COMING UP

Indiana University School of Dentistry
Calendar of Events

January 2002

Recognition Month

for IUSD Library Staff

Send items for February
calendar by January 29.

Indiana University
School of Dentistry
Room DS B32
1121 West Michigan Street
Indianapolis IN 46202-5186
fax: (317) 274-7188
e-mail: smcrum@iupui.edu

7 (Mon)

SPRING SEMESTER BEGINS for all IUSD students

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO THE COMPREHENSIVE CARE CLINICS -- they officially opened their "doors" 10 years ago today.

TRAINING SESSIONS FOR THE AUDIO-VISUAL EQUIPMENT recently installed in DS S116 and DS S117, 10 a.m. (and repeated at 10:30 a.m.), with both sessions in DS S116.†Training is highly recommended for anyone who lectures or plans to lecture in these two rooms. During the week of Jan. 7, Technology Services will also be distributing a brief user guide for the new equipment.†"As always, we will be available to assist with questions/concerns -- especially during the first few weeks of the semester -- as everyone becomes familiar with this equipment," says John Gosney, Technology Services director. "Throughout January, we will also monitor the lectures given in S116 and S117 so that we are readily available to provide support."

Effective today, all LAPTOP CHECK-IN/CHECK-OUT (including laptops used for lecture presentations) is being administered through the central technology office, DS 120. NOTE: Students will continue to report to the basement office (DS B16) for repairs and service to their personal machines.†Only the "loaner laptops" will be administered from the DS 120 office.

7, 8 (Mon, Tues)

A brief moment of 'flame and glory.' Just a month after beginning a 13,500-mile national trek in Atlanta, Ga., the OLYMPIC TORCH is making its way into Indianapolis on Monday. Among the torchbearers taking turns lighting the Hoosier portion of the path to the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Utah, is third-year dental student William "Rusty" Neal. "This is a tremendous honor for me," says Rusty, who is still a bit dazed by the fact that he's been selected as one of the 11,500 individuals to carry the flame during the Olympic Torch Relay. His girlfriend secretly nominated him, so Rusty had no idea he was even being considered until he received his letter of acceptance.

Indianapolis is geared up for a big celebration on Monument Circle Monday evening, and the torch will make a lap around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Tuesday before it heads out of town to its next destination, Terre Haute. Rusty's moment in the Olympic spotlight comes early Tuesday -- he's scheduled to be handed his 3-pound torch on Georgetown Road at 7:49 a.m., and he'll carry it between 28th and 30th streets (each participant bears the torch for about two-tenths of a mile).

The torch journeys through a total of 46 states before the Olympic cauldron in Salt Lake City is lighted on Feb. 8. The Olympic Torch last illuminated Indianapolis as it traveled to the Summer Games in Atlanta in 1996. Local carriers of the flame attracted roadside well-wishers numbering in the thousands, and more than a few of them came out to cheer torchbearer Dr. Bruce Matis, professor of operative dentistry. Dr. Matis proudly held the flame aloft as he sprinted down a strip of Michigan Road -- a thrilling experience he described as a "dream come true." We hope you'll find your jog down Georgetown equally inspirational, Rusty!

For more details about 2002's torch route through Indianapolis and to read mini-biographies on some of the torchbearers from our area, visit website wthr.com.

PROGRESS COMMITTEE (DDS), noon in DS S421

IUPUI FACULTY COUNCIL, 3:30-5:30 pm in DS 115

IUSD FACULTY COUNCIL, noon in DS 115

IUSD ALUMNI ASSOCIATION board of directors winter meeting and luncheon, 11 a.m. at the Columbia Club, 121 Monument Circle

CE course UPDATE YOUR ABILITY TO RECOGNIZE, DIAGNOSE, AND TREAT ORAL FACIAL CONDITIONS, by Dr. Susan Zunt, professor of oral pathology; 8:30-10:30 a.m. at Walker Plaza. For registration and other information call 615-0002.

CE course ESSENTIALS OF DENTAL OCCLUSION, a demonstration course by Dr. Daniel Givan, Department of Prosthodontics and Biomaterials, University of Alabama, Birmingham; 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at Walker Plaza. For registration and other information call 615-0002.

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY (school closed)

DEADLINE TO REGISTER your abstract for IUSD's 10th Annual Research Day, to be held at University Place Conference Center on April 1. Keynote speaker is Lawrence Tabak, DDS, PhD, director of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research. Registration materials are located at the 10th Annual IUSD Research Day. To register, you must send 3 items to Susan Crum: 1) an electronic copy of your abstract (prepared as a Microsoft Word document), sent either as an e-mail attachment (the preferred method) or on computer disk; 2) a hard copy of your research abstract, which has been carefully proofread by you (watch out for symbol conversion problems); and 3) the registration form, which you can download from the Web site above or pick up from the Dean's Office, Library, or the Oral Health Research Institute. Registration forms from staff and students must bear the signature of their faculty mentor. Susan's campus mail address is Publications DS B32, and her e-mail is smcrum@iupui.edu.

RESEARCH COMMITTEE, 8 am in DS S421

Legal Compliance Training for IUSD supervisors: FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT, 9:30-10:30 a.m. in DS S116. Register no later than noon on Jan. 25 (an electronic version of the registration form is on the common drive in Academic Affairs' external folder). Send registration to Katherine English by mail, DS 102, or e-mail. For more information contact Elizabeth Hatcher, director of Staff Development and Support, by e-mail or phone (274-8220).

End January 2002 Calendar