COMING UP
Indiana University School of Dentistry
Calendar of Events
December '06/January '07
Happy
Holidays
to
One
and
All
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DECEMBER
Traveling Judges Make It Easy to Compete for the Traveling Trophy.
Calling all IUSD units: It's time to stretch your
imagination and put a festive touch on your immediate surroundings by signing on
for the Staff Council's 2006 HOLIDAY DECORATING CONTEST. While examining the
possibilities of dressing up the front door to your office, laboratory,
department, or clinic is certainly a good start, don't feel that you have to
stop at the threshold. Just be sure you specify the exact area within
your workplace that you are submitting for review. The judges are happy to come
to any work site that houses IUSD employees â€" send your registration by email to
Roxana Fuentes, and be sure to provide your name and department or
clinic, telephone number, and precise location to be judged.
You can decorate your area anytime between now and the morning of Dec. 8,
when judging commences. The judges will be looking for creative use of
materials, dentally related themes, and artistry. And never underestimate the
impact of simple, elegant creations. Case in point: Dental Illustrations'
always-classy poinsettia display, which won't be entered in the contest this
year but will be admired far and wide, as usual, for its stunning beauty.
1 (Fri.)
FIRST SEMESTER CLASSES END for all dental and graduate students
The first day of December is also the date for IUSD's annual HOLIDAY PARTY,
to be held this afternoon from 3 to 5 in the school's cafeteria. All students,
staff, and faculty are invited by Dean Lawrence Goldblatt to join him in
a food- and fun-filled end-of-year celebration, and in an opportunity to give
our hard-working students a chance to catch their breath before heading into
their finals and assessment exams. Some special guests will be joining us, as
usual. Before you set your sights on 2007, take advantage of one of the last
opportunities in 2006 to spend an afternoon in the company of your IUSD friends,
colleagues, and classmates.
2 (Sat.)
Heart Heroes. On this day 24 years ago, dentist Barney Clark
became the world's first recipient of an artificial heart that was designed to
be a permanent replacement for the human ticker. The 61-year-old retired Seattle
dentist received a Jarvik-7 artificial heart, designed by Dr. Robert Jarvik
and implanted by a surgical team led by Dr. William DeVries at the
University of Utah Medical Center in Salt Lake City. Dr. Clark died from
complications 112 days later, but not before courageously drawing worldwide
attention to this pioneering technology.
4 (Mon.)
PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE for Student Research Subcommittee's Dec. 18
meeting
4-8 (Mon.-Fri.)
FIRST SEMESTER ASSESSMENT WEEK for all dental students and FINALS WEEK for
graduate students
5 (Tues.)
FACULTY ENRICHMENT, 9 a.m.-noon in DS114:
9: Dean's Grand Rounds, topic TBA
10: Open Forum to discuss the review and revision of the IUSD Constitution
and By-Laws (emphasis on membership and voting policies)
11: Faculty Council meeting
No classes, labs, or clinics this morning.
IUPUI FACULTY COUNCIL, 3:30-5:30 p.m. at University Place Hotel Ballroom
6 (Wed.)
STUDENT AFFAIRS COUNCIL/DEAN'S STUDENT TOWNHALL, noon in DS114
8 (Fri.)
HOLIDAY DECORATING JUDGING is this morning. Good luck to all contestants!
(Please remove decorations before you leave for your holiday break.)
Nomination materials for STAFF BONUS AWARDS are due in Executive Associate
Dean Chris Miller's office, DS102, by 5 p.m. today. (Information and
application forms were sent to faculty and staff by email on Nov. 15 by
Elizabeth Hatcher, director of Staff Development and Support.)
FIRST SEMESTER CLASSES END for dental hygiene and dental assisting students
FIRST SEMESTER ENDS for all dental and graduate students
9 (Sat.)
IUSD LIBRARY'S HOLIDAY SCHEDULE BEGINS TODAY. The library will be closed Dec.
25 and Jan. 1 and on the following weekends: Dec. 9-10, 16-17, 23-24, and 30-31.
Beginning Monday, Dec. 11, the library will be open on weekdays from 7:30 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Regular hours resume on Tuesday, Jan. 2.
11 (Mon.)
NATIONAL DENTAL BOARD EXAM, Part I retakes
11-15 (Mon.-Fri.)
CLINICS ARE OPEN THIS WEEK, but close for the holiday season at 5 p.m. on
Friday (except the emergency clinic)
FIRST SEMESTER FINALS WEEK for dental hygiene and dental assisting students
12 (Tues.)
NATIONAL DENTAL HYGIENE BOARD EXAM
13 (Wed.)
CPR training for clinical faculty and staff, 1-5 p.m. in Walker 201A.
Register with Kathy Thompson at 274-8841.
15 (Fri.)
RESEARCH COMMITTEE, 9 a.m. in DS S421
FIRST SEMESTER ENDS for dental hygiene and dental assisting students
18 (Mon.)
STUDENT RESEARCH SUBCOMMITTEE, 8 a.m. in DS B29
FINAL GRADES FOR DENTAL STUDENTS DUE in the Office of Student Affairs by noon
20 (Wed.)
FINAL GRADES FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS DUE in the IUPUI Registrar's Office by 5
p.m.
25 (Mon.)
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY (school closed)
Beloved Hoosier Film Character Lived in....the Buckeye State? The 1983
movie classic A Christmas Story tells of the adventures of Ralphie
Parker, a bespectacled Hoosier youngster in the 1940s, who â€" when he wasn't
suffering the torment of school bullies, Christmas elves, and Aunt Clara's bunny
suit â€" was urgently campaigning for Santa to bring him a Red Ryder
Carbine-Action, 200-Shot, Range Model Air Rifle. The setting of the story is
northern Indiana; Jean Shepherd, who wrote the semi-autographical novel
the movie is based on as well as the screenplay, grew up in Hammond. But the
Parker home used in the movie, as it turns out, is actually located in
Cleveland, Ohio. The house was recently sold on e-Bay and restored to the way it
looked in the movie, complete with a racy "leg lamp" (aka the Major Award)
displayed front and center in the living room window. The new owner also bought
another house across the street and made it into A Christmas Story
museum. Several stars of the movie participated in the gala opening in November,
including the actor who portrayed Scut Farkus, the coonskin-capped, yellow-eyed
bully with a mouth full of bravado and braces. (No word on whether the Bumpuses'
pack of dogs made an appearance.) For more on the story, go to
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/27/AR2006112701373.html
25-30 (Mon.-Sat.)
ALPHA OMEGA International Dental Organization annual convention, Las Vegas
JANUARY 2007
1 (Mon.)
NEW YEAR'S HOLIDAY (school closed)
The Subject Was Roses. The Indiana University football team's first-ever
trip to the ROSE BOWL took place 39 years ago today. Although fans brought
plenty of Hoosier Hysteria to the Pasadena stadium in 1968 (the IU Alumni
Association-organized trip, according to the Indiana Alumni Magazine, was
billed as the "world's largest civilian airlift"), IU lost the game, 14-3, to
the University of Southern California Trojans.
IU's legendary football coach, John Pont, led the Hoosiers to what has
been their one and only Rose Bowl appearance to date. The first Tournament of
Roses was held in 1902 (Michigan 49, Stanford, 0), and it became an annual event
in 1916. Our loss in 1968 came on the heels of Purdue's 1967 victory, 14-13,
over the same team we played. (Purdue also played in the Rose Bowl in 2001,
losing to Washington, 34-24.)
Pont left IU in 1972 to coach at Northwestern. Today, the 78-year-old is
retired and lives in Oxford, Ohio. Among the talented IU athletes on the field
that day was megastar quarterback Harry Gonso. In November of this year,
Gonso completed a two-year stint as Governor Mitch Daniels'
chief-of-staff. He has now rejoined the Ice Miller law firm to lead its life
sciences practice.
2 (Tues.)
CLINICS REOPEN
SECOND SEMESTER BEGINS for all dental and graduate students
3 (Wed.)
PROGRESS COMMITTEE meetings for all dental classes to be held today
4 (Thurs.)
Pepperoni with a Purpose. On Thursdays â€" January through April and
starting today â€" follow your nose to the basement cafeteria, where delicious,
economical, and tummy-warming pizza lunches will be sold. As IUSD's student
volunteers once again gear up for their ALTERNATIVE SPRING BREAK MISSION TRIPS
ABROAD this spring, you can indulge in a tasty lunch each Thursday throughout
second semester while simultaneously supporting the ASB participants' efforts to
provide oral healthcare to persons in need in other countries. Watch for details
that will be coming your way soon regarding the pizza lunches â€" and remember
that each bite you enjoy will help fund our community service volunteers.
5 (Fri.)
GIVE KIDS A SMILE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, noon-1:30 p.m. in DS401
8 (Mon.)
SECOND SEMESTER BEGINS for dental hygiene and dental assisting students
DENTAL ASSISTING SPRING ORIENTATION, 8 a.m. in DS115
9 (Tues.)
IUPUI FACULTY COUNCIL, 3:30-5:30 p.m. in IH 100
10 (Wed.)
RESEARCH DAY ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, noon in DS245
11 (Thurs.)
Support our students' upcoming Alternative Spring Break healthcare missions
by buying a PIZZA LUNCH in the cafeteria.
12 (Fri.)
PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE for Student Research Subcommittee's Jan. 26
meeting
13 (Sat.)
IUSD ALUMNI ASSOCIATION board of directors winter meeting and luncheon, 11
a.m. at Sullivan's Steak House, 3316 E. 86th Street
14 (Sun.)
The 37th annual DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DINNER, scheduled for
this evening at the Marriott Indianapolis Downtown Ballroom, will feature
Christopher Edley Jr., dean of the University of California, Berkeley School
of Law. He is the first African American to serve as dean of a top-ranked U.S.
law school, and the co-founder of the Harvard Civil Rights Project, a
multidisciplinary research and advocacy think tank that focuses on issues of
racial justice. Tickets for the dinner are on sale until Jan. 8, and everyone is
welcome to participate. For all the details, including ticket prices, go to
http://www.iupui.edu/news/releases/061117_martin_luther_king_dinner.htm.
15 (Mon.)
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR., HOLIDAY (school closed)
16 (Tues.)
DENTAL STUDENT RESEARCH HONORS PROGRAM orientation, 5-7 p.m. (room TBA). All
interested first- and second-year dental students are invited.
18 (Thurs.)
Support our students' upcoming Alternative Spring Break healthcare missions
by buying a PIZZA LUNCH in the cafeteria.
19 (Fri.)
RESEARCH COMMITTEE, 9 a.m. in DS S421
25 (Thurs.)
Save the Date! January's meeting of the Indiana Section of the American
Association for Dental Research will feature guest speaker Dr. Victoria
Champion, the IU School of Nursing's associate dean for Research. She is
also the Mary Margaret Walther Distinguished Professor of Nursing and the
program leader for Cancer Detection and Control. Dr. Champion's topic will be
announced closer to the date of her presentation. The program is at noon in DS
S116, and all faculty, staff, and students are welcome.
Support our students' upcoming Alternative Spring Break healthcare missions
by buying a PIZZA LUNCH in the cafeteria.
26 (Fri.)
STUDENT RESEARCH SUBCOMMITTEE, 8 a.m. in DS B29
FACULTY ENRICHMENT, 9 a.m.-noon in DS S117 (no classes, clinics, or labs)
GIVE KIDS A SMILE organizing committee, noon-1:30 p.m. in DS401
28-Feb. 4 (Sun.-Sun.)
This week, 130 people are enjoying the IU School of Dentistry's ALUMNI
REUNION IN THE CARIBBEAN. This sold out mid-winter cruise is visiting Belize
City, Belize; Santo Tomás de Castilla, Guatemala; and Cozumel, Mexico
People, Places, and Things
DENTAL HYGIENE STUDENTS PRESENT PRIZE-WINNING TABLE CLINICS AT STATE MEETING.
Congratulations to the following 11 second-year dental hygiene students, whose
table clinics were recognized during the Indiana Dental Hygienists'
Association's annual conference, held at the Eugene B. Glick Junior Achievement
Center in Indianapolis on Nov. 3:
First Place Clinic
Ashley Testerman, Amy Sturm, Melanie Jones, Christina Despot: The Mirror
Image: The Hygienist's Responsibility in Assessing Oral Pathology; Pamela
Rettig, clinical associate professor of dental hygiene, mentor
Second Place Clinic
Brandy Bullard, Kelly Swisher, Melissa Perkins: Educating Oncology Nurses
in Oral Care for Chemotherapy Patients; Elizabeth Hughes, clinical
associate professor of dental hygiene, mentor
Third Place Clinic
Jessica O'Connor, Susan Ehrman, Kara Dehne, Ashley Darling: A Nursing
Student's Guide to Assessment and Maintenance of the Oral Cavity; Joyce
Hudson, clinical assistant professor of dental hygiene, mentor
NEW STAFF OFFICERS BEGIN THEIR TERMS. The votes have been tallied, and the
following officers will be leading the IU School of Dentistry's outstanding
Staff Council during 2007:
President: Kim Fields, administrative specialist in the Office of
Academic Affairs
Vice-President: Roxana Fuentes, coordinator in the Office of
Continuing Education
Secretary: Kim Spencer, assistant in the Office of Financial Affairs
Treasurer: A.J. Beiswanger, research technician in the Department of
Restorative Dentistry
PROF. EMERITUS OSHIDA'S NEW BOOK FRESH OFF THE PRESS. Congratulations to Dr.
Yoshiki Oshida, IU professor emeritus of dental materials and author of a
new book titled "Bioscience and Bioengineering of Titanium Materials." Launched
by the Elsevier publishing house in November, the 448-page hardback draws upon
an extensive pool of information and is based on more than 1,000 published
articles. The book, says the publisher, "bridges the gap between the
medical/dental fields and the engineering/technology areas, due to the author's
unique experience in both during the last 30 years." After retiring from IUSD in
2005, Dr. Oshida returned to New York and to the faculty at Syracuse University,
where he taught before coming to IU. He is a Distinguished Research Professor at
Syracuse University's L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science, in
the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Additional details about
the text are available at
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/bookdescription.cws_home/710256/description.
PUTTING THE SEAL OF APPROVAL ON NATIONAL BOARD QUESTIONS. Fourth-year dental
students at the IU dental school â€" and also at every other dental school in the
country â€" have a special link with Dr. Margot Van Dis, professor of
dental diagnostic sciences, whether they know it or not.
Dr. Van Dis and a colleague from the University of Florida College of
Dentistry, Dr. Arthur Nimmo, have been annually reviewing every question
on Part II of the National Board Dental Exam for content, format, grammar, and
verification of radiographs and clinical photographs in the clinical cases. All
U.S. dental students take Part II of the National Board Dental Exam in their
final year prior to completing state boards to become licensed to practice
dentistry.
The job of scrutinizing the board questions â€" a total of 400
disciplined-based questions on Component A and 100 case-based on Component B â€"
fell to Drs. Van Dis and Nimmo in their roles as the American Dental Association
Consultant Review Committee for the National Board Dental Exam. Each recently
completed a six-year term of service on this two-person committee.
"Drs. Nimmo and Van Dis together have an exceptional blend of clinical
experience and science and have been very effective in analyzing the exam
questions each year," said Dr. Debra Willis, the ADA's test development
coordinator. Dr. Van Dis is an oral and maxillofacial radiologist and Dr. Nimmo,
a prosthodontist.
"It's been a tremendous learning experience because our skill sets complement
each other," said Dr. Nimmo. "I'm more the ‘hands-on' clinician and Dr. Van Dis
is more the scientist-clinician, so we really worked well as a team."
Creating the national dental exams is an enormous undertaking involving many
people. Altogether, 17 test construction committees work with the Joint
Commission on National Dental Examinations to develop and administer Parts I and
II of the dental exam as well as the National Board Dental Hygiene Examination.
Drs. Van Dis and Nimmo provided the ADA editors with two extra, invaluable
sets of eyes for the comprehensive review of Part II questions. "Art and I would
read the questions to each other to make sure they made sense, were
grammatically correct, correctly punctuated, and had a keyed answer â€" and we had
to supply the right one in the rare instances when there was no keyed response,"
said Dr. Van Dis.
Proofing the case-based questions had its dizzying moments, as Dr. Van Dis
explained: "We had to make sure the photos and images matched the questions,
were all right side up and correctly labeled in terms of left and right. This is
kind of tricky when you're looking at mirrored images â€" images of teeth that
were taken in a mirror but then flipped to look as if you were looking directly
at the patient!"
Dr. Van Dis was among a small group of test constructors interviewed by the
ADA News for an article titled "Lend a Hand with National Boards"
appearing in the Nov. 6 edition of that publication. In it, she joins others in
urging both private practitioners and educators to get involved in the process
by submitting cases for Part II and the dental hygiene exams. "If we as a
profession don't support each other by ensuring the entry of quality new
practitioners into the profession, who else will?" she said in the article,
adding, "I think more people in the dental profession would get involved with
testing services if they knew how they could help."
Dr. Van Dis is a diplomate and past president of the American Board of Oral
and Maxillofacial Radiology.
If you missed seeing the ADA News article, it's posted at
http://www.ada.org/prof/resources/pubs/adanews/adanewsarticle.asp?articleid=2204.
End December '06/January '07 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