Several dentistry students take scholarship honors

Students at the Case Western Reserve University School of Dentistry have garnered many scholarship honors this year.

Among the award winners: Jeff Kwong, a fourth-year student who received a third-place award from the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry, and Leonica (Shelly) Blue, who was awarded a $1,800 Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Spouses Educational Scholarship.

In addition, for the first time in several years, the Ohio Dental Association Foundation has honored a Case student with a scholarship. First-year dental student Jason David Majors has received a $1,000 award from the ODA.

David Hassid, also a first-year dental student, won a $1,000 scholarship from Procter and Gamble Co. and the Hispanic Dental Association Foundation. This award is given to Hispanic students who excel academically and are dedicated to community involvement.

Dental association honors Case students, alumni

Two Case Western Reserve University School of Dentistry alumni and two current students have been recognized by the Ohio Dental Association (ODA).

Gregory M. Beten (DDS, '93) has won the ODA's N. Wayne Hiatt Rising Star Award. Since 1991, the Rising Star Award has been presented to a dentist in practice 10 or fewer years who has demonstrated outstanding leadership and commitment to organized dentistry.

Ron Lemmo (DDS, '84) has been named president of the ODA.

Two second-year residents in the School of Dentistry's department of endodontics, George Brown and Michael Mindiola, won first- and second place awards, respectively, for work they presented at a recent ODA conference. Case dental students have won at least one of these honors each year over the past five years.

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