Talent Takes the Stage

The UMKC School of Dentistry’s Student National Dental Association and Hispanic Student Dental Association (SNDA/HSDA) hosted their annual Talent Show, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018.The event is in commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday, celebration of African American History month and the spirit of diversity and inclusion at the UMKC School of Dentistry. Students, staff and faculty packed a lecture hall to spend their lunch hour enjoying some amazing entertainment.

The talent featured:

Cory Hasen: Singing and playing a Guitar
John L. Cottrell: Solo
Erin Gilmore: Solo
Monica Rolf: Poem
Timothey Albright: Drumming
The Tooth Pickers Duet & Band Performance
Ashley Johnson
Sam Zimmer
Calvin Eastwood
Robert Blundell, DDS
Coleton Caldwell
Samantha Ackerman

Master & Mistress of Ceremony
Anthony Spates & Teresa Nguyen

SNDA/HSDA Officers
President: Brandon Jackson
Vice President: Arianna Jackson
Secretary: Rashin Alipour
Treasurer: Teresa Nguyen
Social Chairs: Chanelle Roberts
Brittany Daniel
Anthony Spates
Fundraiser Chair: Brianna Thompson
Historian(s): Michelle Burton
Shan Ao
SNDA/HSDA Advisors
Derek Williams, DDS
Tanya Gibson, DDS
John L. Cottrell

Photos from the event found here.