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Indiana University School of Dentistry
Calendar of Events

January 2004

The Best to Everyone in the New Year!

Recognition Month
for IUSD Library Staff

NOW ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS FOR RESEARCH DAY. Although the deadline to submit a poster or table clinic abstract for the 12^th annual Research Day is not till Feb. 6, everyone is welcome to register immediately, especially all the researchers who have already prepared their abstracts for the International Association for Dental Research General Session and Exhibition in Honolulu, Hawaii, coming up in March.

Scheduled for April 14 at the dental school, Research Day will feature as keynote speaker Dr. Dominick DePaola, president and chief executive officer of the Forsyth Institute in Boston, Mass. Dr. DePaola, who is also incoming president of the American Association for Dental Research, will speak about the impact of the new biology on clinical dental practice.

Most of the posters and table clinics being entered in the awards competitions will be judged on the evening of April 13. Registration materials are located at the INAADR link (Indiana Section of the AADR) on the Intranet's Explorer Launchpad. 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 a disk or CD; 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 Website 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.

CLINICS REOPEN and SPRING SEMESTER BEGINS for all IUSD students; REGULAR LIBRARY HOURS resume

DOES YOUR LAST NAME BEGIN WITH THE LETTER A or B? If so, it's time to have your IUSD portrait taken (or updated, if you already have a photo on file). Full- and part-time faculty and staff members should come to Dental Illustrations (room B14) anytime from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. this week to have their pictures taken. No appointment needed.

Computer training for faculty seeking assistance with preparation of the electronic FACULTY ANNUAL SUMMARY REPORT (FASR), 9-10 a.m. in the Library's computer lab. FASRs are due in the Office of Academic Affairs on Feb. 2.

RESEARCH DAY ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, noon in DS S421

IUSD FACULTY COUNCIL, noon to 1:30 p.m. in DS115

Computer training for faculty seeking assistance with preparation of the electronic FASR, 3-4 p.m. in the Library's computer lab. FASRs are due in Academic Affairs on Feb. 2.

DOES YOUR LAST NAME BEGIN WITH THE LETTER C, D, or E? Time to have your IUSD portrait taken (or updated). Full- and part-time faculty and staff members should come to Dental Illustrations (room B14) anytime from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. this week to have their pictures taken. No appointment needed.

IUPUI FACULTY COUNCIL, 3:30-5:30 p.m. in IH 100

Computer training for faculty seeking assistance with preparation of the electronic FASR, noon-1 p.m. in the Library's computer lab. FASRs are due in Academic Affairs on Feb. 2.

RESEARCH COMMITTEE, 8 a.m. in OHRI 110

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE for Student Research Subcommittee's Jan. 30^th meeting

IUSD ALUMNI ASSOCIATION board of directors winter meeting and luncheon, 11:30 a.m. in the Capehart Room of the Columbia Club on Monument Circle

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY (school closed). In celebration of this national holiday, IUPUI has coordinated the 5^th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, which puts hundreds of IUPUI faculty, staff, and student volunteers in touch with dozens of sites within the community, including Wheeler Mission, Miller's Senior Living Community, and Indianapolis Public Schools. The program begins with breakfast at the Madame Walker Theatre. If you'd like to register (or register a group of volunteers), go to www.mlkday.uc.iupui.edu.

DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DINNER, 6 p.m. at the Indiana Roof Ballroom. Keynote speaker is distinguished pediatric neurosurgeon Dr. Benjamin Carson Sr. of Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md. Tickets are $20 for IUPUI students and $35 for IUPUI faculty and staff. For more details, go to www.life.iupui.edu/ccl/diversity/mlk.asp.

Final day to submit a nomination for IUPUI'S DR. JOSEPH T. TAYLOR AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN DIVERSITY. Faculty, staff, and students may submit nominations in recognition of exemplary IUPUI academic and support programs, events, policies, and activities that increase recruitment and/or retention of African American and Hispanic employees and students, enhance the campus climate for diversity, and engage the IUPUI community in issues related to race, class, or gender. More information and nomination forms are available at www.iupui.edu/joseph_t_taylor.

DOES YOUR LAST NAME BEGIN WITH THE LETTER F, G, or H? Time to have your IUSD portrait taken (or updated). Full- and part-time faculty and staff members should come to Dental Illustrations (room B14) anytime from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday to have their pictures taken. No appointment needed.

DEAN'S STUDENT TOWNHALL, noon in DS114

CE course SIMPLIFYING AESTHETIC TECHNIQUES, by Dr. Marvin Fier, executive vice president of the American Society for Dental Aesthetics. Call 278-9000 for details.

CE course RADIOLOGY FOR DENTAL PERSONNEL (lecture), by Gail Williamson, professor of dental diagnostic sciences. Call 278-9000 for details.

DOES YOUR LAST NAME BEGIN WITH THE LETTER I, J, K, or L? Time to have your IUSD portrait taken (or updated). Full- and part-time faculty and staff members should come to Dental Illustrations (room B14) anytime from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. this week to have their pictures taken. No appointment needed.

STUDENT RESEARCH SUBCOMMITTEE, 8 a.m. in DS S421

Seminar of the Indiana Section of the American Association for Dental Research: BIO-NANOTECHNOLOGY: IMPLICATIONS FOR DESIGNING MORE EFFECTIVE BONE TISSUE ENGINEERING MATERIALS, by Dr. Thomas Webster, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University; noon-1 p.m. in DS S117. Everyone welcome.

CE course RADIOLOGY FOR DENTAL PERSONNEL (laboratory), by Prof. Gail Williamson. Call 278-9000 for details.

A STANDOUT IN THE "FIELDS." Congratulations to Kim Fields, who is the first to receive the IUSD Staff Council's Staff Excellence Award in the new year. As administrative secretary for the Dental Hygiene division of the Department of Periodontics and Allied Dental Programs, Kim joined the IUSD staff in 1999. A stack of nomination letters from her colleagues reflects how highly she is valued within her department.

"Kim Fields is a shining example of a staff member who is ‘Simply the Best,' " says one nominator, backing up that claim with a long list of examples of Kim's on-the-job diligence and savvy. According to another nominator, Kim is always willing to lend a hand to her co-workers, helping to restore order on those many hectic days that verge on chaos. She is especially adept at keeping the lines of communication running smoothly between her office and the clinical staff.

"Kim sets high standards for her own work, and is always striving to improve," says yet another nominator. As an IUPUI student, Kim is working on a paralegal certificate and an associate's degree, with a long-term goal of obtaining a bachelor's degree too. She has also recently taken advanced courses in Microsoft Office software programs so that she can remain well prepared to assist faculty and staff with their various projects, as needed.

Skillful with the written word, Kim manages correspondence with students and others within and external to the school. "Her writing skills allow me to give her the general content of a message and know that she will transform it into a well-constructed letter or memo," says a nominator, who also finds Kim's abilities as a "self-directed" employee invaluable. Among the most notable new projects she coordinated and managed in 2003 was the ordering, invoicing, and distribution of new uniforms for dental assisting and dental hygiene students. In the words of a nominator: "This was a huge task, and she facilitated the communication between the vendor, myself, and almost 100 students effectively so that all parties were informed and satisfied with the transactions."

End January 2004 Calendar

Send items for February calendar by Jan. 26: Indiana University School of Dentistry, Room B32, 1121 West Michigan Street, Indianapolis IN 46202-5186. Fax: (317) 274-7188. E-mail: smcrum@iupui.edu