2008 Spurgeon Awards Are Announced
Close to 200 people attended the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Dentistry’s 2008 Spurgeon Dental Society Annual Awards Banquet, held at the Carolina Inn on April 10.
Dozens of members of the School community – faculty, staff and students – received honors for their contributions to the profession of dentistry and to the academic mission of the School of Dentistry.
Following is a list of the awards and recipients:
Spurgeon Staff Appreciation: Dr. Jim George
Dental Assisting: Lynn Smith and Amy Nguyen (faculty) and Linda Paquette (staff)
Dental Hygiene I: Charlotte Peterson and Dr. Duane Dreyer (faculty), and Joan McKenna (staff)
Dental Hygiene II: Vickie Overman, Mary George and Pat Poole (faculty), and Joan McKenna and Kristy Pickard (staff)
First-year DDS class: Drs. Al Wilder, Susan Hadler and Lee Boushell (faculty), and Lisa Mauldin and Terry Barker (staff)
Second-year DDS class: Drs. Michelle Lynch, Richard Fetterman and Susan Hadler (faculty), and Joan McKenna and Kristy Pickard (staff)
Third-year DDS class: Drs. Allen Samuelson, Ralph Leonard and Glenn Reside (faculty), and Tammy Collins and Billie “BJ” Roberts (staff)
Fourth-year DDS class: Drs. Ed Kanoy, William Murdock and Nadine Brodala (faculty), and Esther Dixon and Yan Ying Yao
Dr. Ed Kanoy received two awards at the banquet: the Richard F. Hunt Memorial Award for Excellence in Predoctoral Teaching and a faculty appreciation award from the fourth-year DDS class. Kanoy is a clinical professor of prosthodontics and leads the School’s Workgroup on Clinical Education. Dean John N. Williams presented the award to him.
Spurgeon Dental Class Awards: Nazir Ahmad (fourth-year DDS class), Nurica Good (third-year DDS class), Brett Alvey (second-year DDS class), Charles Cooke (first-year DDS class), Abbey Hawkins (second-year dental hygiene class), Megan Mosley (first-year dental hygiene class) and Celena Jackson (dental assisting)
Dwight Clark Memorial Awards: Nazir Ahmad (DDS), Abbey Hawkins (dental hygiene) and Carolyn Riesbeck (dental assisting)
Student Research Dedication Award: Charmaine Porter-O’Reilly
Student Research Achievement Award: Brandon Burke and Adam Chorak
Student Research Mentor Award: Dr. Ray White
American Student Dental Association (ASDA) Award of Excellence: Allison Cavenaugh and William Stanley
ASDA Faculty Appreciation Award: Dr. Ralph Leonard
Kermit Knudtzon Academic Award: Seema Thaker
Sara O’Daniel Dental Assisting Clinical Excellence: Megan Childers
Dental Assisting Clinical Achievement: Alicia Pecorella
Linda Stewart Professional Excellence Award: Chenetha McCabe
Sheila F. Harris Scholarship: Susanna Clendenin
Susan Darst Scholarship: Darci Noonan
Faye Watkins Scholarship: Krystel Mazur
Hu-Friedy Golden Scaler Award: Stephanie Orihood
Hinman Scholar: Daniella Floyd
Alberta Beat Dolan Scholarship Award: Megan Mosley
N.C. Dental Hygiene Academy of Advanced Studies: Rachel Kennedy
Dental Hygiene Alumni Award: Angela Davenport
American Association of Public Health Dentistry’s Dental Hygiene Student Recognition: Sheronda Haskins-Harris
Procter & Gamble Preventive Dentistry: Abbey Hawkins
Sigma Phi Alpha Dental Hygiene Honor Society: Abbey Hawkins, Jodie Hockaday, Stephanie Orihood, Erin Ross, Linda Paquette, and Patricia Poole (faculty)
Dental Ecology Community Achievement: Yee Vang
Eleanor A. Forbes Clinical Achievement: Roberto Varela
Colgate STAR (Student Total Achievement Recognition) Award: Christen Woolley
Linda Paschall Jarvis Memorial Scholarship: Latrice Bruce
American Association of Public Health Dentistry’s DDS Student Recognition: Kim Hammersmith
Marvin J. Block Community Dentistry Achievement: Jacqueline Garner
Academy of Operative Dentistry: Anna Elizabeth Gladwell
American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry: Nazir Ahmad
Academy of General Dentistry: Jennifer Blakely and Eric Cottle
American Association of Endodontists: Eric Cottle
American Association of Orthodontists: Matt Olmsted
American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology: Jacob Dabell
American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology: Nicoleta Agrigoroae-Bolos
AAOMS Dental Implant Student Award: Michael Demo
Periodontology/Prosthodontics Implant Award: Eric Cottle
ICOI/Sullivan-Schein Dental Predoctoral Achievement Award: Nicoleta Agrigoroae-Bolos
Academy of Osseointegration Award: Eric Cottle
AAOMS Achievement Award: Nazir Ahmad
Dr. Susan P. Foy Award: LaJean Morrow
Hillenbrand-Lupton Student Award: Ravi Agarwal
Oral Biology: Shannitta Bridgers
Grover C. Hunter Award of Periodontology: Anna Bridges
American Academy of Periodontology: Caleb Corwin
Dentsply International Award in Removable Prosthodontics: David Beebe
Southeastern Prosthodontics Award: Anna Bridgers
Best of the Best Prosthodontics: David Beebe
Monte Miska Fixed Prosthodontics Award: Bryden McCormick
American College of Prosthodontics Award: Ashley Schaaf
Academy of Craniofacial Pain Award: Noel Fox
American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry Certificate of Merit Predoctoral Student Award: Trevor Smith
American College of Dentists Leadership Award: Matt Olmsted
Pierre Fauchard Academy of Recognition Award: Jacob Dabell
Pierre Fauchard Academy Scholarship: Andy Glassick
International College of Dentists Leadership Award: Shannitta Bridgers
Zane Eargle Jr. Award: Savannah Gelesko
James A. Harrell Sr. Citizenship and Leadership Award: Nurica Good
Robert Tormey Award: Cammie Morris
Henry Zaytoun Award: Kim Hammersmith
Richard F. Hunt Memorial Award for Excellence in Predoctoral Teaching: Dr. Ed Kanoy
The Spurgeon Dental Society’s officers are Andy Glassick, president; David Walker, vice president; Maggie Wright, treasurer; and Annie Chu, secretary. The Spurgeon Dental Society and the School’s Office of Academic Affairs coordinate the annual event, with financial support provided by the Dental Foundation of North Carolina.
