FACULTY
- The American Dental Education Association awarded Dr. Dieter Schonwetter’s Practice Management section, which he is the councilor, the Thomas Nowlin Section Award for Outstanding Performance by a Section.
- The School of Dental Hygiene Alumni Association recognized retired faculty member Mickey Emmons Wener with its first-ever honorary Alumni of Distinction Award. Read more.
ALUMNI
- Dr. Alexander “Sandy” Mutchmor, a 1983 alumnus, received the Alumni of Distinction Award from the UM Dental Alumni Association. Read more.
- Dr. Sai Prasad Pydi, who graduated from the PhD oral biology program in 2014, has been awarded the Wellcome Trust-India Alliance Intermediate Fellowship. He is an assistant professor in biological sciences and bioengineering at the Indian Institute of Technology – Kanpur.
- Recent graduate Dr. Kian Karimzadeh Somarin received the Best Presentation Award from the International Conference on Cosmetic Dentistry and Orthodontics in Vancouver, B.C., in May. Dr. Fabio Pinheiro supervised his presentation, which was based on one of the papers that he and his team are preparing for publication.
STUDENTS
- Sharmaine Carlos, who graduated with a dental hygiene diploma, received the Governor General’s Bronze Medal (awarded for the highest standing in a diploma program of at least two years other than the diploma in agriculture) and the Program medal for Dental Hygiene (awarded for the highest standing in a faculty, school or college program). Read more.
- Kimmy Chau, a diploma in dental hygiene student, was offered a position with the President’s Student Leadership Program. She is the first diploma in dental hygiene student to participate in the program.