Transcript Regional Reports Fall 2010

Danielle Causey
Member at Large
Garrick Alex
Columbia
Andrew Burke
Buffalo
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Just received official approval from the administration to start our ADEA chapter. A
membership drive and activities are in the works. We are very excited to have ADEA
chapter as an addition to our other great clubs and organizations.
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SB is sending two delegates to the Council of Students, Residents, and Fellows. It
will be the first ADEA meeting second year.
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SB organized a successful charity drive for NANA's House - a local orphanage and
transitional housing facility. We collected donated food, money, and Halloween
costumes for less fortunate families served by the organization.
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We are having our Annual Halloween Party tonight. We are excited to carry on this
tradition and it is one of the school's largest and most attended events of the year.
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We just had a very successful and well attended Happy Hour with our friends and
faculty from the Suffolk County Dental society. It was a night of fun, networking,
and learning about what is going on in organized dentistry.
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Thanks to Keith Bracy for the Stony Brook Update
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"What it Means to Me" Seminar: panel speaking about
professionals journeys toward academia, teaching, and
research
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NYUCD Annual Halloween Party
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NYUCD Road Runners "Team High Speed" NYC Marathon
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SALK School of Science, NYU dental students teach oral
biology over a three week period at a local public school
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NYU is currently organizing there annual food drive for the
upcoming Holidays
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Thanks to Ryan Woody for the NYU update
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3rd annual Cadaver Tooth Extraction Gross Anatomy Lab,
which was CDM’s 1st official student ADEA event
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Held our 1st Pharmacology review class/workshop for the
D1’s, CDM’s newest student ADEA event
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1st year ADEA membership drive utilizing the new
membership kit is in the works
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Everyone here is excited about the oasis in the desert aka
the annual Halloween Party
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Fall BBQ/Softball (and hopefully flag football) game with
faculty and students
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Thanks to Garrick Alex for the CDM update
 No
licensure exam as of 2012
(not a good thing)
 Surveys
created by ADEA reps to make
address certain issues.
 Facebook
group started for all ADEA reps
Stas Grandi
Nova Southeastern
 Contacted
Dr. Carol Hanes, Associate Dean
for Students, Admissions, and Alumni.
 MCG does not have an active ADEA chapter.
 She wanted information on how to start a
chapter. I sent that information to her.
 MUSC
dental school campus virtual tour
website which is being developed into an
Iphone, ipad, and ipod application which will
be part of a larger application for the whole
University.
 PACE program – pairs dental students and
OT students on rotations at a local charter
school for children with multiple disabilities.
 Dental Educators and Academia Careers
Program
 Currently
inactive
 Terrence Walker is their president who is
working diligently to change this
 No
student chapter.
 We have put the wheels in motion to start an
official chapter.
 A constitution has been adopted, a faculty
advisor has been chosen and has accepted
the position, and student board members
have been chosen.
 We hope to have an official chapter by the
2011 Annual session.
 100%
ADEA membership
 Professor of the Semester
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Nominated by students
Bio and photo posted on a bulletin board
 Specialty
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Students spend time in clinic and work closely
with faculty mentors
 Clinic
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Mentorship Program
and Research Day
ADEA works with National Student Research
Group in organizing and executing clinical
research
Tamara Jones
Baylor
Ande Loveless
Oklahoma
 Used
the new Membership Tool Kit to
increase membership of upperclassmen
 Held “sign-up-day” with the incoming D1s
 Selected the new D1 ADEA representative
candidates
 Hosted a Lunch-N-Learn featuring Michael
Brizca of ADA and Diana Lyu of USC,
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Topic: Policy and Dentistry (10-28-10)
 Elected
new representative from the D3 class
 Reorganized election procedures for
representative from the school
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Changed from class reps to school reps
Elizabeth McCourt
Marquette
Mark Parete
Detroit Mercy
 GV
Black Tie formal
 Wax-up Night
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Membership drive
 New
ADEA representative: Britt Marsh
Anna Jayjock
Louisville
Kavita Patel
Ohio
 General Body
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Meeting:
A meeting targeted to enlighten interested students about
ADEA and events we have planned for the school year.
 Student Focus
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Groups:
Facilitate dialogue between students, faculty and
administration.
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Beat the Pumpkin 5K
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Raised $1,800 for the ULSD Pediatric Indigent Care Fund
Specialty Week
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October 25-29
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Lexi-Comp fundraiser
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Educating middle school students on oral health &
opportunities in the oral health field
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Educating caregivers at local nursing homes on
providing oral hygiene and denture care for their
residents
 National
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Membership Drive
Over ½ of the first year class are national members now
 Lunch and
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Learns
Post-graduate opportunities
 FPD
and Waxing Tutorial Sessions
 Blog
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Chapter’s own blog for students to ask questions
Stanko Bjelajac
UCSF
Roderick Kim
Washington