|   Pride
                                                  and Joy 
                                              
                                                
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                                                  | Dr.
                                                      Alan Ripps
                                                      presents Dr. David
                                                      Guidry one of the
                                                      six awards he
                                                      received. |    Laughter, hugs and
                                              applause from a packed
                                              audience of family and
                                              friends kept the energy
                                              level high during the May
                                              12th Recognition Day for
                                              the Class of 2010.
                                              Altogether, 67 awards for
                                              outstanding achievement
                                              were given out. Winners of
                                              the Chancellor’s Awards
                                              were Benjamin Bumgardner,
                                              DDS; Heather Hebert, DH
                                              and Thuy Thu Le, DLT. Excellence in teaching
                                              was also honored through
                                              the presentation of Golden
                                              Apple Awards to recipients
                                              chosen annually by
                                              students. This year, Dean
                                              Henry Gremillion presented
                                              the Golden Apples to
                                              Heather Haro, clinical
                                              instructor in Dental
                                              Hygiene; David Vela,
                                              associate professor in
                                              Dental Laboratory
                                              Technology; Dr. Thomas
                                              Lallier, associate
                                              professor in the
                                              Department of Oral &
                                              Craniofacial Biology; Dr.
                                              Jim Weir (retired),
                                              professor in the
                                              Department of Oral &
                                              Maxillofacial Pathology;
                                              Dr. Janice Townsend,
                                              assistant professor in the
                                              Department of Pediatric
                                              Dentistry; and Dr. Toby
                                              Cheramie, associate
                                              professor in the
                                              Department of
                                              Comprehensive Dentistry. 
                                              
                                                
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                                                  | Dental
                                                      hygiene graduates
                                                      named to “Who’s
                                                      Who in American
                                                      Colleges &
                                                      Universities,”
                                                      from left, Quincy
                                                      Adams, Emilye
                                                      Amedee, Michelle
                                                      Rick, Lacey Haas,
                                                      Amie Thibodeaux,
                                                      Taylor Trahan and
                                                      Nicole Willoughby. |    The traditional
                                              "Recollection" speech was
                                              given by graduating senior
                                              Christopher Feldman who
                                              worked tirelessly as the
                                              president of the Student
                                              Government Association for
                                              two years. He told his
                                              fellow graduates that "we
                                              are all going our separate
                                              ways but we will hold the
                                              friendships and
                                              connections we have made
                                              close to our hearts. We
                                              will always appreciate the
                                              fact that here, both
                                              within our class and among
                                              faculty and staff, we have
                                              met some of the smartest,
                                              most talented, hardest
                                              working, funniest, most
                                              generous, and most amazing
                                              people we will ever meet." Click
                                                here for a complete
                                                listing of the award
                                                winners. |