April 2017, Vol. 14, No. 2
Wordof MOUTH Changing the Future of Oral Health: Our College Adopts New Vision, Mission, and Values Statements The College has a new Vision, Mission, and our Universities’ systems strategic and Core Values, summed up in a new plans. While not intentional, it shows motto, “Changing the Future of Oral wonderful alignment of our College Health.” with our University and our future!” “With the campus preparing for The Chancellor’s four Strategic Priaccreditation review in the spring of orities are: (1) Students’ Experience, 2017, we wanted to review these (2) Engagement and Focus on Chistatements,” Dean Clark Stanford cago, (3) Research Status and Reputaexplained. “Plus, tion, and (4) New when I joined the Business Model College in 2014, (An EntrepreneurI felt it time to ial Approach). examine and up“Our College date them.” represents a new The new generation of oral statements, health providers Dr. Stanford said, and oral health “ground our colresearch, and lege in its basic we want our mission and statements to aligns our Vision, reflect this,” Student James Appiah explains his research at Mission, and Dr. Stanford said. the recent Clinic and Research Day. Research is Core Values with “The College is all an important component of how the College is Chancellor Miabout anchoring “Changing the Future of Oral Health.” chael Amiridis’s oral health in four Strategic the primary Priorities for UIC. care team with This was done with an intensive includentistry leading the way.” sion of stakeholders’ views and opinThe process for revising the ions and—rather helpful and surprisstatements began with a task force ing— an easy alignment with campus led by Dr. Stephen Campbell, Head,
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ICD Gift Funds International Rotations
Faculty Earn Research Grants
Students Help Out at UCP Seguin