COMING UP

Indiana University School of Dentistry
Calendar of Events

January 2006

Recognition Month for IUSD's
Library Staff

SPRING SEMESTER BEGINS for dental and graduate students. Regular library hours resume.

STAFF COUNCIL, 12:15-12:45 p.m. in DS114

If it's Thursday, it must be pizza! In 2006, volunteers for the annual spring break service-learning experiences in Mexico and Ecuador are once again simplifying our lunch plans every single Thursday â€" from today all the way through April â€" by offering up a delicious PIZZA LUNCH for $5 in the cafeteria beginning at 11:30 a.m. (2 slices plus drink and dessert). These lunch-on-the-run Thursdays are one of the easiest and most economical ways you can help our students provide care to those in need in Mexico and Ecuador. So, don't pack that tired old cheese sandwich again today, and don't waste time and gas by heading out to a restaurant. A warm wedge of pizza right here at the dental school will take the chill out of January â€" and plump the coffers to fund our community service volunteers.

DENTAL HYGIENE'S ALL-FACULTY in-service program

SPRING SEMESTER BEGINS for dental hygiene and dental assisting students

RESEARCH DAY ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, noon in DS245

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

STUDENT AFFAIRS COUNCIL/DEAN'S STUDENT TOWNHALL, noon in DS114

Book Club begins its discussion of PANDORA'S CLOCK, by John Nance, at noon today. (Room to be announced.)

ACCREDITATION MOCK SITE VISIT

Support our students' upcoming healthcare trips to Mexico and Ecuador by buying a PIZZA LUNCH for $5 in the cafeteria, beginning 11:30 a.m.

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE for Student Research Subcommittee's Jan. 27 meeting

IUSD FACULTY COUNCIL, noon-1 p.m. in DS S117

For the nimble-footed and charitable-minded: Dodge balls, but not this opportunity. Students who are volunteering for the 2006 spring break healthcare missions to Mexico and Ecuador are part of a unique fundraiser that gives all dental faculty, staff, and students a perfect opportunity to support these important community projects while also blowing off a little steam. A dodge ball tournament has been arranged for tonight, and teams of 6 will be competing. For more details, contact second-year dental student Jeff Jones (jeffmjon@iupui.edu) or third-year dental student Kristin Harpham York (kharpham@iupui.edu).

IUSD ALUMNI ASSOCIATION board of directors winter meeting and luncheon, 11 a.m. at the Brick Street Inn, 175 S. Main Street, Zionsville, Ind.

DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DINNER, 6 p.m. in the ballroom of the Marriott Downtown hotel. Keynote speaker is Dr. Mae Jemison, the first African American woman astronaut. Tickets are $25 for IUPUI undergraduate students and $40 for everyone else. For details and to learn more about the speaker, go to http://life.iupui.edu/culture/mlk_dinner.asp.

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY (school closed, including library)

Employees who didn't attend one of the OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY UPDATE sessions in December must complete the training online, and today is the last day to do so: www.ehs.iupui.edu/newbbp/bbp_home.asp.

Lunch Box Discussion Series THE BENEFITS OF COURSEVAL, by Melinda Meadows, assistant professor of oral facial development; noon-1 p.m. in DS S421. Everyone welcome. No registration required.

Today IUPUI repeats its information session on UNDERSTANDING MEDICARE PART D PRESCRIPTION DRUG COVERAGE, 2-4 p.m. in the Nursing Auditorium, room 103.

Seminar of the Indiana Section of the American Association for Dental Research: NUCLEATION OF HYDROXYAPATITE VIA A NOVEL SELF-ASSEMBLED CERAMIC, by Dr. Robert Karlinsey, visiting clinical assistant professor of preventive and community dentistry; noon-1 p.m. in DS S116. Everyone welcome.

Support our students' upcoming healthcare trips to Mexico and Ecuador by buying a PIZZA LUNCH for $5 in the cafeteria, beginning 11:30 a.m.

LEGAL COMPLIANCE TRAINING for supervisors, 8 a.m.-noon in Walker Plaza's 2nd floor conference room. Program covers Fair Labor Standards Act, Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action, and Sexual Harassment. Register with Elizabeth Hatcher (ehatcher@iupui.edu).

Book Club wraps up its treatment of PANDORA'S CLOCK at noon today. (Room to be announced.)

Support our students' upcoming healthcare trips to Mexico and Ecuador by buying a PIZZA LUNCH for $5 in the cafeteria, beginning 11:30 a.m.

STUDENT RESEARCH SUBCOMMITTEE, 8 a.m. in OH110

LEGAL COMPLIANCE TRAINING for supervisors, 8 a.m.-noon in Walker Plaza's 2nd floor conference room. Program covers Family and Medical Leave Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, and Worker's Compensation. Register with Elizabeth Hatcher (ehatcher@iupui.edu).

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd president of the United States, was born on this day in 1882. Two and a half years before Franklin's birth, his father, James Roosevelt of New York, rented eight rooms of a building he owned at 147 East Market Street in downtown Indianapolis to a group of dentists. They used the rooms to establish the Indiana Dental College, the first dental school in the Hoosier state. The IDC became the IU School of Dentistry in 1925. The college, which originally counted 6 men as its entire student body, paid Mr. Roosevelt a monthly fee of $20.84.

FACULTY ANNUAL SUMMARY REPORTS are due today. Submit one copy of the FASR and your current C.V. to your department chair and two copies of each of these documents to the Office of Academic Affairs.

DR. HAUG JOINS AAMP LEADERSHIP. Congratulations to Dr. Steven Haug, professor of prosthodontics, who has been elected executive secretary/treasurer of the American Academy of Maxillofacial Prosthetics. Dr. Haug began his three-year term in this office during the academy's annual session in Los Angeles in October.

MORE ON THE HDA CONFERENCE. Last month, we reported that IU was well-represented at the recent annual session of the Hispanic Dental Association in San Antonio, and now we've learned that yet another faculty member contributed to the HDA program. Dr. LaQuia Walker, clinical assistant professor of pediatric dentistry, presented a poster titled "Parents' Preference for the Ethnicity of Their Child's Pediatric Dentist." The poster was based on research Dr. Walker undertook during her residency at the University of Illinois, Chicago. She joined IU's part-time faculty in 2004.

STAFF AWARD GOES TO THE "GO TO" MAN. As the dental school's network manager and senior security analyst, Brian Lich of Technology Services doesn't take his heavy responsibilities lightly. For his utmost dedication to the goal of keeping our computers secure and the school's servers working at "peak performance," Brian has become the latest winner of the IUSD Staff Council's Staff Excellence Award.

Frequently working extra in the evenings and on the weekends comes with Brian's territory, but, as an award nominator put it, Brian is "willing to do whatever the job takes to get it done."

Brian has been a member of IUSD's Technology Services team since 1998. He balances his job with his studies at IUPUI, where he is working toward a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering technology. He also finds the time to tackle advanced areas of study that lead to professional certification, such as the Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer program.

"Brian recently spent a week away from his family in order to get trained on the administration and maintenance of our new network storage and backup systems," a nominator wrote. "Whenever something goes wrong with the network, Brian is our ‘go to' man."

And Brian was also praised for his expertise in general and a willingness to share it with others. "When there is a technical problem in our department that the rest of us can't fix, all eyes turn to Brian," a nominator stated. "He comes through for us consistently…."

End January 2006 Calendar

Send items for February calendar by Jan. 25: Indiana University School of Dentistry, Room B32, 1121 West Michigan Street, Indianapolis IN 46202-5186. Fax: (317) 274-7188. E-mail: smcrum@iupui.edu