Scholarship
Recipients, 2012-2013
ADA Foundation
Dental Student
Scholarship Award
Second-year student Ariel
Brown was one
of 25 dental students
selected nationally for
the 2013 ADA
Foundation Dental
Student Scholarship
Award in the
amount of $2,500. The
purpose of the scholarship
is to help predoctoral
dental students defray a
part of their professional
education expenses. The
goal of this program is to
facilitate the education
of academically gifted
dental students. Each
dental school was allowed
to submit 2 applications.
Eligibility requirements
include:
- Be in the second year
of study
- Possess a superior
academic record
- Submit a biographical
sketch
ADEA/Johnson
& Johnson Healthcare
Products Preventive
Dentistry Scholarship
Third-year dental student
Eun-Chee Lee
was one of 12 dental
students selected
nationally for the 2013 ADEA/Johnson
& Johnson Healthcare
Products Preventive
Dentistry Scholarship
in the amount of $2,500.
The purpose of the
scholarship is to support
predoctoral dental
students who have
demonstrated academic
excellence in preventive
dentistry.
Eligibility requirements
include:
- A strong interest in
preventive dentistry
through personal
activities and
achievements
- Possess a superior
academic record.
- Applicants were
required to submit an
essay on the insights
the student gained from
achievements and
activities (research,
community service, and
program development) in
preventive dentistry.
Baldridge
Scholarship
The following students
received the 2012
Baldridge Scholarship for
their outstanding academic
achievements in 2011-2012.
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: Heather
Brantley, Anh-Tuyet Dang,
Elise King, Collin Miller,
Caitlin Slade
D2: Ryan Buller,
Sarah George, Christy
Stasney, Caroline Sikes,
Jefferson Twomley
D3: Matthew Davis,
Colten Ducote, William
Jones, Eun-Chee Lee, Steve
Nelson
D4: Kristen Knecht,
Christy Lottinger, Khanh
Luong, Nick Maskas, Nicole
Russo
Delta Dental of
Arkansas Scholarship
Spencer Gordy and
Sean Sebourn
are the recipients of the
Delta Dental of Arkansas
Scholarship. This award,
in the amount of $300.00,
honors fourth-year dental
students from Arkansas for
high academic achievement.
J.E. Hargrove
DDS Scholarship
>Established by Dr. J.
Eryk Hargrove, LSUSD '08,
this scholarship is
presented to a first-year
dental student. It awards
$500 for each year of
dental school. The 2012
recipient is Jade
Fontenot, who graduated
from the LSUSD Dental
Hygiene program in
Lafayette in 2009, and
spent three years as a
hygienist before entering
dental school. Continuing
recipients from previous
years are Lauren Hayden
(D2) and Joshua Reaves
(D3).
Tracy Helm
Scholarship
Senior dental hygiene
student Laurie
Boudreaux
received the 2013 Tracy
Helm Scholarship in Dental
Hygiene, in the amount of
$1,200.00. The
scholarships honors a
senior dental hygiene
student who is outgoing,
kind and considerate of
her faculty, fellow
students, and patients.
Hotel Dieu
Medical and Dental Staff
Scholarship in Dentistry
The 2012 recipient of the
Hotel Dieu Medical and
Dental Staff Scholarship
in Dentistry is Katie
Evans. The
scholarship, in the amount
of $500.00, honors a
fourth-year dental student
who has demonstrated
outstanding scholarship,
leadership, and
professionalism for the
first three years of
dental school.
C. Edmund Kells
Society Student Scholar
Award
Selection of junior dental
students is based on
professional integrity,
professional judgment,
leadership skills,
clinical skills, academic
acumen, and participation
in extracurricular
activities. These two
individuals are looked
upon by their Kells
Society classmates as
exceptional student
dentists and exceptional
individuals. This year's
student Scholar recipients
are Matthew Davis
and Colten Ducote.
Each award includes a
check in the amount of
$300.00.
Lakeside Dental
Care Dental Hygiene
Scholarship
Tara Thomas,
senior dental hygiene
student, was the recipient
of a new $500.00
scholarship from Lakeside
Dental Care and American
Dental Partners of
Louisiana, LLC. The
second-year class had the
opportunity to submit
applications to Lakeside
Dental Care to be
considered for this
scholarship.
LAMMICO
Scholarship
First-year dental student
Lindsey Richard
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. A native
of Arnaudville, Louisiana,
Lindsey graduated from the
University of
Louisiana–Lafayette where
she majored in biological
sciences and served as
president of the
Pre-Professional Society.
LAMMICO Director of
Business Development Brian
Glotflety and Business
Development Manager Hamish
Moudgil presented the
award.
LAMMICO, founded in the
1980s, provides
malpractice insurance for
the dental and medical
professions. Since 2000,
the Metairie firm has
awarded 36 scholarships,
each in the amount of
$6,000, to first-year
dental and medical
students at Louisiana
schools. (July 24, 2012)
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Presentation of
the Lammico
Scholarship,
from left, Dean
Henry
Gremillion,
Lindsey Richard,
Brian Glotflety
and Hamish
Moudgil |
John
Lapeze Scholarship
Antonio Tanase,
DLT junior, is the
recipient of the 2012 John
Lapeze Scholarship. This
scholarship, selected by
the dental laboratory
technology department,
honors a junior DLT
student for technical
aptitude, responsibility,
leadership, citizenship,
and academic achievement
in the previous year.
Omicron
Kappa Upsilon
Matthew Davis
is the recipient of the
Dr. William S. Kramer
Award of Excellence
established by the OKU
Supreme Chapter in 1986.
The purpose of this award,
in the amount of $400.00,
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 two scholarships
for academic excellence to
senior dental students.
The scholarships are based
on the students' academic
excellence, leadership,
professionalism, and
service. The Randolph
Malloy/OKU Scholarship
honors the memory of Dr.
Malloy, 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. The 2013 recipient
is Nickolas
Maskas. The Robert
B. Brannon/OKU
Scholarship
honors the memory of Dr.
Brannon, a beloved
professor of oral and
maxillofacial surgery. The
2013 recipient is Katie
Evans.
James
L. Rodriguez Rodgers
& Betty Rodgers
Scholarship
The purpose of this
scholarship is to provide
assistance and
encouragement to worthy
dental students who have
completed the LSUSD Summer
Enrichment Program. The
program encourages
under-represented minority
students and students from
disadvantaged backgrounds
to pursue a career in
dentistry. Dr. James
Rodgers is a 1976 LSUSD
graduate. Students receive
$200.00 for each of their
four years of dental
school.
D1:
Collin Miller, Anastatia
Simien, Timothy Tate
D2: Yolanda Bell,
Marcela Jolivette, Jessica
Whiteside, Tosha Woods,
Kathlene Zuniga
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 2012 recipients are Jeffrey
Schott, D2; Rosalie
Nguyen, D3; and
Erica Hender,
D4.
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