Twenty dental and dental hygiene students from the University of Nebraska
Medical Center College of Dentistry will receive honor awards for the 1998-99
school year. The recipients were chosen by the faculty based on their academic
performance. The awards will be given during commencement ceromonies at
2 p.m. on Friday, May 7, at the Lied Center for Performing Arts, 301 N.
12th St., Lincoln. Award winners are listed below by hometowns:
DENTAL AWARDS
BELLEVUE –Mark C. Frill- American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial
Radiology: Exceptional interest and accomplishment in dental radiology;
BURWELL — Louis Olberding- American Society for Geriatric Dentistry:
Commitment to the dental issues of the elderly;
ELSIE — Bradley E. Goings- Deans’ Award for Academic Achievement: Given
to students who are graduating with either Highest Distinction, High Distinction
or Distinction;
GENEVA — Amy Frazier- American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial
Surgeons (Dental Implant Award): Demonstrated outstanding achievements
in the study of implants in dentistry; Certificate of Merit in Patient
Management: Most consistent excellence in communicating with patients;
Quintessence Book Publishing Awards: For clinical achievement in restorative
dentistry;
HASTINGS — Ryan J. Hughes- American Society of Dentistry for Children;
Outstanding in the field of dentistry for children;
Michael Laun- Organization of Teachers of Oral Diagnosis: Excellence
and promise in the field of oral diagnosis;
Matthew J. Pershing- Academy of General Dentistry: Most promise of
becoming an outstanding general dentist; Chi-Cheung Chan Orthodontic Award:
Greatest aptitude for orthodontics; Teledyne Water Pik Prosthodontic Award:
Leading prosthodontic student;
LINCOLN — Brion Dalton- American Academy of Dental Practice Administration:
Most professional growth in managerial skills and development of outstanding
performance in four-handed dentistry;
Scott Hamilton- Nebraska Society of Dentistry for Children: Excelled
in pedodontic studies;
Rich S. Nolte- American Academy of Gold Foil Operators: Outstanding
qualities as a scholar and clinician in Operative Dentistry;
OMAHA — Maria Zoraida Cacho- American Association of Women Dentists:
Senior woman who has demonstrated academic excellence and outstanding leadership;
IOWA
DAVENPORT — Dave Schleusener- Woodbury Study Club: Excellence in clinical
skill while providing operative dentistry services for patients in the
conduct of his dental school practice;
NORTH DAKOTA
BEULAH — Lonnie Neuberger- National Society of Dental Practitioners:
Interest and knowledge of law and ethics in contemporary dental practice;
SOUTH DAKOTA
RAPID CITY — Chad Meyer- Deans’ Award for Academic Achievement: Given
to students who are graduating with either Highest Distinction, High Distinction
or Distinction; American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry: Demonstrating the
most clinical proficiency and interest in esthetic dentistry; American
Academy of Orofacial Pain: Demonstrating greatest interest and commitment
to temporomandibular disorders (TMD) and orofacial pain; International
College of Dentists: Most professional growth and development during the
years of dental study; Quintessence Book Publishing Award (2): One for
research achievement and the other for clinical achievement in periodontics;
YANKTON
C. Nolan Carson III- American Dental Society of Anesthesiology: Proficiency
in the field of anesthesia in dentistry;
SOUTH CAROLINA
ROCK HILL — Van J. Sanderfer- Deans’ Award for Academic Achievement:
Given to students who are graduating with either Highest Distinction, High
Distinction or Distinction; Omicron Kappa Upsilon: Honorary Dental Fraternity;
Academy of Dental Materials: For excellence in the field of dental materials
science; American Association of Oral Biologists: Demonstrated achievement,
interest and promise in the area of oral biology; American Association
of Orthodontists: Exceptional interest in the development of the orofacial
complex; International Congress of Oral Implantologists: Greatest interest
and commitment to oral implantology/implant dentistry;
UTAH
SALT LAKE CITY — William “Shawn” Callahan- Deans’ Award for Academic
Achievement: Given to students who are graduating with either Highest Distinction,
High Distinction or Distinction; Omicron Kappa Upsilon: Honorary Dental
Fraternity; Medico Dental Media International, Inc: Achieved academic excellence,
demonstrated outstanding clinical skill and effective writing and/or expressed
interest in dental research;
DENTAL HYGIENE AWARDS
NEBRASKA
BURWELL — Jodi Beat- Deans’ Award for Academic Achievement: Given
to students who are graduating with either Highest Distinction, High Distinction
or Distinction; Sigma Phi Alpha: Honorary society for dental hygiene;
Nebraska Dental Hygienists’ Association Outstanding Student Award: Outstanding
dental hygiene student;
NEWCASTLE — Jamie Lynn Hagen- Outstanding Clinician Award: Outstanding
overall clinical performance;
WAVERLY — Anna Maureen Canarsky- Deans’ Award for Academic Achievement:
Given to students who are graduating with either Highest Distinction, High
Distinction or Distinction; Sigma Phi Alpha: Honorary society for dental
hygiene.
Since 1990, UNMC’s freshman dental classes have ranked in the top 10
for the highest grade point averages among the 55 dental colleges in the
United States. UNMC’s dental college, located at 40th and Holdrege in Lincoln,
includes about 250 students enrolled in the following educational programs:
doctor of dental surgery (D.D.S.); certificate in dental hygiene and
a bachelor’s degree in dental hygiene; five post-graduate specialty programs
in endodontics, orthodontics, periodontics, pediatric dentistry, and prosthodontics;
and two general dentistry residency programs.
The UNMC College of Dentistry was founded in 1899 as the Lincoln Dental
College and officially became part of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
in 1918. In 1979, it became part of UNMC. Construction was recently completed
on the Cruzan Center for Research, a 7,000 square foot addition which is
home to a new state-of the art lecture hall and clinical research operatories.
An additional 8,000 square feet of the college’s existing space was renovated
to allow for more research space.
UNMC is the only public academic health science center in the state.
Through its commitment to research, education and patient care, UNMC has
established itself as one of the country’s leading centers for cancer research
and treatment and solid organ transplantation. More than $34 million in
research grants and contracts are awarded to UNMC scientists annually.
In addition, UNMC’s educational programs are responsible for training more
health professionals practicing in Nebraska than any other institution.