The ASDA chapter at Iowa is an auto-enroll school with 100% market share. This outstanding chapter holds a wide range of events each year offering each member something interesting. Social events, philanthropic drives, fundraising and lunch and learns—Iowa has it all! Read on for the rest of this chapter spotlight…
So you’ve decided you want to be a dentist and you’re looking for a way to gain valuable first-hand lab experience. I have just the solution for you! Two years ago, as I was nearing the end of my undergrad, it dawned on me that I was lacking any sort of dental experience in the clinical lab setting. Thanks to the predental club at my school, I learned about an intensive two-day simulation course over the upcoming summer presented by the ASDA chapter of Midwestern University College of Dental Medicine in Arizona. Read on for more about summer opportunities for predentals!
Happy Earth Day! Since it’s also a Media Monday here on MO, I’ve included some Schoolhouse Rock! videos about going green and saving the planet. If you’re looking for something to do this week in honor of Earth Day, visit Earthday.org and check out the “billion acts of green” campaign. Read on and let us know how you plan to celebrate in the comments…
The past week has been horrifying and difficult to say the least. Watching the news has been a poignant experience as the media switches from the terror in Boston to the tragic accident in West, Texas. Whenever something like this occurs, it makes us pause and think back to the previous acts of terror that have colored our recent past: the Oklahoma City bombing, 9/11 and so many horrible shootings. While these events leave us with a hopeless feeling, one quote has been circulated again and again by the media and now via social media. This quote comes from a man most of us remember watching as children, Mr. Rogers…
Unknown number. Of course, I rarely screen my calls, but that’s just because I’m curious. This one, however, calls you at somewhat inopportune times of the evenings asking you to, you guessed it, donate back to your school. I had barely graduated with over $250,000 in debt, and now I’m being asked to donate thousands back to my alma mater. The conversation usually escalates to a haggling process ultimately resulting in “no contribution at this time, but maybe in the future.” Understandably, as I will be paying off the debt for the next few decades of my life, timing just wasn’t right to start making monetary contributions to my school as I’m already on the 20-year payback plan. Someday, but just not now.
But I did donate to ASDA, and here’s why…
