WORD of MOUTH University, College celebrate the exciting start of IGNITE: The Campaign for UIC The University of Illinois at address these challenges by Chicago on Oct. 28 launched creating a sustainable model IGNITE: The Campaign for UIC. of dental education, recruiting The College of Dentistry and retaining talented faculty has announced its goal of $37 and staff, promoting relevant million as part of the overall research that includes basic $750 million University-wide and translational science, and campaign and our theme is increasing our focus and reach “Changing the Future of Oral in community-based activities. Health.” The public phase of the Through the success of the campaign will last five years and IGNITE campaign, we will: 1.) conclude on June 30, 2022. Redefine the model for student “We are inviting everyone experience and success; 2.) to play a critical Cultivate and role in the empower success of this faculty leaders; transformational 3.) Drive lifecampaign for changing the College of discoveries; Dentistry,” said and 4.) Dean Clark Strengthen Stanford. “We connection want each of to our Patients are becoming more comyou to be the communities. plex in terms of their medical, sospark that lights “Success cial, and emotional history, and the the fire within us in this College will provide an education making future graduates competent and to join in a campaign in that complex environment. campaign like will propel no other.” us forward During the to where our IGNITE campaign, the College students are performing at the of Dentistry will leverage its top one to two percent in the world-wide status and position nation, if not globally,” of leadership to improve the Dr. Stanford said. manner in which students learn In addition to the focus on and of how the profession the four University strategic impacts society. The College’s initiatives listed above, IGNITE: next important steps will directly The Campaign for UIC will
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