving a Fed Ex plane crash, was released
on this day in 2000. It's a riveting adventure story – and one that, oddly
enough, underscores the virtues of practicing good preventive dentistry. It's
not exactly the type of story that dental procedures ordinarily find their way
into, but in this case the castaway is forced to assume the dual roles of both
dentist and patient after suffering the prolonged effects of a badly infected
tooth (a toothache he had been giving back-burner consideration to during his
hectic life in the Fed Ex business). In a "do not try this at home, or anywhere
else" cringe-worthy dental scene that renews our appreciation for nice,
antiseptic dental offices and knowledgeable, caring dental teams, the castaway
excises the tooth by pounding against it with the only surgical instrument he
has handy: the blade of an ice skate that had washed ashore in a Fed Ex delivery
box.
25 (Tues.)
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY (school closed)
25-Jan. 1 (Tues.-Tues.)
ALPHA OMEGA International Dental Fraternity celebrates its 100th
anniversary during a centennial convention in Tel Aviv, Israel
Jan. 1 (Tues.)
NEW YEAR'S HOLIDAY (school closed)
Jan. 2 (Wed.)
CLINICS REOPEN
SECOND SEMESTER COMMENCES for dental students and graduate students
Jan. 7 (Mon.)
SECOND SEMESTER COMMENCES for dental hygiene and dental assisting students
People, Places & Things
A DISTINGUISHED PLACE IN THE HALL OF FAME FOR MAYNARD K. HINE.
Indiana University's longest-serving dean of dentistry was posthumously inducted
into the Pierre Fauchard Academy (PFA) International Hall of Fame of
Dentistry this fall, becoming only the 20th person to receive this
prestigious recognition. The honor places Dr. Maynard Hine, who served as
dean (1945-68) and as first chancellor of IUPUI (1969-73), in the company of
such historical luminaries as Dr. Fauchard and Dr. G.V. Black. The
academy chooses candidates whose distinguished records of service are known by
the dental profession throughout the world. The Hall of Fame actually has two
locations: at the French Federation of Dentistry in Paris and at the Samuel D.
Harris National Museum of Dentistry in Baltimore, Md. In addition to honoring
Dr. Hine at these sites, the PFA has given the IU School of Dentistry a plaque
for permanent display at the school. The plaque was presented in October at the
Fall Dental Alumni Conference, with Dr. Hine's son, Dr. William Hine, and
grandsons, Drs. William Hine Jr. and Charles Hine, among the
family members who participated in the Indianapolis tribute. You can see the
plaque and read more about Dr. Hine's extraordinary career at
http://www.fauchard.org/awards/fame21.htm.
HONORS FOR COOK, KOWOLIK, AND JOHN. At the 2007 faculty and staff
conferences, three outstanding individuals were honored for their contributions
to IUSD.
The Indiana Dental Association's 2007 teaching awards were presented to Drs.
Vanchit John and Joan Kowolik.
Dr. Kowolik, assistant professor of pediatric dentistry, was named the IDA's
Outstanding Teacher, an award that recognizes an exceptional record of teaching
based on the previous academic year. Dr. Kowolik was recently appointed director
of the predoctoral pediatric dentistry program, after serving as the interim
director two years. Her busy teaching schedule includes the pediatric dentistry
clinic and technique course, the pediatric dentistry treatment planning course,
group-learning activities (including heavy involvement in case writing), Service
Learning in the Community Oral Health elective, and problem-based learning. She
was an invited Panel Chair during the American Dental Education Association's
Council of Deans meeting on "Reformation of Dental Education" last year. She has
also served as councilor of ADEA's Pediatric Dentistry Section, representing the
section at ADEA's annual and interim meetings. She routinely receives high
quality evaluations from her students, two of whom received awards last year
directly related to her mentorship. Dr. Kowolik received the prestigious 2007
ADEA/Sunstar Americas Inc./Harry W. Bruce, Jr. Legislative Fellowship, and has
used the $15,000 stipend this year to travel back and forth from Washington,
D.C., to work on legislative issues.
Dr. John, associate professor of periodontics and interim chair of
Periodontics and Allied Dental Programs, was named the IDA's Outstanding Faculty
Member in recognition of the impressive work that he has done since joining the
tenure-track faculty in 1998. In addition to his many creative teaching
activities and assignments, as director of the predoctoral periodontics program
Dr. John has utilized OSCEs (Objective Structured Clinical Examinations) in his
teaching of the non-surgical periodontal module. He was particularly busy this
past year serving the Indianapolis District Dental Society as a board member,
IDA delegate, Focus and Leadership Group participant, and head of the
Communications Committee. Dr. John is a diplomate of the American Board of
Periodontology and a fellow of the International College of Dentists. He served
this year as president of the Indiana Society of Periodontists and received an
Educator Award in 2006 from the American Academy of Periodontology. As a member
of the AAP's Education Committee, he is involved with the focus and direction of
his specialty at a national level. Several of IU's graduating dental classes
have honored Dr. John by inviting him to serve as a hooder at their
post-commencement ceremonies.
In addition to the IDA awards, two Johnson Public Health Community Service
awards were bestowed at the faculty and staff conferences. Dr. Joan Kowolik
received the Johnson faculty award for her extensive involvement in
service-learning opportunities for IUSD's students, including such activities as
mentoring volunteers at the annual Westside Health Fair and serving as faculty
advisor to the IUSD Kids' Club. Staff member Anita Cook, a dental
assistant with administrative duties in the Department of Oral Surgery and
Hospital Dentistry, received the Johnson staff award for her exceptional support
of the fundraising projects that make it possible for IUSD's students to
participate in Alternative Spring Break service-learning missions to Brazil,
Ecuador, Guatemala, and Mexico. Anita's hard work as a volunteer ASB fundraiser
is an ideal example of how each of us at the dental school can reach beyond the
boundaries of our own jobs to find important additional roles to play in the
education of our students.
POD SQUAD. A wealth of helpful information about the IU School of Dentistry's
Library services and policies is now at your fingertips (and in your ear buds)
and available morning, noon, and night, thanks to a new series of
Library-related podcasts prepared by IUSD Librarian Jan Cox and Ryan
Williams, digital multimedia specialist in Technology Services. The series
can be accessed on iPods and other audio devices and computers as either audio
or video programs. Check it out:
http://podcast.uits.iu.edu/Portal/PodcastPage.aspx?podid=026c5514-613f-4c23-a1e2-a2f3a4797211
WESTSIDE STORY. Indy's annual Westside Health Fair attracted more than 600
people on Oct. 20, including more than 60 children who received dental
screenings and oral health education from a group of IUSD student and staff
volunteers led by faculty mentor Dr. Joan Kowolik. Participating in the
Saturday event were Elvia Reyes-Martinez, a dental assistant in Pediatric
Dentistry, and dental students Katie Buskirk ('09), the group's
organizer, and Armen Balasanyan ('09), Jill Carson ('11), Erin
Coleman ('09), Katie Cummins ('10), Tamara Smith ('09), and
Nicole Weddell ('08).
FALL CONFERENCE HONOREES. Congratulations to the 2007 IUSD Fall Dental Alumni
Conference honorees, whose awards were presented at the University Place Hotel
in October:
Distinguished Alumnus Award: Neal Richter (DDS'81), a
Merrillville, Ind., dentist and immediate past president of the Indiana Dental
Association
Distinguished Service Award: Norman Novak (DDS'68), a retired
Chesterton, Ind., dentist and past president of the IUSD Alumni Association who
joined our faculty as a volunteer clinical assistant professor in the
Comprehensive Care Clinics in February of this year
Honorary Alumna: Fort Wayne's Wendy Zent, a leader in the
Alliances of the Isaac Knapp District Dental Society, IDA, and ADA and
president-elect of the state alliance
Certificate of Appreciation: Dr. Steven Holm, a practitioner in
Portage, Ind., faculty member at IU Northwest, and honorary IUSD alumnus
STUDENT RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS. The IUSD Student Research Group for
predoctoral students has a new set of officers – these students would be happy
to fill you in on the details if you're thinking of joining the SRG and would
like to know more about the group's activities: Luciana Kano-Wilson ('09)
– president; Tamara Smith ('09) – vice president; and Katie Buskirk
('09) – secretary-treasurer.
The IUSD Graduate Student Council has 14 representatives this year, two from
each graduate program: Marcus Ditto and Diana Kozlowski (Pediatric
Dentistry); Richard Adcook and Swati Chitre (Operative Dentistry);
Shane Christensen and Paul Ley (Endodontics); Amit Patel
and Sivaraman Prakasam (Periodontics); Nouri Al-Qenaei and
Hashem Ridha (Prosthodontics); Wallie McCarlie and Weiping Zhang
(Dental Science); and Catherine Kroczek and Derrick Young
(Orthodontics). Dr. Kozlowski represents the group in the IUPUI Graduate Student
Organization, and Drs. Ley and McCarlie are alternate GSO reps.
Seven dental students are currently enrolled in the IU dental school's
inaugural Research Honors Program: Katie Buskirk, Luciana Kano-Wilson,
and Tamara Smith of the Class of 2009; and Michael Laszynski, Nisha
Mehta, Stephen Powell, and Aaron Stump of the Class of 2010. The
students are participating in workshops/seminars covering such topics as
experimental design, research ethics, and biostatistics. Students who complete
the three-year program will graduate from dental school with Research Honors.
IUSD TAKES A CROSS-CULTURAL VIEW OF ORAL HEALTHCARE. Two events this fall
underscored the commitment of our faculty, students, and staff to advance IUSD's
interest in collaborating with the global community to address healthcare and
education issues on an ongoing basis. During the university's Celebrate IU Week,
Dr. Angeles Martinez-Mier of the Preventive and Community Dentistry
faculty assumed a prominent role as one of six speakers, IUPUI Chancellor
Charles Bantz among them, at an Indianapolis symposium titled "Higher
Education: A Change Agent for International Development." Dr. Martinez-Mier and
Dr. Luis Gil Borja, rector of the Autonomous University of the State of
Hidalgo, Mexico, discussed a partnership between the two universities that
strives to prepare future health providers in their care of Spanish-speaking
patients in both the U.S. and Mexico. Dr. Martinez-Mier is the longtime
co-director of IU's Calnali International Service-Learning Project, the
multidisciplinary team of faculty and students that annually devotes Spring
Break to caring for underserved populations in this rural area of Mexico. Other
IUSD faculty participating in the symposium included Dean Lawrence Goldblatt,
Dr. Timothy Carlson of Restorative Dentistry, and Drs. Gerardo
Maupomé, Armando Soto, Karen Yoder, and Keith Yoder of Preventive and
Community Dentistry.
Also, IUSD's Preventive and Community Dentistry department once again helped
ensure the success of the local component of Binational Health Week, an annual
series of health promotion and education activities taking place in the U.S.,
Mexico, Canada, Guatemala, and El Salvador. BHW events provide migrant
Latin/Hispanic and Mexican populations with medical screenings, healthcare
referrals, treatment services, and information about disease prevention. Dr.
Armando Soto coordinated this year's dental event, held Oct. 13 at the
Citizens Health Center dental clinic in Indianapolis, and he also served along
with Dr. Angeles Martinez-Mier on the local BHW organizing committee.
SEAL INDIANA team members Dr. Karen Yoder, Jan Miller, and B.J. Hoge
ran the clinic with help from third-year dental student volunteers Tracy
Jenkins, Nahir Rosado, and Diana Teverbaugh, and IU medical student
Christian Rosado. "This excellent team of dental students screened 30
children," says Dr. Soto, noting that nearly half of the youngters had dental
caries. Patients also received fluoride treatments, sealants, oral hygiene
instruction, toothpaste and brushes, and information on dental services at IUSD.
"Participants were given a chance to learn more about the services and research
activities of the Oral Health Research Institute and the
Binational/Cross-Cultural Health Enhancement Center, which is one of the
projects of the IUPUI Signature Center Initiative involving dental school
researchers," says Dr. Soto. The center is further described at
http://www.iupui.edu/research/signaturecenters.html.
IN PRAISE OF SANG KWON. At this year's annual session of the American Student
Dental Association, held in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., IU dental student Sang Kwon
('08) was named "Delegate of the Year" for ASDA's District 7,which covers not
only IU but also the dental schools of Marquette University and the universities
of Southern Illinois, Illinois at Chicago, Kentucky, and Louisville. "Sang has
done a great job keeping our chapter moving in the right direction," says
Poonan Shah ('09), who praises Sang for his success in overseeing the
chapter's fundraising program. "He's also made it a goal to ensure that everyone
who wants to be involved with our chapter is involved, and that as many
students as possible get the opportunity to participate in ASDA's national
meetings."
ADA NEWS SPOTLIGHTS IUSD GRADS. The Nov. 19 issue of the ADA News
includes features on two graduates of our school who are doing outstanding work
in community dentistry. William Tellman (DDS'85), Indianapolis, has
received the American Dental Association Foundation's 2007 E. Bud Tarrson Access
to Oral Health Care Award for his volunteer efforts treating homeless persons
and the working poor at the Gennesaret Free Clinic (a clinic where, as the story
mentions, IU's dental hygiene students also provide care through a
service-learning collaboration). In another feature, Jeffrey Dalin
(DDS'80), St. Louis, one of the founders of the national Give Kids a Smile,
describes a program called "Tiny Smiles" that volunteers from the Greater St.
Louis Dental Society have initiated with the goal of teaching parents how to
provide oral healthcare to their children from birth on. To read these stories,
go to
http://www.ada.org/prof/resources/pubs/adanews/adanewsarticle.asp?articleid=2785
(Tellman) and
http://www.ada.org/prof/resources/pubs/adanews/adanewsarticle.asp?articleid=2781
(Dalin).
SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS. Congratulations to all of the dental assisting,
dental hygiene, and dental students who received scholarships this fall. The
awards were bestowed in November at the 9th annual IUSD Scholarship Luncheon,
which brought the recipients together with the donors and other friends of the
school who made these scholarships possible.
DENTAL ASSISTING STUDENTS
Delta Dental Fund Scholarships
Class of 2008
Tosha Rhodes
Ashley Olmos
Heather Hoggatt
Indiana University School of Dentistry Dental Assisting Alumni Scholarship
Rachel Williams ('08)
DENTAL HYGIENE STUDENTS
James (DDS'56) and Alice (ASDH'64) Hall Scholarship in Dental Hygiene
Named for IUSD graduates who practiced together in Indianapolis
Adina Zlovic ('08)
A. Rebekah Fisk Memorial Scholarships
Honors memory of IUSD's first director of Dental Hygiene
Class of 2008
Kristin Branam
Eileen Mason
Kate Palmer
Elena Pugachev
Michelle Quiring
Hannah Telfer
Stacy Williams
Indiana University School of Dentistry Dental Hygiene Alumni Scholarship
Michelle Quiring ('08)
DENTAL STUDENTS
Dr. Marlin R. (DDS'46) and Mary J. Inman Family Scholarship
Honors retired Boonville, Ind., dentist and his wife
Derek Graber ('09)
Sylvia Levinson Memorial Scholarship
Honors memory of the mother of Steven Levinson, Studio City, Calif., and the
late Harvey Levinson (DDS'60)
Cratisa Caldwell ('10)
Elkhart County Dental Society Memorial Award
Honors memory of dentists who were members of the society
Jeffrey Swihart ('10)
Southeastern Society Dental Education Scholarship
Established by the Southeastern District Dental Society
Kathryn Stradley ('09)
Citizens Gas/Dr. Lehman D. Adams Jr. (DDS'49) Scholarship
Established by Citizens Gas and Coke Utility in honor of Dr. Adams, a retired
IUSD professor and former member of the Citizens Gas board of trustees
Esther Ghebremichael ('09)
Steven L. Bricker (DDS'74) Scholarship
Honors memory of an IUSD professor who chaired IU's former Department of
Dental Diagnostic Sciences
Jessica Scheumann ('09)
James W. Huckelberry (DDS'24) Scholarships
Honors memory of Indianapolis practitioner who worked with IU to create the
IUSD Fall Dental Alumni Conference in 1942
Class of 2008
Juvencio Perez
Joseph Pipesh
John Schaefer
Levi Schantz
Jennifer Smith
Class of 2009
Sahar Rezvani
Kimberly Ross
Ahmad Samadzai
Thaddeus Tregeagle
Class of 2010
Robert Millard
Michael T. Wilson Scholarship
Honors memory of an IU dental student from Columbia City, Ind., who was in
his third year of studies at the time of his death in 1983
Rachael Rodriguez ('08)
Guthrie Pullman Carr (DDS'15) Academic Achievement Awards
Honors memory of a Lafayette, Ind., practitioner
Brandy Lawrence ('09)
Mark Simkins ('10)
Indiana University School of Dentistry Alumni Association Scholarships
Class of 2008
Sanaz Amiran
Adam Christman
Shadrach Gonqueh
Sang Kwon
Kassey McQuinn
Rita Patel
Christina Popoviciu
Johnson Public Health Dentistry Awards
Honors memory of Frank and Jessie Johnson, parents of Donald Johnson
(DDS'56), a retired public health dentist of Carmel, Ind.
Class of 2008
Jami Bangert
Sherry Benenhaley
Jeffrey Jones
Nicole Weddell
Robert J. Alber (DDS'47) Memorial Scholarship
Honors memory of a Ligonier, Ind., dentist
Janaya Jansen ('11)
Sarah Lash ('10)
Walter Ching (DDS'63) Memorial Scholarship
Honors memory of a pediatric dentist in Honolulu
Michael Everson ('09)
Harvey G. Levinson (DDS'60) Memorial Scholarship
Honors memory of a Sherman Oaks, Calif., practitioner
Rachael Rodriguez ('08)
Milo V. Smith (DDS 1896) Memorial Scholarship
Honors memory of a Winchester, Ind., practitioner
Kira McCoy ('10)
Garner Minority Student Scholarship
Named for IU Professor Emeritus LaForrest Garner (DDS'57), former associate
dean for IUSD's Minority Student Services, and his wife, Alfreida
Nahir Rosado ('09)
George A. Welch (DDS'51) Memorial Scholarship
Honors memory of a Rockville, Ind., practitioner
Sang Kwon ('08)
Pierre Fauchard Academy Dental Student Scholarship Award
Juvencio Perez ('08)
Delta Dental Foundation Scholarships
Class of 2008
Judith Hall
Adam Hubert
Class of 2009
Sunshine Mullins
Rachel Poulsen
Class of 2010
Edward (T.J.) Collins
Connie Hunt
Class of 2011
Jill Carson
Sheena Khilnani
Omicron Kappa Upsilon Honor Society Scholarships
Sherry Benenhaley ('08)
Class of 2010
Ketti Boller
Lynn Hamilton
Joseph Jackson
Phil Ruckman
Andrew Shephard
Pride-Hufford Scholarship
Named for the late Dr. James Pride, who was president of the Pride Institute
practice management consulting firm; and Brian Hufford, president of the
Indianapolis-based Hufford Financial Advisors, LLC
Laura Eberhardt ('08)
Howard K. (DDS'26) and Shizuko Maesaka Award
Honors memory of a dentist in Honolulu and his wife
Matthew Davis ('09)
REINDEER GAMES IN LaPORTE COUNTY. It's got a cute kid, an even cuter
storyline, and it's brimming with rural Midwestern charm (not to mention a lot
of Hoosier movie extras). If you've got little ones to entertain over the
holidays and need some DVD rental ideas, you might check out Prancer, a
1989 movie about a 9-year-old girl's unwavering devotion to a mysterious
reindeer that may, or may not, be one of Santa's. A tenderhearted classic that
still airs on TV every December, Prancer starred Rebecca Harrell, Sam
Elliott, and Cloris Leachman and was directed by Indiana's own
John Hancock, who shot parts of the movie on his family's apple orchard in
LaPorte County, near Rolling Prairie. Other filming locations included the
shopping mall in LaPorte, the Old Republic mansion in New Carlisle, Ind., and
the streets of Three Oaks, Mich. Hancock is best known as the director of 1973's
critically acclaimed Bang the Drum Slowly starring Robert De Niro.
You can check out a clip of Prancer at this New York Times
Website: http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/38981/Prancer/trailers.
End December '07 Calendar
Send items for January calendar by Dec. 14: Indiana University School of
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