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11th Issue - September 2015 The University of Texas School of Dentistry Houston, Texas

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UT HOUSTON President | Andrew Naeger ’17 President elect | Tanya Sue Maestas ’18 Immediate Past President | Graham Reed ’16 Class Delegate | Andrew Naeger ’17 & Tanya Sue Maestas ’18 Treasurer | Francisco Nieves ’16 Advocacy Chair | Glennis Katzmark ’17 Legislative Liason | Kyle Hale ’16, Glennis Katzmark ’17, & Samin “Huck” Huque ’18 Pre-Dental Chair | Alex Edgerly ’17 Pre-Dental Coordinator | Paola Salazar ’16, Chris Thorburn ’16, & Anthony Tran ’18 Communication & Media Chair | Michelle Boecker ’17 Publications Editors | Laura Nelson ’16 & Macey Cartrite ’16 Social Media Chair | Kaylea Orsak ’18 Website Editors | Matthew Franzen ’17 & Allison Haynie ’18 Events Chair | Mary Becker ’17 Events Coordinator | Marisa McKee ’16 Lunch and Learn Coordinator | Mariangela Arata ’18 Social Chair | Bonner Morren ’17 Community Service Chair | Clara Yoo ’17 Community Service Coordinators | Shivani Patel ’16 & Sarah Woernley ’18 Leadership Development Chair | Ryan Hyde ’17 Gold Crown Award Chair | Andrea Sauerwein ’16 & Adrien Lewis ’16 Historian | Hieu Pham ’17 Golf Tournament Chair| Austin Green ’17 & Larson Wayman ’18

ASDA NATIONAL LEADERS Chair, Council on Communications | Laura Nelson ’16 Chair, Council on Professional Issues | Andrew Naeger ’17

ASDA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE President | Christian Piers, Colorado ’16 Vice-presidents | Adrien Lewis, Houston ’16; Niveditha Rajagopalan, Midwestern-Illinois ‘16 Speaker of the House | Paula Kohen, Florida, ’17 District 9 Trustee | Kyle Larsen, Colorado ’17

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Welcome Our mission statement: The American Student Dental Association is a national student-run organization that protects and advances the rights, interests and welfare of dental students. It introduces students to lifelong involvement in organized dentistry and provides services, information, education, representation and advocacy. As a chapter, we strive to live up to this mission in every thing that we do. Our events and initiatives are diverse and all encompassing in the hopes of capturing your interest. Our expectation is to help each member answer the question – “Why should I be involved in organized dentistry?” For me, I feel blessed to be a dental student. I am passionate about this career and driven to maintain the strength and integrity we have as a profession to ultimately provide patient focused care without outside influences. I believe in my classmates that they can find a purpose in that effort – directly or indirectly, big or small. There is a place for everyone in organized dentistry. UTSD Houston ASDA strives to help you find your passion in what we do. We want you to be lifelong members in organized dentistry. We are off to a great start this semester and have many events planned to serve you. We hope to see you there! As always, please contact any ASDA leader or myself with ideas, concerns, or suggestions in improving your membership. Thanks for all that you do.

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Save the Date! Community Service: 10/5 Predental DAT prep day @U of H 10/10 REACH Health Fair Trick or Trunk-‐ Halloween season! 11/14 Buddy Walk

Lunch and Learns: 10/1 -‐ GHDS (2nd years) 10/6 -‐ GHDS (3rd years) 10/13 -‐ Philips (2nd years) 10/14 -‐ Wallace Specialty Insurance 10/27 -‐ North Star 11/4 -‐ Wealth Design 11/9 -‐ DOCS Education

Socials/Events: 10/1 Northstar Happy Hour 10/10 Golf Tournament on 10/15 ASDA officer dinner 11/11 Loupe Fair 11/12 Heartland Happy Hour CAD/CAM exercise TBD Casino Party TBD

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A Summer Abroad “Amiga” in Chontales, Nicaragua during the summers of 2007 and 2008. Her experiences with Amigos greatly influenced her desire to enter the field of dentistry after conducting classes sponsored by Colgate about oral health. Mary realized that between her formal education as a dentist and becoming fluent in Spanish, she was far more capable of impacting the oral health of the people she had met previously in Nicaragua. She approached Amigos during her second year of dental school with a

Mary Becker, a current third year at the University of Texas School of Dentistry, spent two weeks this past summer teaching oral health classes to children in rural communities in Nicaragua. This came about from Mary’s proposal to collaborate with the international non-profit organization Amigos de las Americas. Amigos de las Americas is an organization that inspires and builds young leaders through collaborative community development and immersion in cross-cultural experiences. Its vision is to create a world where each young person becomes a life-long catalyst for social change. Each summer, hundreds of high school and college-aged volunteers travel to Latin America to spend their summers living with host families and working with their communities to promote youth development and organized sustainable community based initiative projects. Mary was an

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proposal to go to Latin America and give lessons about oral health to as many of communities as possible in two weeks. She solicited in-kind donations of toothbrushes, toothpaste, and floss from Colgate, Crest, Oral-B, Procter & Gamble, GlaxoSmithKline, and Sunstar and headed to Nicaragua shortly after taking her National Boards Part I. During those two weeks, Mary traveled to 7 rural

communities and gave 11 one-hour classes. Each student who attended her lessons received a toothbrush and floss. She also ensured that toothbrushes, floss and a dental lesson translated into Spanish were sent to an additional 17 communities so the Amigos volunteers could give the same lesson in her absence. In total, because of her project, upwards of 500 children and young adults were provided with new toothbrushes and floss and should now have the proper knowledge to properly care for their teeth. Her lesson focused on prevention, hoping that she would be able to instill in these children a desire to care for their teeth at a young age. She charged them with being responsible for their oral hygiene and encouraged them to teach their family members what they had been taught at the classes. Mary spoke about the difference between the primary and permanent dentition and the importance of taking care of both dentitions. Before the lessons, many felt that they did not need to care for the primary dentition because those teeth would eventually be lost. She also spoke about the anatomy of a tooth and caries formation. During the lessons, Mary went over the proper technique for brushing teeth and had the students use their new toothbrushes to demonstrate. Mary had the following to say about her experience: “I knew I wanted to spend my summer in some sort of volunteer capacity. Many people asked why I was not going to practice dentistry while in Nicaragua and I felt that I could make the most of my time and a greater impact teaching and focusing on prevention. I know that for some of these children, this was the first counsel on oral health they had ever received. I won’t soon forget the smiles on the faces of the children to whom I was giving their first toothbrush. I’m grateful for the opportunities being a dental student is affording me before even having finished school.”

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Dentists are Licensed by Portfolio Exam for First Time in California David Weissman, freelance writer Back when Sigmund Abelson earned his dental license, he tested on a live patient in a high-stakes, one-shot exam. Man had yet to walk on the moon, the Civil Rights movement was in full boil, and a Time magazine article called being gay “a pathetic little second-rate substitute for reality.” Since then, man set up the International Space Station, a black man served two terms as president and the U.S. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage in all 50 states. And in California, six dental students earned their license based on a portfolio of their work. For Dr. Abelson, now associate dean for clinical affairs, clinical transition and associate professor at the University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, making that last part a reality took about five years of hard work. His efforts were fueled by the notion that high-stakes, one-shot, live-patient exams were outdated, prone to bias and didn’t represent the true skills of those who took them. “Sometimes the best student can have a bad day, and the worst student can have a good day,” Dr. Abelson says of live-patient exams. “Your whole future is tied up in one weekend. It’s an antiquated methodology to assess competency.” A better way, Dr. Abelson decided, was to measure a dental student’s performance over time, with a wider range of procedural experience. Dr. Abelson worked with clinical faculty at several California dental schools to develop a portfolio-based model, one that could assess competency in six key areas. Students would need to pass all six exams by showing competency with a minimum number of procedures in each area: • • • • • •

Endodontics: five canals completed on at least three teeth Periodontics: 25 cases of scaling/root planing, prophys and recalls Oral diagnosis and treatment planning: 20 oral exams Direct restorations: 60 direct restorations Indirect restorations: 14 crowns/ inlays/onlays/bridges/cast posts Removable prosthodontics: five removable prosthesis

The idea of licensure by portfolio is not new. The American Dental Association, American Dental Education Association and the Student Professionalism and Ethics Association in Dentistry have all published statements on the validity of portfolio licensure as a substitute for live-patient exams. The American Student Dental Association supports portfolio licensure as a viable alternative in its L-1 policy on Initial Licensure Pathways. To make it happen in California, Dr. Abelson brought in faculty from all six areas to evaluate students, then worked with them to calibrate the process so it could be applied to all dental schools in the state.

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Dan Beroukhim became one of the first two students in the country to earn licensure by portfolio from Pacific this spring. He says the interaction with known faculty and familiar environment greatly reduced the stress factor of the exams. “I was graded by my own faculty during usual clinic time,” Dr. Beroukhim says. “My patients did not even know that I was working on a very important exam. It was very much just like any other clinic appointment.” Dr. Beroukhim also dismisses the notion that portfolio licensure eliminates testing on live patients. Students still work on live patients. The key difference, he says, is that testing is spread out over several weeks, appointments are scheduled for times convenient for patients and students, and follow-up care is available. Dan Feldman, who earned his license by portfolio at Pacific along with Dr. Beroukhim, says the design of the portfolio exam process helped make his experience largely stress-free. “Portfolio allowed me to demonstrate my skill set over many disciplines and over an extended period of time,” Dr. Feldman says. “This helped spread the stress, rather than cramming it all into one weekend.” Dr. Abelson spent his share of weekends cramming to make the process a reality in the state. Along with calibrating faculty from six disciplines, he needed approval from the Dental Board of California, then the California state legislature. It wasn’t until the legislative act was signed by the governor last November that Dr. Abelson could officially unveil details of the portfolio process. For now, licensure by portfolio does not translate across state lines. This will not impact Dr. Beroukhim, who plans to work as an associate before setting up his own practice in Los Angeles. Dr. Feldman plans to work at his father’s solo practice in Long Beach. The next group of portfolio licensure students at Pacific, which Dr. Abelson estimates will total about 40, may have a tough time if they want to practice out of state. He concedes the process is in its infancy and will need fine-tuning. Still, Dr. Abelson sounds convinced that portfolio licensure is the way of the future. “We hope this will become a model for national licensure,” he says. “A one-shot-in time, patient-based examination is an inadequate measure of a student’s skills, knowledge and attitude. The faculty who work with a student over two years are really the ones who can best judge that student’s competency.” "This article originally appeared in the August 2015 issue of ASDA News and is reprinted with permission from the American Student Dental Association. To read more dental student news, visit ASDAnet.org."

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Military Dentistry Dr. Raymond Koeppen The Army, Air Force and Navy need dentists to treat their active duty, reserve and family member patients. For many this is a great way to practice dentistry after completing dental school or a residency. Assignments include primarily chairside duties, teaching and Photo retrieved from: http://www.goarmy.com/amedd/dentist.html administration -‐ depending on level of experience. Because the military branches don’t have their own dental schools, they must recruit their dental providers from existing public and private universities. In order to meet staffing requirements, the military periodically offers scholarships to fill their job assignments. A scholarship could be for 2, 3 or 4 years and includes tuition, required books, fees, equipment and a monthly stipend. The minimum required time of service after graduation is three years. Scholarship recipients generally incur a longer period of service, depending upon the specific program. Lengths of commitments sometimes change over time for a given program, but not for an individual. Whatever contract a dental student signs remains in effect for the duration of the contract.

An advantage of being a military dentist is the opportunity for advanced education. Residencies include General Practice Residency, Advanced Education in General Dentistry (1 or 2 year), Endodontics, Pediatric Dentistry, Orthodontics, Prosthodontics, Periodontics, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Oral Pathology. Additional post-‐residency fellowships are also available. Depending upon the program, some residents attend on-‐base, military residencies, while others are sponsored to attend civilian programs. Again, the payment for advanced training is made with time. Generally for each year of sponsored training, the dental officer is required to spend one year of service. Many dental officers serve a limited term based on their commitment and return to civilian life – generally better trained and experienced than when they entered. Others like me make it a career. The decision to separate or stay for a career most often has to do with personal preferences, family and financial considerations, and adaptability to a large organization. For those who make military Dentistry a career, it provides a large variety of locations within and outside the continental United States. My assignments included spending time in Italy and Japan, and a variety of clinical, educational and administrative positions. For those who are a good fit, military Dentistry can be extremely rewarding and literally, the adventure of a lifetime! Issue 11

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ASDA Pre-Dental On April 18th, I, along with about 30 other predental students from various Texas universities, attended the ASDA Class I Preparation Interview Workshop hosted by the UTSD Houston ASDA chapter. The morning began with breakfast and meeting the other attendees. To start the event, we were given ten minutes to write our personal statement. While there was initially some noticeable panic throughout the room, every student was later impressed with how much they were actually able to write down in such a short amount of time. I was encouraged by how this simple exercise showed me the strongest points about my background and passion that I should be sure to include in my statement. Next, our group was welcomed by Dr. Spears, who also presented information about UTSD Houston, as well as about the dental school admission process. After learning general interview tips, we broke into two groups. My group traveled to the pre-‐clinic lab first to participate in multiple mini mock interviews, in which dental students and faculty members asked each participant a list of questions, and then gave helpful feedback on the answers given. After switching out with the other group, our personal statements written earlier were reviewed and critiqued by current dental students, who gave great insight and tips on the application essays. Soon after, we enjoyed learning about the importance of organized dentistry and ASDA’s role in advocacy, and had our questions answered by a panel of current dental students. To conclude the event, we enjoyed delicious pizza, along with the company of our fellow predental students and new dental student friends. Speaking on behalf of my fellow participants and myself, this event was extremely helpful in preparation for the current dental school application and interview cycle. Not only did we receive valuable information and advice about the school and the process, but we also had the opportunity to interact one-‐on-‐one with dental students and faculty members who truly wanted to help each of us improve to become the best potential candidate we could be. The friendly, collaborative, and family atmosphere of the school was made tangible through each dental student and faculty member I came in contact with, as each was welcoming, knowledgeable, excited to help, and clearly passionate about dentistry, UTSD Houston, and ASDA. Upon leaving this event, I feel more confident in my interviewing skills, more knowledgeable about the application process, and greatly inspired by the many UTSD Houston dental students and faculty that were so willing to help and give of their time. ASDA’s mission to not only advocate for the legislative future of dentistry, but also to help guide predental students is certainly a great mission. I am very thankful for the learning experience, the advice received, and the friends made while taking part in this event.

Samantha Moore attended Class 1 Preparation: The Interview on April 18, 2015. UTSD Houston ASDA members gathered to help pre-‐ dental students prepare for one of the most intimidating parts of the application process. If you would like to attend an event such as this one, please like the Predental UTSD ASDA facebook page for more information!

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Advice, tips, and more for

Class of 2019 Hey class of 2019! Where do I begin with my advice!? 1. Don’t forget about your loved ones! I know some weeks it seems impossible to make time for family or friends and school, but I encourage you to prioritize time with loved ones. There is nothing like working my butt off all week and getting away from school to be surround by my loved ones on the weekend. They give me the support and encouragement that truly motivates me and reminds me why I began this challenging journey. 2. Don’t measure your success by the letter grade you make, but rather how hard you work. I think the hardest thing for me to accept was that I wouldn’t always make an A like in undergrad. We are fortunate enough to be surrounded by the top students, embrace it! Instead of comparing grades work together for the greater good of the profession. 3. Always be helpful and loving!! I am a firm believer when you help others succeed you too will succeed, not only in that class, but in life. If you see a classmate struggling take the time to lend a helping hand because someday you will be in their shoes needing help. Remember these aren't just your classmates but your future associates! -‐Sarah Woernley Although we all have different motivating factors and personalities, it is sufficient to say that we all have a similar desire to succeed. That being said, do not get discouraged if you do not perform up to your own standards or get blind sighted by a test/professor. Take it as an opportunity to do better and vindicate yourself. You can and will if you make the effort. -‐Jon Vogel Tips: Always have the following: umbrella, rain boots, rain coat, boat -‐Houston Weather Simply try your best. There will be ups and downs but the reality is that time flies by and soon enough you will be in the next stage of life. Therefore, learn as much as you can, enjoy your time here at UTSD, and be respectful to everyone!! -‐Anonymous Gorilla

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“How do you like dental school?” The answer changes depending on what month, week, day, or hour you ask me!!! There will be times when you get overwhelmed or discouraged! (This is normal!) Don’t get too upset it if you don’t do as well as you would like on a test or a practical. Just do the best you can do, and learn from your mistakes. Don’t stress the small things! -‐Kaylea Orsak Don’t be afraid to ask faculty for help! No one is born a dentist and the faculty do not expect you to know how to do everything on the first try. -‐Austin Faulk Never forget about sleep. “Nothing good happens past 2am, so go home.” I find this applies with studying past 12am. -‐Andrew Heath

When things get hard, just remember how lucky and blessed you are to be in dental school! How many thousands of people applied and were absolutely heart-‐broken when they didn’t get in? How many people would give ANYTHING to be in your shoes? How many people applied multiple times and still aren’t where we are today? When you just think about the numbers, we are crazy lucky are we to be here! So when you are so stressed, overworked, exhausted to the point of tears, and when your scrubs are starting to get too tight because you haven’t had time to go to the gym, just remember how truly lucky you are to be here at UTSD! It breaks my heart to hear people say, “I hate my life” when we should be focused on how fortunate we are to be in this phase of life! Dental school is a crazy ride but we are all in this together! Reach out to upperclassmen, professors and faculty. We would love to help you just as so many before helped us! -‐Alicia Morris Sometimes you have to fail before you succeed, so just remember to keep your head up and good things will come your way! :D :D :D :D :D -‐Kyle Bautsch Look at the syllabus, figure out which classes are weighted the most, and worry about those. Professors have ears and are probably eavesdropping on your conversations. Don’t get behind in operative. Dental school is a small world… try and step out of it when you get the opportunity. -‐Sarah Stuart Nobody is going to be good at everything the first time they try it. Don’t beat yourself up when it doesn’t look awesome. I know it’s cliche, but practice really does make perfect! -‐Emily Hicks Ya live, ya learn, ya crash, ya burn. Just keep going! -‐Chris Caldwell

Work your butt off and don’t get discouraged. Comparison is the thief of joy-‐ you are inevitably going to compare yourself to your colleagues but try to realize that there is no benefit in doing that! Put in the time and effort, do your best and that’s all you can do. Also-‐ ask questions! Don’t be afraid to take your work up to faculty and get their feedback! Take advantage of your resources! -‐Katie Womack Now this isn’t a research paper... so I don’t have sources, but physical activity is supposed to help with brain function and memory. Sometimes when you’re studying for far too long it may be more beneficial to just go out for a quick 10 minute run rather than continuing to “study". -‐Huck (Samin Huque) When you’re in the middle of a stressful week/month/semester and feel discouraged and overwhelmed, try to take a step back and remember why you wanted to be a dentist in the first place. It will give you the motivation you need to keep going! -‐Katherine Price Always try your hardest and keep your head high! Keep the goal in sight and remember that you are learning not just to pass your courses but to be the best dentist to your future patients. Make time for yourself and loved ones. Get involved in organizations. Catch the ASDA Fever. -‐Tanya Sue Maestas Keep up with operative as best as you can. Try to come in early to set up or get your preps done before lab time so you can get them checked off right away. Makes a world of difference to not have to jump up and down for your instructor’s attention when everyone else is finishing around the same time. Practice using your mirror and then practice 100 more times until it clicks for you. Indirect vision is hard. -‐Tiffany Pham

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Associate agreements & dentist salaries:

What you should negotiate You got the interview, nailed it, and are in love with the practice. But, something’s wrong. The offer they just handed you isn’t what you were expecting. Do you take it as is, or turn it down because it differs from what you had anticipated? Every job seeker needs a plan for negotiating employment agreements. Negotiations are a give and take. If you go into a negotiation with an “all or nothing” approach, you will likely be very disappointed and lose out on a great opportunity. The following are items to consider in your contract and salary negotiations. Be sure to consult an attorney with questions and to get expert advice on contracts. Don’t get stuck on base guarantees or percentage points. Look for other ways to build value in your associate agreement. Compensation rate and base guarantee- Base salaries or minimum guarantees are very common now. If you weren’t offered one, ask for it. You’re not asking for a practice to give you

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money. Rather you asking the practice to guarantee that there are enough patients and potential production for you to make a minimal income. So if you are going to be paid $500 or 25% of production, the practice is saying there is at least $2,000/day of available production. Percentages paid vary from coast to coast. Research the market in which you plan to work and live. Consider this: assuming you would produce $50,000 per month, negotiating up from 25% to 26% would increase your annual income by $6,000! Benefits (CE, health insurance, malpractice)– Here is a way to enhance your agreement: allowances for CE, insurance, practice-paid malpractice, membership dues, and licensing fees. Generally, figures come to $2000$3000/year for CE and $300$1000/month for insurance (insurance costs vary greatly depending your need). Malpractice, dues, and licensure

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costs also vary from state to state. You could make your agreement thousands of dollars richer by asking for these items. The practice can see value in giving you CE allowances when you come back and offer more services in a more efficient way. Signing bonus– These are great. From a few thousand dollars to tens of thousands of dollars, signing bonuses can be a blessing or a curse. Evaluate closely. The bigger the bonus, the more strings that will likely be attached. Some come with multi-year contracts you must fulfill or face paying a stiff financial penalty. Keep in mind some of these bonus offers can be too good to be true. Some bonuses

will be paid in pieces. If you weren’t offered a bonus, ask for relocation assistance. Interstate moving could cost a few thousand dollars. Final thoughts– Rarely will a practice put a contract in front of you and say “take it or leave it.” If the practice values you, there will and should be room for negotiation. The idea of a handshake agreement is exactly that, an idea. Get the agreement in writing, don’t sign the agreement until you both agree to the contents, and start employment after the agreement is signed. And remember, when in doubt consult with your own legal counsel. Article and picture retrieved from Mouthing off,

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Building an Online C.V.

In today’s world everything seems to be going digital and C.V. are no exception. With increasing competition every year in the job markets and residency programs, having an online C.V. is the key to getting an edge over the rest of the candidates. They are great tools for keeping a positive online presence specially while applying to new positions. By building a digital C.V. it allows the applicant to have some control over what is associated with the applicants name when employers and committees do their online searches. Digital C.V. can have the creativity and interaction which their traditional paper counterparts are missing. Such as they can have media inserted into them in the form of links, videos, and pictures. Digital C.V. can be a collaboration of personal data which would not otherwise be brought to light in a regular C.V. It is a way of not just telling what the applicant has accomplished but also showing all the events which led to those accomplishments through photograph and videos of the applicant doing activities such as volunteering, and community service work. Online C.V. allow the applicant to give their C.V. to prospective employers just by giving the employer the URL instead of the employer having to wait for the candidate to send the C.V. It also allows for the employers and committees to be informed about updates in the candidates professional career and new achievements due to the online C.V. being dynamic and easily updated. Although, it may seem daunting to try and create a digital C.V. for the first time, it is quite simple even for those who are not quite as tech savvy. There are numerous of online websites and blog building services which can be used to build the online C.V. but there are two which are easier for those who are beginners. Here is a guideline on the advantages and disadvantages of two commonly used website or blog building tools which can be used to make a digital C.V.: 1. Blogger is most commonly used because of its ease of use. It is a great tool for those who want to start out with simple design and do not want the added hassle of too many options. But the disadvantage is that it has a few limiting factors for the number of videos, photographs and content which can be added. They offer a total of 34 different free templates some of which are interactive and other which are not. The templates can be customized for color preference and to a limited amount the layout can also be changed. They have mobile view capabilities which for a free tool is an advantage and they also have the option to add media in the form of slideshows from Flickr, Photobucket, and Picasa web albums. They have other gadgets which are like accessories for the website which can be added at no added cost. Below is a sample of what a blogger page C.V. looks like:

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2. Another option to consider while building the site is WordPress, they have many templates and customizable options such as adding slideshows on the side of every page and it also has the option to customize multiple menus or areas. Pictures for the slideshow can be uploaded directly instead of having to be uploaded to a second photo storage site. The disadvantage is it might take someone who is not quite used to building a website a few minutes to get used to how the templates can be customized. There is also quite a few templates which cost a significant amount but they are marked which are free and which have to be bought. This site also allows for the C.V. maker to customize different aspects of the template such as numerous added gadgets which include a calendar, text boxes and others. WordPress also has the option of buying and owning the domain (URL) connected to the C.V. website and they also provide the option of a free domain name. Here is the link to view the interactive version of my sample C.V.: www.lilysdentaljoureny.com. Below is a sample of what a WordPress page C.V. looks like:

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RECAP Thanks to everybody that attended or helped with an ASDA Week event! ASDA Week 2015 was a huge success because of our members! We hope to keep the ASDA momentum going all year long! If there is anything that UTSD Houston ASDA can do to better serve you as an organization, please let an officer know!

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