According to architecture experts, swinging doors exchange up to eight times as much air as revolving doors. “Keeping the swinging doors closed in favor of using the revolving door also will cut down the College’s heating bills and reduce our carbon footprint,” Dr. Rowan added. “College administration and everyone who uses the lobby would like to thank everyone for keeping this in mind,” she concluded.
Ambassadors Mejdee Younis and Sabrina Ramahi help out a visitor to the College.
and displaying their ID tags. They really got into it.” Both Younis and Ramahi feel that the Ambassador program has strengthened their desire to go to dental school, and will help them in their future dental careers. “I think it will better prepare us for dental school and what to expect,” Younis said. “If we go to dental school here at UIC, we will already know all the ins and outs of the building. And I’ve met faculty and learned more about research here, too.” The Ambassador program also requires participants to volunteer for additional College-related activities, such as going to elementary schools to provide oral health information. Younis explained that the program “has gotten us closer to our fellow Pre-Dental Club members because we communicate about the program and become friends.” He noted that he has had one particularly interesting recurring experience as an Ambassador. “Every Wednesday morning an older gentleman walks in here and asks us, ‘Where’s the apples?’” Younis said. “It gives me a laugh every time.”
Use Revolving Door, Keep Lobby Warm
As the weather turns colder, College of Dentistry personnel entering and exiting on Paulina Street are asked to remember to use the revolving door instead of the swinging doors. “We need everyone to pull together to keep the lobby space warm for patients, visitors, and registration staff,” said Dr. Susan Rowan, Executive Associate Dean and Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs. “Use of the swinging doors not only lets in the cold, but wind, precipitation, dust, and noise, too.” Courtesy Andrew Shea 6
Endo Resident Dr. Helen Yang Writes Book to Ease Dental School Application Process
Dr. Helen Yang, an endodontics resident at the College, has written and edited a new book to help pre-dental students on their quests to dental school, titled Your Essential Guide to Dental School Admissions: 30 Successful Application Essays and Collective Wisdom from Young Dentists. Dr. Yang earned her DMD at Harvard School of Dental Medicine, where she served a term on its admissions committee during fourth year of dental school and volunteered as a college pre-dental advisor. Each of the four chapters covers a different key aspect of getting accepted into dental school. They are: Assemble an outstanding application; Write a winning personal statement; Ace the interviews; and Map Dr. Helen Yang and her book your road to dental for easing the dental school school. application process. Dr. Yang and her collaborators describe a holistic strategy for a winning dental school application, one that highlights intangible personal qualities as much as tangible numbers and achievements. The second half of the book is devoted to crafting a compelling personal statement, because “the personal statement of all the things in the application plays such a big role in making the applicant seem like a real human being,” Dr. Yang said. In this section, 30 dental students and recent grads with diverse backgrounds share the unedited personal statements they used to successfully gain admission. The book showcases helpful essay examples of what works and offer expert feedback on why they worked. Your Essential Guide to Dental School Admissions is available on Amazon.
Word of Mouth
November 2018