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January 25, 2011

Congratulations to:

• Dr. Jack Gerrow, recipient of the first ACFD Distinguished Service Award.  The award will be formally presented in June at the ACFD Biennial Conference.
  
  
• Dr. Danny Boyd on a successful CFI Award:  Project Title:  Infrastructure for Research and Development of Glass Based Biomaterials, $123,773.  Additional matching funds will be forthcoming from the Nova Scotia Research and Innovation Trust.
  
  
• Dr. Blaine Cleghorn as author on his waxing manual for dental anatomy with VST.
  
  
• Dr. Price on his successful presentation on MARC to the ADA Council on Scientific Affairs on November 8, 2010 and will result in a product evaluation forum in 2011 during the ADA Annual Session.
  
  
• Professor Heather Doucette’s swimming marathon in Greece will be a feature story for Dalhousie Magazine.  All proceeds from the event went to the Homeless in Halifax.  Heather you are an inspiration to all of us.
  
  
• Teresa Morrison DDS’13 and April Scott DDH’10, as 2010 Dalhousie CIS Academic All Canadians.  This is the most prestigious honor a student athlete in Canada may receive.  Teresa Morrison plays for the Atlantic University Sports All Stars premier women’s soccer team.  April Scott is a prize winning varsity women’s basketball player.
  
  
• Dr. Jim Carson as the 2010 Outstanding Alumni Award Recipient.  Dr. Carson was honored at the Annual Alumni Dinner, October 1, 2010.
  
  
• Dr. David Precious as recipient of the Doctorat Honoris Causa from Laval University for leadership in the field of oral and maxillofacial sciences, cleft lip and palate research and treatment.  This highest distinction granted by the university will  be conferred in June 2011 in Quebec City, Quebec.
  
  
• Drs. Bannerman, Goodday and Morrison were inducted as New Fellows into the American College of Dentists in Orlando, Florida on October 7, 2010.
  
  
• Dr. Mary McNally, Poet Laureate. Mary composed a poem chronicling the two day PGI  Golf Tournament in New Brunswick in August.  Quite the rap artist!
  
  
  
• Dr. Ferne Kraglund, radio star on Quirks and Quarks, November 6, 2010.  Topic: More Sugar Leads to More Cavities.  Expert consultant!
  
  
• Dr. Wayne Garland as our poster person for the Dalhousie Fund, formerly known as the Annual Fund.  Wayne’s quote:   “I believe in the Dal community and that everyone has something to contribute to make a difference.  Dal has positively impacted many lives and giving back to students, where it will do the most good, it is the right thing to do.  It just feels good”.
  
  
• Our faculty and alumni on a very successful Home Coming Event during our alumni celebrations.  The Pumpkin Carving event was the brain child of our Alumni Officer, Jon Bruhm and captured the attention of the entire university.  President Traves also stopped by to assist in the selection of the grand prize winner.
  
  
• Dr. Ferne Kraglund who hosted, along with Chris Lee, dentistry staff member Kim Berkers, dental students Allie Nette, Caroline Cheung, Ian MacAskill and So Jung Lee,  a booth at the Halifax Connects Project this past October.  This event was organized as a Services and Health Fair for various vulnerable populations in the HRM.  The event took place at the Halifax Armory across from the Halifax Common.  To quote Dr. Kraglund, “Our participation was well worth the effort, both for the participants and for ourselves.  The students thoroughly enjoyed the experience and were able to reach out to a population with whom we rarely have contact (yet!)”.
  
  
• Cynthia Andrews, OMFS Faculty (Chad Robertson, Ben Davis, Curtis Gregoire), Pediatric Faculty (Ross Anderson, Jennifer MacLellan, Tracey Doyle and Heather Dyment) in the creation of the First Oral Medicine Module for the New Medical Curriculum. Since the New Brunswick Medical School Branch of the Faculty of Medicine has started in Saint John we needed part-time faculty in Dentistry to manage the Oral Medicine Module.  We were pleased to welcome Drs. Joanah Campbell, Jeff Bower and Bill Shaw.  Well Done Folks!
  
  
• Cynthia Andrews, Blaine Cleghorn, Peggy Maillet, Nancy Neish on their selection for poster presentations at ADEA in March in San Diego.
  
  
• John Lovas and Nancy Neish on their successful application for a Workshop on Mindfulness with 3 faculty members from different schools in Canada and the United States.
  
  
• Richard Price, Sachin Seth and Chris Lee on their selection for poster presentations at IADR.
  
• Martha Brillant as our new Research Officer.  In her new role she will be working in concert with Dr. Mark Filiaggi, Assistant Dean Research and the Research Development Committee to initiate and implement new and existing programs and activities that will support and enhance the Faculty’s research capacity and profile.
  
  
• Palmer Nelson, part-time faculty member in the School of Dental Hygiene and President of the Canadian Dental Hygienist Association on a successful presentation to the Finance Committee on Parliament Hill.  An important part of CDHA’s advocacy work of prevention and education in oral health care.
  
  
• To all the prize and award winners at or Annual Academic Awards and White Coat Ceremony on September 23, 2010.
  
  
• To all the first year students in Dentistry and Dental Hygiene who received their White Coats, a symbol of the students’ commitment to the privileges and responsibilities enjoyed by those within the profession.
  
  
• Dr. Rick Raftus as the recipient of the W.W. Wood Award for Teaching Excellence in Dental Education.
  
  
• Dr. Sachin Seth on his first publication. He had a review accepted for publication in JADA.
  
  
• Dr. Bob Loney on recognition by many Faculties of Dentistry around the world on his excellent and comprehensive on-line teaching materials in removable prosthodontics.
  
  
• Drs. Mary McNally, Ferne Kraglund, Debora Matthews on a Health Canada Contract for $160,000 called “Labrador Aboriginal Children’s Oral Health Survey”.  The intent is to develop meaningful research partnerships with health regions, community leaders and members and health care providers in Hopedale, Makkovik and Natuashish.
  
  
• Professor David S. Precious CM will deliver the opening ceremonies keynote address entitled “Consideration of the GOSLON Yardstick in Cleft Lip and Patients:  a note of caution” at the 41st International Annual Conference of the Egyptian Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons in Cairo, Egypt on February 2, 2011.  The meeting runs from February 1-4, 2011.
  
  
• Jon Bruhm, Drs. Joe Murphy and Carl Canning:  due to their efforts we have been successful in our first Malaysian Reunion.  The event is a High Tea on Saturday, January 29, 2011 at 3:00 p.m. at the Carousel Café in The Palace of the Golden Horses Hotel.  The event is to be hosted by Dr. Carl Canning.  Dr. Canning is on a charity mission to Viet Nam and offered to host this event.

  Updates

  1) Currently we are experiencing the last part of the tendering process for the new hand pieces with opportunities to test the products from A-dec and Brasseler for the next few weeks.  I encourage everyone to participate and be a part of the experience.

  2) Senate approved two motions from the Faculty of Dentistry on Grading Scale.

  Motion 1:  That Senate approve that effective in the 2011/12 academic year, the letter grade-numerical score conversion scale for all undergraduate classes in the Faculty of Dentistry designate a numerical score of 65% as the minimum passing score.  This scale will be used for all undergraduate courses in the Faculty of Dentistry Programs, except those classes directed/taught by departments outside of the Faculty of Dentistry.

  Motion 2:  That Senate approve that effective in the 2011/12 academic year, the following letter grade-numerical score conversion scale be implemented for all undergraduate classes in the Faculty of Dentistry.  In this scale 65% is the minimum passing numerical score.

  3) Recently I finished a Media Training Workshop and would encourage anyone interested in interacting with the Media to contact Charles Crosby from the Communications Office via Marilyn Klein to arrange for a similar workshop.  Well worth the effort.

  4) Senate approved the amended Academic Schedule Principles to include a notation to the section on the Fall Study Break, which shall read, “except students engaged in co-op, clinical or internships”.

  5) Our new intra-net DalDentX will go live in February.  The following modules (student timetable, event calendar and immunization) are part of the package.  It is hoped that the individual clinic schedules will be added in April.

  Happy New Year to everyone and many successes in 2011 for you and our Faculty.

  Quote:  Note of Inspiration.  “Champions aren’t made in gyms.  Champions are made from something they have deep inside them ? a desire, a dream, a vision.  They have to have the skill and the will.  But the will must be stronger than the skill.”  Muhammad Ali.

  TB/jr
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