MISSION STATEMENT:
It shall be the purpose of this organization to educate students regarding the professional fields of dentistry, dental hygiene, and dental technology, and to recognize the overall scholastic achievements of students as well as encouraging the community activity by such students.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE:
CHASE BAKER- President
E-mail: [email protected]
SHAHAB ASLINIA- Vice President
E-mail: [email protected]
VALERIE SANTIAGO- Secretary
E-mail: [email protected]
KHOI NGUYEN- Treasurer
E-mail: [email protected]
COURTNEY GROSSKOPF- Special Events
E-mail: [email protected]
Welcome back to 2001 spring. Please
check the web page periodically for further information.
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
FOR SPRING 2001:
Trip to UT-San Antonio will be on Wednesday, January 19th, 2001.
FIRST MEETING:
February 1st,
Thursday @ 6:30pm in Bayou City room UC upstairs
Guest speaker: Dr. Chan, member of admissions at Houston UTDB
February 9th,
Friday, The Star
of the South Dental Meeting, 3:30-6pm
February 10th,
Saturday, Kaplan's mock
DAT. 9am in the
Tejas room @ UC
SECOND MEETING:
February 22nd,
Thursday @ 6:30pm in the Lone Star room. Officer Elections
All officer applications are due February 20th,
Tuesday
THIRD MEETING:
March 29th,
Thursday @ 6:30PM, Atlantic Room.
MERIT SYSTEM
The goal for each member =
15 points
Please note that this is a GOAL not a
requirement, but it is of utmost importance if you are thinking
of becoming an officer of the organization!!!! (To be eligible
for an officer position, a student must have been in good
standing; these merit points determine good standing)!!!
Ways To Obtain Merit
Points:
1) Community Service
Activities---------------------------------------3 points
If the community service is done outside the
organization, please bring us some form of proof so that you can
receive credit (merit points) for the activity.
2) Attending
meetings--------------------------------------------------2
points
It is to your advantage to attend the meetings
every month. Our meetings will be in the form of speakers either
from Dental Schools or from Kaplan. You may miss important
information if you skip out on us.
3) Fundraising Volunteer-----------------------------------------------2
points
Fundraisers are important too because they make
us $MONEY$ so that we can buy things for our organization, e.g.:
computers, printers, our end of the year dinner..etc...So sign up
to help out!
4) Wearing our T-Shirt-------------------------------1 points
You may wear these to Meetings, Fundraisers, and
Organizational Community Involvement Activities (and any events
we are all together; otherwise we don't know if you really wore
it).
Remember The end of The
Year Banquet/Dinner!!!!! We will be passing out awards and they
include:
1) Outstanding Member Award
This goes to the member who accumulates the most
merit points.
2) Community Effort Award
This goes to the member who accumulates the most
community service merit points.
VOLUNTEERING:
San Jose Clinic: Delta Delta Sigma members are able to volunteer in this dental clinic in downtown. Contact the office and the bulletin board across from office for further information and directions
JOB OPPORTUNITY:
Dr. Anne-Marie Hoa Nguyen, D.D.S., M.S.: Dr. Nguyen is looking for someone to work on Tuedays and Thursdays. Office located on 6666 Harwin. Tele: (713) 917-0907 Fax: (713) 780-3957
Emails from previous speakers:
Dr. Johnson, D.D.S. mailto:[email protected]
Dr. Newland, D.D.S. mailto:[email protected]
Dr. Glickman, D.D.S., mailto:[email protected]
Dr. Sandoval, D.D.S., MPH, Professor and Associate Dean for Student Affairs @ UT-San Antonio. mailto:[email protected]
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS- HOUSTON DENTAL BRANCH:http://www.db.uth.tmc.edu
Office of Student Affairs
P.O.Box: 20068
Houston, TX 77225
Tel. #: (713)500-4151
Fax #: (713)500-4425
The University of Texas-Houston Dental Branch is located in the Texas Medical center, a comprehensive medical complex, occupying 675 acres and housing 43 non-profit institutions dedicated to the highest quality in patient care, research and education. The School of Dentistry consists of 323,000 square feet in a self-contained six floor building , including basic and pre-clinical laboratories, lecture rooms, clinical treatment areas, and library which contains 25,000 volumes of medical and dental literature.
The most advanced equipment and educational technology is available for teaching at the school. Laboratory work for basic science and dental technique courses is done in multi-disciplinary laboratories with closed circuit television facilities for the presentation of learning materials.
Approximately 60 undergraduate students are admitted to the School of Dentistry each year. The school year consists of two 20 week semesters and one 6 week summer clinic session.
Students are advised to choose a program of study leading to the baccalaureate degree by the beginning of the sophomore year and to strive for a grade of at least B or better in their overall course work. A grade of at least C must be earned in each of the required courses.
Applications for the first year classes of all The University of Texas System medical and dental schools are processed by the Medical and Dental Application Center, The University of Texas System. Application may be obtained by writing to:
The University of Texas System
Medical and Dental Application Center
702 Colorado, Suite 6.400
Austin, Texas 78701
Phone:(512) 499-4785 -----Fax: (512)
499-4786
Web: http://dpweb1.dp.utexas.edu/mdac/homepage.htm
Applications are accepted between April 15 and November 1 of the year preceding anticipated matriculation, and must be made on the current year's official forms available from the Application Center.
Admission to the Dental School is earned on the basis of consideration of: 1) Academic performance 2) DAT Scores 3) The evaluation of the Health Professions Advisory committee.
For additional information about UT-Houston Dental Branch, please click on the title above.
Baylor
College of Dentistry: http://www.tambcd.edu
P.O.Box: 660677
Dallas, TX 75266-0677
Tel.#: (214)828-8230
UT
Dental School at San Antonio: http://dental.uthscsa.edu
7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78284-7906
Tel.#: (210)567-2674
Fax #: (210)567-2685
Other
Helpful Sites
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pls. send us a message
by emailing one of the officers above
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LAST UPDATED: March 3, 2001