Scholarship
Recipients, 2010-2011
ADA Foundation
Dental Laboratory
Technology Scholarship
DLT sophomore Sunny
Michelle Russell
has been selected to
receive a Dental
Laboratory Technology
Scholarship in the amount
of $1,000 for the
2010-2011 Academic Year.
Students submit a detailed
application to the ADA
Foundation which selects
the scholarship recipient.
Qualifications for the
scholarship are based on
stringent academic
achievement, leadership,
research, service
achievements and
volunteerism. The purpose
of the program is to
provide financial
assistance to qualified
students to encourage them
to pursue careers in
dentistry.
Baldridge
Scholarship
The following students
received the 2010
Baldridge Scholarship for
their outstanding academic
achievements in 2009-2010.
Five scholarships in the
amount of $500.00 are
awarded in each class to
the students with the
highest overall GPA. The
first-year dental students
are selected on
undergraduate GPA and
performance on the DAT
examination.
D1: Jacob
Deniakos, Christopher
Hooper, Eun-Chee Lee,
Steven Nelson, Joseph
Sage
D2: Katie
Evans, Kristen Knecht,
Christy Lottinger,
Nickolas Maskas, Justin
Stanford
D3: Mohammed
Ismail, Cole Johnson,
Alexis Nacchio, Elise
Puissegur,
Nicole
Thieler
D4: Jeffrey
Bennett, Michael Maher,
Erin Maturin, Ruby Nhan,
Joshua Parker
Pierre
Fauchard Academy
Foundation Dental
Student Scholarship
Rene Bourgeois,
a fourth-year dental
student, received the 2011
Pierre Fauchard Academy
Foundation Dental Student
Scholarship. The
scholarship, in the amount
of $1,500, honors a
third-year dental student
who has demonstrated the
greatest potential for
developing into an
outstanding leader in the
dental
profession. Selection
criteria include
leadership,
professionalism, and GPA.
Renee is a native of
Vacherie, Louisiana and
graduated from Nicholls
State University. She has
been class representative
to the American Student
Dental Association (ASDA)
and this year is first
delegate to ASDA.
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Renee
Bourgeois,
recipient of
the Pierre
Fauchard
Academy
Foundation
Dental Student
Scholarship |
J.E.
Hargrove DDS Scholarship
Dr. James Eryk Hargrove, a
2008 graduate of LSUSD,
recently established a
scholarship fund that
awards $500 each year to a
first-year dental student.
This year's recipient is Joshua
C. Reaves, a
native of Baton Rouge. Dr.
Hargrove selected the
winner based on essay
submissions; Reaves was
chosen from five
applicants. A 2008
graduate of LSU, Reaves
majored in biological
engineering. After
graduation, he worked as
an intern in a civil
engineering firm before
starting dental school.
The
scholarship follows the
student as long as he/she
maintains a 3.0 GPA. Each
year Dr. Hargrove will
award another scholarship
to a first-year student.
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Dr.
J. Eryk Hargrove
(left) with
scholarship
recipient,
Joshua Reaves
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Tracy Helm
The 2011 Tracy Helm
Scholarship in Dental
Hygiene has been awarded
to Stacie Latino,
a senior student in the
dental hygiene program.
The scholarship is awarded
each year to a senior
dental hygiene student who
is outgoing, kind, and
considerate of her
faculty, fellow students,
and patients. The
recipient is selected by
the faculty of the Dental
Hygiene Program.
The scholarship was
presented by Bill Helm,
Tracy's father, on April
1, 2011. He established
the scholarship in 1997 as
a way to honor his
daughter, who died in a
tragic automobile accident
in 1994. She was a 1993
graduate of the Dental
Hygiene Program. Since the
scholarship fund was
established, several
members of the Helm family
have made additional
contributions.
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Mr.
Bill Helm with
Stacie Latino,
Tracy Helm
Scholarship
recipient |
Hotel Dieu
Medical and Dental Staff
Scholarship in Dentistry
The 2010 recipient of the
Hotel Dieu Medical and
Dental Staff Scholarship
in Dentistry is Scott
Hannaman. The
scholarship honors a
fourth-year dental student
who has demonstrated
outstanding scholarship,
leadership, and
professionalism for the
first three years of
dental school. Hannaman is
a native of Baton Rouge
and LSU graduate.
LAMMICO
Scholarship
First-year dental student
Ashleigh Briody
has been awarded the merit
scholarship presented each
year by the Louisiana
Medical Mutual Insurance
Company (LAMMICO). The
scholarship is awarded to
a high-achieving student
to help defray tuition and
other expenses. Briody, a
native of Baton Rouge,
graduated from LSU with a
major in Biological
Sciences.
LAMMICO,
founded in the 1980s,
provides malpractice
insurance for the dental
and medical professions.
Since 2000, the Metairie
firm has awarded 33
scholarships, each in the
amount of $6,000, to
first-year dental and
medical students at
Louisiana schools.
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Scholarship
recipient,
Ashleigh Briody,
is flanked by
Dr. John
Ritchie,
director of
admissions, and
Liz VanDervort,
assistant
marketing
representative
for LAMMICO. |
John Lapeze
Scholarship
Hesham Al-Madani,
DLT junior, is the
recipient of the 2010 John
Lapeze Scholarship. This
scholarship was selected
by the dental laboratory
technology department
honoring a junior DLT
student for technical
aptitude, responsibility,
leadership, citizenship,
and academic achievement
in the previous year.
Omicron
Kappa Upsilon
Alexis Nacchio
is the recipient of the
Kramer Award, established
by the OKU Supreme Chapter
in 1986. The purpose of
this award is to recognize
a rising junior dental
student at each Component
Chapter School who has
demonstrated scholarship,
character, and the
potential promise for the
advancement of dentistry
and service to humanity as
shown by Dr. Kramer's
dedication to his
profession, his specialty,
and the principles and
ideals of Omicron Kappa
Upsilon.
Each year Theta Kappa
Chapter presents the
Randolph Malloy/OKU
Scholarship for Academic
Excellence to two senior
dental students. The
scholarships are based on
the students' academic
excellence, leadership,
professionalism, and
service. Randolph Malloy
was a faculty member in
oral surgery who lead the
construction of the school
in Baton Rouge after
Hurricane Katrina and
coordinated the return
back to New Orleans in
2007. For his leadership
example, the award is
named in his memory. The
recipients this year are Ruby
Thuy Nhan and Joshua
Parker.
William F. Toler
Memorial Scholarship
Renee Bourgeois,
third-year dental student,
is the recipient of the
Toler Memorial Scholarship
for 2010. This scholarship
is designated to reward a
rising third-year dental
student who has shown
outstanding academic
ability throughout the
first two years of school
and has earned a high
opinion within the dental
school community for
scholarship, leadership
and citizenship, and
professionalism.
Dr. Toler was a faculty
member in the Department
of Prosthodontics. In
1979, the family and
friends established a
scholarship in his memory
through the LSUHSC
Foundation.
Grace Voigt
Scholarship
The Grace Voigt
Scholarship honors a
second-, third-, and
fourth-year dental student
who has demonstrated
outstanding leadership,
concern for fellow
students and patients,
high ethical standards,
and dedication to the
profession of dentistry.
The 2010 recipients are Erica
Hender, D2; Cole
Johnson, D3,
and Jared Harris,
D4.
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