Donor Recognition Issue
Welcome to our annual donor recognition edition of the Explorer! The UMKC School of Dentistry could not achieve the success we do without the generous support of our alumni and friends. That support allows us to not only sustain our level of excellence day-to-day, but also enables us to position ourselves to remain excellent in the future.
It goes without saying that our students are the focus of nearly everything we do: teaching and learning, research, and caring for our community. Every member of our staff, faculty, and student body contribute to our mission of preparing the best dentists and dental hygienists for the future of our profession. You, too, play a vital role in helping us support student learning! In order to position ourselves as a cutting edge dental education institution of the future, we have selected as one of our priority projects the creation of a state-of-the-art skills laboratory (or pre-clinical laboratory). I have previously communicated our plans to outfit our present bench-based labs with sophisticated patient simulation operatories (see image below). I would like to reiterate that this project is vital to the future effectiveness of our students’ mastery of clinical skills because it will allow us to utilize ultramodern equipment that is quickly becoming the industry standard.
2015 Fall Explorer Contents:
- Honor Roll of Donors
- A Winning Formula: Generosity + Gratitude = Class Scholarships
- Class of 2000 Scholarship Honors “Going Above and Beyond”
- There’s No Skullduggery with These Skulls
- Scholarship Recognition Dinner
- New Scholarships in 2015
- Message from the Dean
- Dr. and Mrs. Ogilvie Are Partners in Our Progress
- Congratulations 2016 Alumni Achievement Award Recipients
- My Alumni Story
- Class Notes
- In Memoriam
- Alumni and Development Office Welcomes New Staff Members
- Save the Date for These Future Alumni Events
- Advanced Education in Periodontics
- Three’s Company for the Honda Family
- Dr. Lynda Bonewald Receives National Award
- DH Grad Student Wins National Poster Competition
- Dr. Linda Sturrup Publishes Second Children’s Book
- Endodontics Department Completes Integration of New Instrumentation Technique
- Transitioning into the Profession with White Coats and Scrubs
- Stay Connected
- Area Researchers Form Consortium to Study Musculoskeletal Disease
- Jesse Smith Pursues Two Passions
- Say Hello to Your Future Colleagues
- International Students Assist with Biofilm Research
- Legacy Students
- Mark Your Calendar for the 2016 Midwest Dental Conference