Leaders in
Dental Education
Brenna
Croft Receives ASDA
Delegate Award
Brenna Croft, senior
dental student and
president of the LSUSD
chapter of the American
Student Dental Association
(ASDA) received the 2016
ASDA District 5 Delegate
of the Year Award.
Selected by the board of
trustees from all chapter
leaders in District 5, the
award is presented to an
individual who
demonstrates personal
dedication and outstanding
achievement on behalf of
ASDA and its local chapter
members.
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Brenna
Croft displays her
ASDA Delegate
Award
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ADEA
Chapter Awards
At the Spring 2016 annual
meeting of the American
Dental Education
Association, the LSUSD
student chapter received
two awards, Most
Distinguished Chapter and
Most Improved Chapter.
Megan Currier, delegate
from the senior class,
worked with fellow
delegates Morgan Hilton,
Dominic Calato, and Ross
Harris to achieve the
honors. The awards were
presented at the 2016 ADEA
Annual Session &
Exhibition held in Denver
on March 12-15.
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Back
row: Dominic
Calato, Dean
Gremillion, Ross
Harris; Front
row: Megan
Currier, Morgan
Hilton
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LSU Day
at the Legislature
On April 13th at LSU Day
at the Louisiana State
Capitol, Senators Tory
Carter and Wesley Bishop
presented a resolution
recognizing the LSU School
of Dentistry for its
achievements and favorable
report from the Commission
on Dental Accreditation
(CODA) at the site visit
this spring.
During the site visit the
CODA committee commended
LSU School of Dentistry
"for the quality of all
programs and the robust
educational environment
associated with a model
which incorporates the
entire dental team:
dentistry, dental hygiene,
and dental laboratory
technology, which best
replicates
intraprofessional
collaboration." The
consultants also commented
on the quality of LSUSD
students "who are
top-notch, extremely
focused individuals with
the highest of
credentials."
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At
the Capitol:
(l-r):
Dental students
Matt Henson, Erin
Moore, Austin
O'Quinn, and
Jonathan Doucet
(far right) with
Senator Wesley
Bishop, Dean Henry
Gremillion,
Senator Troy
Carter and faculty
member Dr. Robert
Barsley
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Established in 1975, CODA
is nationally recognized
by the U.S. Department of
Education as the sole
agency to accredit dental
and dental-related
education programs.
CODA-appointed consultants
visit schools to assess
their programs in
education, research, and
patient care. The
demanding process, which
occurs every seven years,
involves support from
everyoneÑfaculty,
students, staff and
alumni.
From a national
perspective, the LSU
School of Dentistry is
unique among the more than
65 dental schools in the
United States because it
offers degrees in
dentistry, dental hygiene,
and dental laboratory
technology. By training
students in all aspects of
dentistry, LSUSD offers a
level of training that has
resulted in the schoolÕs
reputation for providing
an outstanding clinical
education. From 1972 to
2015, the school graduated
over 5,000 dental health
professionals, with a
graduation rate of over
99%.
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