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Indiana University School of Dentistry
Calendar of Events

June 2003

Recognition Month for IUSD's
Building Services Staff

LIBRARY SWITCHES TO SUMMER SCHEDULE THIS MONTH: closed weekends from June 7-8 through July 12-13, and open weekdays (except July 4) 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. from June 9 through July 11

ASSESSMENT WEEK for DDS classes of 2005 and 2006

HINE LEGACY SOCIETY DINNER, 6:30 p.m. at the Montage, 8580 Allison Pointe Blvd. Dinner honors donors who have provided a planned gift to the School of Dentistry. By invitation.

Annual sessions of the INDIANA DENTAL ASSOCIATION and the INDIANA DENTAL ASSISTANTS' ASSOCIATION, Indianapolis Marriott Downtown

INDIANA STATE DENTAL BOARD EXAM, held at the dental school

SPECIAL OLYMPICS SPECIAL SMILES, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at Indiana State University in Terre Haute. Oral screenings will be provided on board the IUSD SealMobile by representatives of our faculty and by community dentists. Dental hygiene students will also be fitting mouth guards and providing oral health education for the athletes. Faculty, staff, and students who wish to volunteer or to seek more information should send an e-mail message to Dr. Karen Yoder, director, Division of Community Dentistry.

INDIANA STATE DENTAL HYGIENE BOARD EXAM, held at the dental school

SUMMER BREAK for DDS Class of 2006

IUSD FACULTY COUNCIL, noon-1:30 p.m. in DS S117

7th annual SCHOLAR CHIP CLASSIC, 1 p.m. at Hanging Tree Golf Club, Westfield. Coordinated by the IUPUI Alumni Office, this alumni-student golf open pairs foursomes of alumni and students from the schools of Dentistry, Law (Indianapolis), and Medicine. The school teams compete against one another. Dentistry's superbly skillful golfers, who have claimed victory in 3 out of the past 6 years, will redouble their efforts to bring the trophy back to where it belongs: 1121 West Michigan Street. (The trophy is currently -- but of course only temporarily -- housed in the med school.) Tourney fees (covered by the alumni participants) support the professional schools' scholarship funds. To register or for more information, call 274-4555.

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE for Student Research Subcommittee's June 27th meeting

LAST DAY OF SECOND SEMESTER classes for DDS Class of 2004

FATHER'S DAY

STAFF COUNCIL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, 12:30 p.m. in DS245

ASSESSMENT WEEK for DDS Class of 2004

Special lecture: USE OF MICRO-CHEMICAL METHODS TO EVALUATE NOVEL ANTICARIES TREATMENTS, by Dr. Gerald Vogel, chief research scientist, Cariology Group, American Dental Association Foundation, National Institute of Standards and Technology; noon- 1 p.m. in DS S116. Sponsored by the Indiana Section of the American Association for Dental Research. Everyone welcome.

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS TRAINING by Captain Robert True of IUPUI's Police unit and Tom Hulse of IUPUI's Fire Protection Services. Training is 12:15-1:15 p.m. in DS S116. Sponsored by the IUSD Staff Council. All faculty, staff, and students welcome. No registration required.

IU PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY ALUMNI BIENNIAL CONFERENCE, Indianapolis. This year's conference honors Dr. Paul Starkey, professor emeritus of pediatric dentistry and a highly regarded figure in the specialty. Dr. Starkey chaired IU's former Department of Pedodontics from 1969 to 1976, and he presided over the American Society of Dentistry for Children in 1966-67 and the Association of Pedodontic Diplomates in 1979-80. An exceptionally gifted teacher throughout his career, Dr. Starkey received IU's prestigious All-University Distinguished Teaching Award in 1968. He retired in 1983 and resides today in Coos Bay, Oregon.

The alumni conference's continuing education speaker, Dr. Catherine Flaitz of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Dental Branch, will present a lecture on Friday titled "Pandora's Box of Symptomatic Pediatric Oral Lesions."

The registration deadline is June 12. For fees and more information, call 274-5063.

RESEARCH COMMITTEE, 8 a.m. in DS S421

CE course LIGHT PARENTAL CONSCIOUS SEDATION certification, the final portion of a course begun last month by Dr. Mark Saxen, clinical associate professor of pharmacology and anesthesia. Course is 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. daily at Walker Plaza.

81st general session and exhibition of the INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR DENTAL RESEARCH, Göteborg, Sweden

AMERICAN DENTAL HYGIENISTS' ASSOCIATION annual session, New York, N.Y.

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

NATIONAL APPOINTMENTS. Pamela Rettig, clinical associate professor of dental hygiene, has been appointed to a one-year, renewable term as an Allied Dental Education site visitor to the American Dental Association's Commission on Dental Accreditation. She will assume her new role in October.

Also, one of our pediatric dentistry residents will spend the next year contributing to a national group. Dr. Tawana Lee has been selected by the American Medical Student Association Foundation to participate in a new Leadership Seminar Series addressing matters pertinent to public health. Dr. Lee, who begins her second year in the residency this summer, will join 19 other students from around the country for sessions to be held in Washington, D.C., in October; in Miami, Fla., in February; and in Houston, Texas, next May. As part of the series, students will also undertake assignments back at their home bases throughout the year, including a community health project and presentations to colleagues.

And, Dr. Carl Newton, professor of endodontics, was one of three endodontists elected to the nine-member board of directors of the American Board of Endodontics at the annual meeting of the American Association of Endodontists (AAE), held recently in Tampa, Fla. A former president of the AAE, Dr. Newton was elected to the directorship by the voting membership of the AAE for a term of three years.

LECTURE CIRCUIT. Also at the AAE annual meeting, Dr. Donald Arens, professor of endodontics, presented one of the educational sessions. His presentation, "Testing the Limits of Endodontic Therapy," included participation by several of his colleagues, among them Dr. Carl Newton and IU alumnus Dr. Joe Camp, of Charlotte, N.C., who graduated from the pediatric dentistry program in 1968.

End June 2003 Calendar

Send items for July calendar by June 25: 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