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Welcome!
1st Pre-Dental Club Meeting!
September 24th, 2012
Meeting Overview
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Introductions
About the club
Keynote Speakers:
Annie Peckskamp from Kaplan
Kate pappas from CDS
Jill Balgaard & Stephen Grimsby from ASDA
Calendar of Events
Last minute items / October meeting reminder
Introductions
President
Steven McCarthy
Treasurer
Krista Lill
Vice President
Maggie Craven
Public Relations
Daniel Ditch
Secretary
Sarah Wunderlich
Webmaster
Sunny Moon
About The Pre-Dental Club
 Providing a forum for students interested in dentistry
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and related careers
Networking with other pre-dental students and S.O.D.
faculty
Dental School Tours, ASDA
• Volunteer opportunities to get a broader scope of
dentistry as a career
Give Kids a Smile Day, Project Homeless Connect, Feed
My Starving Children
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Fundraisers and projects to give back
The Smile Network, Holiday Helping Hands
• Engaging in the campus community
meetings and events with other clubs
Kaplan
Annie Peckskamp
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campus manager – Minneapolis
Kaplan test prep & admissions
[email protected]
612-916-0381
Skype: apeckskamp
Children’s dental serviCes
Kate Pappas, CDS Intern coordinator
- Volunteer/Intern opportunities available
- Shadowing experiences
[email protected]
(p) 612-746-1530, ext. 208
(f) 612-746-1531
American Student Dental
Association (ASDA)
Jill Balgaard & Stephen Grimsby
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ASDA Representatives
ASDA Events
Usually happen twice per semester
Past Events: Drill’n’Fill, Impression Session, Wax & Relax,
Sealant Session
How to sign up
Go to www.asdanet.org/joinnow.aspx
Membership is $58 through the end of 2013
Tentative Schedule
September
October (10/22)
November (11/12)
December (12/3)
Meeting: Welcome
and overview of the
year (9/24)
Meeting: Kaplan Test
Prep and the DAT
Meeting: Fundraisers
and Volunteering (11/8)
Meeting: Military
Scholarships
-Possible Homecoming
Parade with Dental
School
- Fundraising (Grocery
store, bake sales,
restaurants, etc.)
-Holiday Helping
Hands fundraiser
-Health Careers Fair
(9/27)
Children’s Dental
Clinic
ASDA Speakers
January (1/28)
-Event: Forensic
Odontologist
- Possible ASDA Event
- Project Homeless
Connect
February (2/25)
March (3/25)
April (4/22)
Meeting: Dental
student Q&A panel
(1/24)
Meeting: Dental
Specialties and
Alternatives panel
Meeting: Dental
Research
Meeting: Applying to
Dental School
- Possible ASDA Event
- Oral Biology Open
House (end of the
month)
-Give Kids a Smile Day
-Outreach Event
-Possible ASDA Event
-Officer Elections
Final Reminders
Next Meeting: Monday, October 22nd
Moos Tower 2-530 @6pm (Right here again)
If you have any questions, feel free to ask
our officers after the meeting
Club Website:
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~predent/home.html