The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry in Lincoln
will host its 13th Annual Professionals Day on Friday, March 19 from 9
a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The event celebrates scholarly activities and provides
students, faculty and the dental community an opportunity to share professional
and academic activities. It will be held in the Great Plains room in the
East Campus Union on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus, located
at 37th & Fair Streets, just north of Holdrege.
Activities will include the 32nd Annual Student Scientific program at
which students will display dentistry projects from 9 a.m. to noon. The
Frank M. Wentz Memorial lecture, featuring speaker, Stephen Leeper, D.D.S.,
dean of the UNMC College of Dentistry, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Dr. Leepers
speech titled, Savor the Journey, focuses on living life to the fullest
while working toward life goals.
Faculty and students will be honored with awards and recognition at
2:30 p.m. Thirty-one students with a cumulative grade-point-average of
at least 3.6 will be honored as the top 15 percent of their class. The
students are listed below by program and hometown:
UNMC College of Dentistry, Doctor of Dental Surgery (D.D.S.) program
COLUMBUS Cade Hunzeker
ELSIE Brad Goings (on the honors list since he was a freshman)
FALLS CITY Laura James
FREMONT Kristina Barta
GRAND ISLAND John Janulewicz
HASTINGS Ann Schultes
LINCOLN Colin Gibson, Andrew Glenn (in the upper 3% of class and on
honors list since he was a freshman), Ryan Hamilton, Jessica James, Chad
Meyer, Van Sanderfer, and Sami Whitlock
OMAHA Corey Karimjee
SIERRA VISTA, ARIZ. Neil Begley (on the honors list since freshman)
GREAT BEND, KAN. Tatum Dunekack
HOXIE, KAN. Mark Leiker
LAS CRUCES, N.M. Clifton Long
SISSETON, S.D. Amber Marohl
SPEARFISH, S.D. Jesse Dana
KEARNS, UTAH William Callahan (on the honors list since freshman)
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Corey Anderson
SMITHFIELD, UTAH Wyatt Wood
LANDER, WYO. Andrew Young
NEWCASTLE, WYO. Brian Hokanson
UNMC College of Dentistry, Bachelor of Science Degree program
BURWELL — Jodi Beat (on honors list since began program)
OMAHA — Chris Dolezal, Glenda Webb and Mary Jo Wolf
WAVERLY — Anna Canarsky (in upper 3% of class and on honors list since
began program)
AMERICAN FORK, UTAH — Dara Poulsen (on honors list since began program)