COMING UP

Indiana University School of Dentistry
Calendar of Events

July 2004

A Special Welcome to All New Dental Students,
Graduate Students, and Hospital Residents

Recognition Month for IUSD's
Dental Laboratory Technicians

The library's SPECIAL SUMMER HOURS continue for the first third of this month: The library will be closed on the first two weekends (July 3, 4 and 10, 11) and on Monday, July 5. Weekday hours are 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. through July 9.

All faculty, staff, and students are invited to a RETIREMENT RECEPTION this afternoon in honor of Hazel Clark, Lynn Collins, Marty Couch, Karen Miles, Janet O'Neal, Barbara Rhodes, and Donna Schaaf. Come say your goodbyes from 2 to 4 p.m. in the school lounge.

School of Dentistry volunteers will once again be participating in the annual Summer Health Assessments Program (PROJECT S.H.A.P.E.), a cooperative effort providing screenings and educational services to children who are from low-income families and who are also enrolled in summer camps in Indianapolis. IU's dentistry, medicine, and nursing schools work with the Marion County Health Department on this program, which is expected to reach more than 1,000 children between June 21 and July 23. Dental school volunteers will be screening children from 9 a.m. to noon today and on other days in July, as listed below. For more information, send an e-mail message to Dr. Karen Yoder, director of Community Dentistry, kmyoder@iupiu.edu.

ORIENTATION for new graduate students

Project S.H.A.P.E. screenings in the a.m.

Recognition of INDEPENDENCE DAY (school closed)

CLASSES BEGIN for new graduate students

ORIENTATION for lst year dental students, including lunch on Wednesday hosted by the Indiana Dental Association

Project S.H.A.P.E. screenings in the a.m.

CLASSES BEGIN for lst year dental students

Joint annual conference of the ACADEMY OF GENERAL DENTISTRY and the AMERICAN DENTAL ASSISTANTS ASSOCIATION, Anaheim, Calif.

The Way We Were. On a Friday 125 years ago today, a small group of dentists incorporated an association they had formed less than a month earlier for the purposes of creating Indiana's first dental school, the INDIANA DENTAL COLLEGE (IDC). Stocks to finance the organization sold quickly, with each share having a face value of $5. Eight rooms in downtown Indianapolis were rented for $20.84 per month at 147 East Market St., in a building owned by James Roosevelt of New York, father of future President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (who wouldn't be born for another three years). A 14-member faculty was assembled to teach a two-year curriculum (five months a year), with student fees to be assessed annually at about $90. Teachers were all part-timers in the beginning, and most served without pay. The college accepted six students to get the educational ball rolling, including three who were given advanced "senior" standing because of their previous experience in dental offices. Classes began on Oct. 1, 1879.

IU acquired the college in 1925, and IDC grads were eventually re-awarded IU diplomas upon request. By the way, the DDS Class of 2004 is the 124^th, not the 125^th, to graduate from our school. That's because there was no graduating class in 1920. Following standards adopted by the National Association of Dental Faculties, the Indiana Dental College expanded its course of study from three years to four beginning with the matriculating Class of 1917, which became the graduating Class of 1921.

CLASSES BEGIN for 2^nd year dental students

REGULAR LIBRARY HOURS RESUME today, as follows:

Mon.-Thurs.: 7:30 a.m.-10 p.m.
Fri.: 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
Sat.: 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Sun.: 1-5 p.m.

NATIONAL DENTAL BOARD exam, Part I

IUPUI Human Resources continues its presentation of Fundamentals of Supervision, an eight-part summer series with class #5 being held today: COACHING, by Mary Ellen McCann; 1:30-4:30 p.m. in DS212 (Gorman room). Registration for this series is closed.

NATIONAL DENTAL HYGIENE BOARD exam (retakes)

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

RESEARCH COMMITTEE, 8 a.m. in DS S421

IUSD WHITE COAT CEREMONY for the DDS Class of 2008, 1 p.m. in the University Place auditorium. During this program, now in its fourth year, students receive white coats as a symbol of the healthcare professions and to underscore the importance of ethics and the high standards of professionalism expected of healthcare providers. A reception for the students and their families follows.

CLASSES BEGIN for 3^rd year dental students

Supervision Fundamentals series, class #6: COMMUNICATION, by Marilyn Bedford; 1:30-4:30 p.m. in the Gorman room

Project S.H.A.P.E. screenings in the a.m.

Supervision Fundamentals series, class #7: CONFLICT MANAGEMENT, by Dan Griffith; 1:30-4:30 p.m. in the Gorman room

Guest seminar, Indiana Section of the American Association for Dental Research: A MEDICAL APPROACH TO THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF DENTAL CARIES, by Dr. Wenyuan Shi, of the Molecular Biology Institute at the University of California at Los Angeles; noon in DS S117. All faculty, staff, and students are welcome.

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

A NEW DIPLOMATE. Congratulations to Dr. Seok-Jin Kim, clinical assistant professor of periodontics, who became a Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology on May 27. Earlier that month, Dr. Kim took the oral examination portion of the board in Irving, Texas -- the last hurdle in a series of comprehensive exams and projects that board candidates complete over a period of years. New diplomates in the periodontic specialty will be recognized by their peers in November during the American Academy of Periodontology's annual meeting in Orlando, Fla. Dr. Kim is a graduate of IU's program in periodontics and has been a member of our faculty since 2000.

FOUND IN TRANSLATION. If you didn't get a chance to read an article by dental diagnostic sciences faculty Dr. Edwin Parks and Prof. Gail Williamson back in 2002, you have another chance this year -- providing your understanding of the German language is up to speed. "Digital Radiography: an Overview," which originally appeared in the Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice [2002;3(4):23-39], has been translated into German for the journal Ästhetische Zahnmedizin (2004;2:68-70, 72-80).

AN EMPLOYEE WITH "SPIRIT." Four outstanding campus employees were recently named the 2004 winners of IUPUI Gerald L. Bepko Staff Council Spirit Awards, including Elvia Reyes-Martinez of the Department of Oral Facial Development. The Spirit Award recognizes employees whose extraordinary service and special contributions to the campus foster collegiality and innovation. Honorees demonstrate the "spirit" of the campus through their attitudes, teamwork, and contributions to IUPUI's mission and goals.

A School of Dentistry dental assistant since 1994, Elvia was cited as an employee who gives unselfishly of herself to the campus and the Indianapolis community. She serves as a family advocate and interpreter at the dental school, and she has contributed as a volunteer to many of the school's community outreach programs, including those that are scheduled in the evenings, on weekends, and sometimes at a great distance from the city, such as her efforts at the Amish dental clinic in Northern Indiana. Elvia will be honored at the Chancellor's Employee Recognition Convocation in October.

RESIDENT/PROF TO TAKE PART IN AMSA LEADERSHIP SERIES. Pediatric dentistry resident Dr. Swati Singh and faculty member Dr. Joan Kowolik are one of 20 resident-faculty pairs in the nation to be selected for the American Medical Student Association Foundation's Leadership Seminar Series (LSS) for academic year 2004-2005. The three-year series is funded by the Division of Medicine and Dentistry, Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration. Its goal -- to help train more physicians and dentists as leaders in public health -- is a response to the decade-long decline in the percentage of physicians and dentists who are pursuing advanced training in this specialty. Dr. Singh is a first-year resident, and Dr. Kowolik, who will serve as Dr. Singh's faculty mentor during the project, is an assistant professor of pediatric dentistry. As members of the group assigned to Year Two of the series, Drs. Singh and Kowolik will address rural health issues as they relate to the Healthy People 2010 initiative. In addition to contributing to seminars in Washington, D.C., Phoenix, Ariz., and Memphis, Tenn., the LSS participants will undertake health projects in their respective communities.

FACULTY MEMBER JOINS CE EFFORTS ABROAD. At the invitation of the American Academy of Implant Dentistry (AAID), Dr. Vanchit John, associate professor of periodontics, has joined the Continuing Education faculty of the academy's MaxiCourse program, which added a new venue in Chennai, India, during the 2003-2004 academic year. The program Dr. John is involved with is co-sponsored with the Indian Academy of Interdisciplinary Dentistry, and is similar in scope to the MaxiCourse programs the AAID presents in the U.S. Participants take a five-day course in Chennai every other month throughout the year, for a total of 300 hours of course work. Those completing the course are eligible to sit for an exam that leads to associate fellowship in the American Academy of Implant Dentistry. The Chennai course is geared toward Asian and Middle Eastern general practitioners and specialists, and represents the AAID's interest in opening up opportunities to interact with practitioners of implantology around the globe. Taking part in May in Module 5 of the program, Dr. John presented an all-day course titled "Aesthetic Implant-Supported Restorative Treatment: Principles and Surgical Options." He has been invited to return to Chennai to give a portion of the MaxiCourse during the 2004-2005 program.

STAFF COUNCIL SALUTES JEANA ARANJO. After reading all of Jeana Aranjo's nomination letters for the Staff Council's Staff Excellence Award, which Jeana has received for the July-September quarter of 2004, we can't help but wonder where she finds the room in office DS118 to hang all her hats. To the casual observer who might assume Jeana's duties as senior administrative secretary are limited to the Division of Dental Materials, guess again.

For starters, she handles the secretarial responsibilities for the Restorative Dentistry courses taught in Year One of the dental curriculum. "This includes set-up and clean-up for the Dental Sciences I technique labs," says a nominator. "Since Restorative Dentistry has classes which begin at 12:30 and 1:00 and the labs start at 2:00, Jeana rarely gets a lunch break until mid-afternoon, if then. In addition, she provides staff support to seven of the restorative faculty."

Highly appreciative restorative faculty, as the nomination letters reveal. Jeana employs diplomacy and a respectful attitude while routinely tackling what is described as a huge workload. Regarding her ability to assist the faculty and to anticipate their needs, Jeana, we are informed, "is one of the best secretaries we have ever had." Says another: "She is highly motivated and very organized. … She is great at problem-solving and will correct mistakes she finds. She is always looking for ways to make my job easier."

Jeana looks for ways to help smooth the way for students, too. As a primary contact for the lst year dental class, she provides a sounding board for students as they make the transition from college to professional school. "She demonstrates a firm empathy that these students often benefit from," says a nominator. Another sees a "surrogate mother" in Jeana's kind approach to students: "Many of them come to her for advice not only concerning the dental school and their path here, but also about their private/family life."

The heavy workload doesn't diminish Jeana's interest in initiating new projects that she feels are important, such as cataloging Dental Materials' large collection of graduate theses.

She's known for the intriguing questions she posts on her office door for the benefit of passersby. Judging by the words of praise in this staff member's nomination letters, we believe Jeana's question board is a reflection of the "approachable," "friendly," and "well-liked" employee who created it -- it's Jeana's unique version of a "welcome mat" that invites one and all to step inside the door and get better acquainted.

Employed by the dental school for just under five years, Jeana Aranjo is the 26^th staff member to be honored by the Staff Council's awards program, which was established in 1998.

End July 2004 Calendar

Send items for August calendar by July 26: 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