Topics at a glance: More Scholarships For UTDB Students … Cai Family Welcomes New Baby Boy … Stark Foundation’s $500,000 Grant Supports UT Mobile Clinic in East Texas … E-mail Etiquette 101: HealthLeader Wants to Know Your ‘E-peeves’ … Be Fashionably Dental: Order a UTDB T-Shirt by Jan. 23 … Lots of Yogurt Eaten For a Good Cause … WinterFest 2007 Ends Year with International Flair

More Scholarships
For UTDB Students

The UTDB newsletter eFlash! ended 2007 with an edition listing recipients of endowed scholarships and appropriately begins 2008 by listing recipients of other types of scholarships awarded to our dental and dental hygiene students so far in academic year 2007-08.

In the fall, the Mu Mu Chapter of Omicron Kappa Upsilon National Dental Honor Society awarded scholarships to a dozen UTDB dental students, including Nicholas Cobb, Mary Eldiwany, Leslie Frels, John

Omicron Kappa Upsilon Dental Honor Society awarded scholarships this year to first-year students (back row, from left) John Garza, Jeffrey Tollett, Giao Le, Nicholas Cobb, Ross Hunter, Victoria Ramirez, Mary Eldiwany (front from left) Tina Nguyen, Amanda Glogowski, Katya Shevchenko, Sarah Olim and Leslie Frels.

Garza, Amanda Glogowski, Ross Hunter, Giao Le, Tina Nguyen, Sarah Olim, Victoria Ramirez, Yekaterina “Katya” Shevchenko and Jeffrey Tollett. The scholarships were awarded at a special luncheon.

The Hispanic Dental Association also distributed scholarships in the fall to deserving students. The scholarships were sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline, Procter and Gamble, Colgate and Dr. Juan Villarreal.

Dental students Adrian Reyes, Carlos Carrion and Diana Garcia-Upright received scholarships sponsored by Procter and Gamble. Dental hygiene students Sandra Villaquiran and Deissy Ayala received the GlaxoSmithKline scholarship, while Charlene Cabler received a Procter and Gamble scholarship and a scholarship from Dr. Villarreal.

The Hispanic Dental Hygiene scholarships were awarded to students by mail, so no group photo is available.

Stark Foundation’s
$500,000 Grant Supports UT Mobile Clinic in East Texas

Underprivileged children and adults in deep East Texas, where dentists who accept Medicaid are scarce, will have increased access to dental care thanks to a $500,000 grant over five years from the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation to The University of Texas Dental Branch at Houston. Read more.

E-mail Etiquette 101:
HealthLeader Wants to Know
Your ‘E-peeves’

Now that technology has expanded to include Blackberries, text messaging, iPhones, etc., the need for e-mail etiquette may have expanded, too. In a future edition, the UTHSC online magazine HealthLeader plans to revisit the issue of e-mail etiquette – one of the magazine’s most requested stories. Editor Karen Krakower invites you to comment on e-communication, especially what irks you, irritates you, offends you or just makes you want to slam down your laptop. Send your comments, which will be kept anonymous, to Karen.O.Krakower@uth.tmc.edu. Topics to think about include:

• E-mail: What three things irritate you most about the mail you receive? Do font, color or type size matter to you? What offends you? How do you feel about e-mail invitations? Thank-you notes? Offensive jokes?
• Texting/Cell Phones: Has texting made your life easier or harder? What irritates you most about the text messages you receive? How and when should one use texting vs. the phone? What irritates you most about other people's cell phones? What do you find the most rude behavior of cell phones in general?
• Blackberry Use: When is Blackberry use a breach in social etiquette? What aspects of the Blackberry have served you well?
• Tech Etiquette Overall: Which electronic devices have made your life easier, and how? How have communication devices affected your relationships at work? If you’re a parent, how have these devices impacted your children or your parenting?

Be Fashionably Dental:
Order a UTDB T-Shirt by Jan. 23

The UTDB Student Council is taking orders for T-shirts to raise money for events like the Dental Prom and Dental Olympics. The shirts come in sizes S to 2X. If you need a different size, let Ginger Marblestone know and she’ll see what she can do. The shirts are priced at $10 for short-sleeved and $12 for long-sleeved shirts. Payment is due at time of order, and the ordering deadline is Wednesday, Jan. 23. To see the three designs available, CLICK HERE. To place an order, contact one of these students:

• DH1: Leah Russell
• DH2: Lisa Frazar
• DS1: Sara Olim
• DS2: Holly Pavlick
• DS3: Drew Darsey
• DS4: Ginger Marblestone,

or email Ginger.W.Marblestone@uth.tmc.edu.

Associate Dean Phil Pierpont, D.D.S. and Associate Professor Lisa Thomas, D.D.S. relax at International WinterFest Dec. 19 at the Dental Branch.

WinterFest 2007 Ends Year with International Flair

The Dental Branch celebrated the holiday season Dec. 19 at International WinterFest, a holiday party featuring food and holiday greetings from around the world. The event was organized by the Dental Branch Employee Relations Committee. Guests had a choice of catered cuisine and various kinds of punch, plus a chance to sample international holiday fare provided by faculty and staff members from other countries. The décor included “Happy Holidays” translated into some of the many different languages spoken by UTDB personnel.