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Making the Penn Dental Connection
Black History Month
Oral Cancer Walk
The Executive Student Council organized Making the Penn Dental Connection, a special networking event for students, alumni, members of the Board of Overseers, faculty, and staff, held November 3, 2009 at the Union League of Philadelphia. Recognized at the event with the Student Council’s Award for Outstanding Service to Students was Dr. Margrit Maggio, Assistant Professor of Restorative DentistryClinician Educator, and the Department of Endodontics.
On February 24, Penn Dental Medicine’s Student National Dental Association (SNDA) held its 9th annual Black History Month Celebration in the School’s Robert Schattner Center Atrium. This year’s event, “African American Dentists Through the Decades,” was attended by Penn Dental Medicine faculty, staff, dental students, residents, as well as students from local colleges and high schools. The keynote speaker was Penn Dental Medicine alumnus and current member of the Board of Overseers, Dr. Lewis E. Proffitt (D’73, WG’80).
The Penn Dental Medicine Oral Cancer Awareness Society organized the second annual Philadelphia Oral Cancer Walk to increase awareness about the disease and raise funds in support of the Oral Cancer Foundation. Held April 24, 2010, the 3.1-mile walk took place around Penn Dental Medicine’s West Philadelphia neighborhood. Free head and neck screenings for oral cancer were also offered along with free refreshments and entertainment.
1 Melissa Pauli (D’10), Rachel Levarek (D’11), and Prem Patel (D’10). 2 Students networking with Board of Overseer and alumnus Dr. Joseph Gian-Grasso (C’67, D’71). 3 Joel Frankel (C’02, D’06, G’10), Lisel-Anne Parillon (D’12), and Stephanie Berg (D’12).
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4 Dr. Lewis E. Proffitt (D’73, WG’80)
5 Student organizers from last year’s event (this year’s walk was occurring at press time).