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Indiana University School of Dentistry
Calendar of Events

March 2004

Recognition Month
for IUSD's Allied Dental Professionals

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

CE course TREATING THE PATIENT WITH ORAL MUCOSAL DISEASE REQUIRES MORE THAN JUST DIAGNOSIS, by Dr. Susan Zunt, chair of the Department of Oral Pathology, Medicine, and Radiology. Call 278-9000 for details.

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DENTAL PRACTICE ADMINISTRATION annual meeting, Lake Las Vegas, Nevada

Support our student volunteers for Alternative Spring Break by buying a PIZZA LUNCH for $5 in the basement, beginning 11:30 a.m.

RESEARCH DAY ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, noon in DS401

CE course INVISALIGN^®: STRAIGHTEN TEETH WITHOUT BRACES, by Dr. Donald George, a graduate of the University of Michigan's orthodontic and oral pathology programs. Call 278-9000 for details.

81st annual session and exhibition of the AMERICAN DENTAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, Seattle, Wash.

IUPUI CAMPUS DAY, an Enrollment Center program for anyone with an interest in knowing more about educational opportunities on this campus, 1-4 p.m. Learn about degree programs, financial aid and scholarships, housing, admissions, and much more. No registration is required. For more information, call 274-4591 or send an email to visit@iupui.edu. The Campus Day Web site is http://visit.iupui.edu/Campus_Day/index.html.

NATIONAL DENTAL ASSISTANTS RECOGNITION WEEK

ORGANIZATION OF TEACHERS OF ORAL DIAGNOSIS Founders Program, Seattle

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE for Student Research Subcommittee's March 24th meeting

82^nd general session and exhibition of the INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR DENTAL RESEARCH and the 33^rd annual meeting and exhibition of the AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR DENTAL RESEARCH, Honolulu, Hawaii

CE course ENDODONTIC SURGERY WORKSHOP: PRINCIPLES, TECHNIQUES, AND MATERIALS, led by Dr. Donald Arens, professor of endodontics. Call 278-9000 for details.

SPRING RECESS. No classes or special clinic assignments. Clinics open Monday-Wednesday only. Library closes at 5 p.m. this week.

ST. PATRICK'S DAY

Today is Dental Illustrations' DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING MATERIALS FOR POSTERS to be presented at the school's upcoming Research Day program. The division's services and supplies are free to those presenting posters at this meeting, but today's deadline must be observed. All materials must be in their final format and ready for mounting. Submit presentation titles as Word documents to mdirlam@iupui.edu. For more information about Dental Illustrations' poster services, contact Mark Dirlam, division supervisor.

RESEARCH COMMITTEE, 8 a.m. in DS S421

CE course OPTIMAL CASE MANAGEMENT USING EVIDENCE-BASED PERIODONTAL THERAPEUTICS, by Casey Hein, Satelec & CollaGenex Pharmaceuticals. Call 278-9000 for details.

DENTAL ASSISTING OPEN HOUSE, 9 a.m.-noon at the dental school. IUSD's dental assisting faculty and students are giving tours today and providing information to explain, and aid in, the process of applying to the program. A presentation by Professor Patricia Capps, program director, will also cover many points of interest. The program is open to all prospective students as well as parents and high school counselors. No registration required. Participants should park in the Vermont Street pay-parking garage. For more details, call 274-4407.

IUSD LIBRARY CLOSED. Regular hours resume on Monday, March 22.

STUDENT AFFAIRS COUNCIL/DEAN'S STUDENT TOWN HALL, noon in DS115

STUDENT RESEARCH SUBCOMMITTEE, 8 a.m. in OHRI 110

Maynard K. Hine Memorial Lecture and Luncheon: MINIMAL INTERVENTION DENTISTRY: MANAGING DENTAL CARIES IN THE 21^ST CENTURY, by Dr. Hien Ngo, University of Adelaide, Australia. Luncheon is 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., and lecture is 12:30-4:30 p.m. Program supported by the Indiana Section of the American College of Dentists, GC America, and the Indiana Section of the AADR. Call 278-9000 for fees and registration information. Please note that the lecture portion of the program is free to all current members of the Indiana Section of the AADR.

CE course ESSENTIAL SPANISH FOR THE DENTAL OFFICE, presented by members of the Indiana Hispanic Dental Association. Call 278-9000 for details.

DEAN'S STAFF TOWN HALL, noon in DS S116

NATIONAL DENTAL BOARD EXAMINATION; Part II retakes

NATIONAL DENTAL HYGIENE BOARD EXAMINATION

31 (Wed.)

ANNUAL BANQUET salutes new alumni members of Theta Chapter of Sigma Phi Alpha and Theta Theta Chapter of Omicron Kappa Upsilon honor societies for dental hygiene and dentistry, respectively; held in the evening at University Place Hotel. By invitation.

Lunch Box Discussion BEARDING THE LION: HOW CAN I COPE WITH A BULLY?, by Melinda Meadows, visiting clinical lecturer in dental hygiene, Department of Oral Facial Development; noon-1 p.m. in DS S421. All faculty, staff, and students welcome. No registration required.

ALL SMILES. The School of Dentistry's involvement in the American Dental Association's second annual "Give Kids a Smile" program was the lead story in the Feb. 20 edition of Inside IUPUI, which pictured three of the 89 children who received free dental care at the school on Feb. 6 in recognition of National Children's Dental Access Day. IUSD once again served as a treatment site for the Indiana branch of this annual volunteer program, which offers care to children in need at dental offices, clinics, and schools throughout the country. Our school was one of about 90 Hoosier treatment sites coordinated by the Indiana Dental Association, local sponsor of the event. About 200 dentists volunteered statewide along with their staff members. Last year about a thousand children were treated statewide, and this year's goal was to nearly double that number, to about 1,800.

The dental school also opened its doors to a dozen or so community dentists and members of their staff, who joined IU's faculty, staff, and student volunteers in treating twice as many children as last year. Many of the children seen at the IUSD site were Spanish speaking, so faculty, staff, and student volunteers also played invaluable roles as interpreters.

New to this year's event, thanks to an inspired group of our students, was a colorful information table geared for youngsters as well as the appearance of a couple of oversized-but-cuddly mascots. Volunteers assisting with these activities in the lobby included second-year dental hygiene students Sadie Delon, Ashley Groover, Angelique Rainey, Amy Stephen, and Ney Zavala; and dental students Betsy Crandall, Anjana Gupta, Maribeth Love, and Courtney Schmaltz (first year), Adrienne Hedrick (second year), Gianna Georgion and Nassim Olabi (third year), and Rafah Abdelmonem (fourth year).

SWENSON SCHOLARS. Congratulations to third-year periodontic graduate students Drs. Michael Edwards and Gary Yip, who are the 2004 recipients of the Henry M. Swenson Periodontic Scholarships. The scholarships were presented in February at a dinner held in association with the Chicago Midwinter meeting. The scholarships honor IU Professor Emeritus Swenson, a part-time professor of periodontics and an IUSD faculty member since 1943.

ANOTHER FELLOWSHIP FOR JOAN KOWOLIK. Last year, Dr. Joan Kowolik, assistant professor of pediatric dentistry, was one of 21 dental faculty members in the nation to be accepted as a fellow in the American Dental Education Association's 2003-2004 Leadership Institute, and now she has been informed by the ADEA that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has chosen her for a 2004 DHHS Primary Health Care Policy Fellowship. About 70 national health organizations, including nine associated with dentistry, nominated one individual each, and 30 persons were then selected by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to participate in the program. Dr. Kowolik was the ADEA's nominee.

The purpose of the six-month fellowship, according to the DHHS, is to provide a unique learning experience for early-to-mid career professionals with five to 10 years' professional experience in any combination of primary health: care/service, academics, research, and administration. The overall goal of the training sessions, says the DHHS, is to increase the capabilities of primary healthcare leaders to affect health policy at institutional, local, state, and national levels.

As a fellow Dr. Kowolik will be participating in three one-week intensive training sessions, two of which will be held in the Washington, D.C., area, including a March 28-April 2 session that will delve into federal policies and government. Later in the program, participants will be working in interdisciplinary groups to learn how to design and develop a policy topic.

End March 2004 Calendar

Send items for April calendar by March 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