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Scholarship
Recipients, 2015-2016
ADA Foundation
Predoctoral Dental
Student Scholarship
Corey Romero,
D2, is a recipient of the
ADA Foundation Predoctoral
Dental Student
Scholarship, in the amount
of $2500.00. He is one of
only 25 students in the
U.S. to receive this
award.
Baldridge
Scholarship
The following students
received the 2015
Baldridge Scholarship for
their outstanding academic
achievements in 2014-2015.
Five scholarships in the
amount of $500.00 are
awarded in each class to
the students with the
highest overall GPA. The
first-year dental students
are selected on
undergraduate GPA and
performance on the DAT
examination.
D1: Lukas
Gilevicious, Taylor
Guillet, Ashley Habetz,
Brooks Hummel, Jeffrey
Toler
D2: Hollis Clark,
Jonathan Doucet, Mary
Laborde, Ellyn Marks,
Corey Romero
D3: Kaitlyn Ducote,
Leon Flettrich, Craig
Murphy, Thuy Nguyen,
Hailee Rask
D4: Heather Badeaux,
Diane Bozner, Vincent
DiCarlo, Randy Roth,
Zachary Scogin
Delta Dental
of Arkansas Scholarship
Sarah Chilton,
Brent Herring, Garrett
Kever, and Caitlin
Reid are the
recipients of the Delta
Dental of Arkansas
Scholarship. This award,
in the amount of $300.00,
honors fourth-year dental
students from Arkansas for
high academic achievement.
Tracy Helm
Scholarship
Senior dental hygiene
student Robyn Lee
received the 2016 Tracy
Helm Scholarship in Dental
Hygiene, in the amount of
$1,500.00. The
scholarships honors a
senior dental hygiene
student who is outgoing,
kind, and considerate of
her faculty, fellow
students, and patients.
Hotel Dieu
Medical and Dental Staff
Scholarship in Dentistry
The 2015 recipient of the
Hotel Dieu Medical and
Dental Staff Scholarship
in Dentistry is Lindsey
Richard. The
scholarship, in the amount
of $500.00, honors a
fourth-year dental student
who has demonstrated
outstanding scholarship,
leadership, and
professionalism for the
first three years of
dental school.
C. Edmund Kells
Society Student Scholar
Award
Selection of junior dental
students is based on
professional integrity,
professional judgment,
leadership skills,
clinical skills, academic
acumen, and participation
in extracurricular
activities. These two
individuals are looked
upon by their Kells
Society classmates as
exceptional student
dentists and exceptional
individuals. This year's
student scholar recipients
are Kathleen
Adley and Caroline
Sikes. Each
award includes a check in
the amount of $300.00.
John Lapeze
Scholarship
Omicron
Kappa Upsilon
Heather Badeaux
is the recipient of the
Dr. William S. Kramer
Award of Excellence
established by the OKU
Supreme Chapter in 1986.
The purpose of this award,
in the amount of $400.00,
is to recognize a rising
junior dental student at
each Component Chapter
School who has
demonstrated scholarship,
character, and the
potential promise for the
advancement of dentistry
and service to humanity as
shown by Dr. Kramer's
dedication to his
profession, his specialty,
and the principles and
ideals of Omicron Kappa
Upsilon.
Each year
Theta Kappa Chapter
presents two scholarships
for academic excellence to
senior dental students.
The scholarships are based
on the students' academic
excellence, leadership,
professionalism, and
service. The Randolph
Malloy/OKU Scholarship
honors the memory of Dr.
Malloy, a faculty member
in oral surgery who lead
the construction of the
school in Baton Rouge
after Hurricane Katrina
and coordinated the return
back to New Orleans in
2007. The 2015 recipient
is Sarah George.
The Robert B.
Brannon/OKU Scholarship
honors the memory of Dr.
Brannon, a beloved
professor of oral and
maxillofacial surgery. The
2015 recipient is Sumei
Sharma.
James
L. Rodriguez Rodgers
& Betty Rodgers
Scholarship
The purpose of this
scholarship is to provide
assistance and
encouragement to worthy
dental students who have
completed the LSUSD Summer
Enrichment Program. The
program encourages
under-represented minority
students and students from
disadvantaged backgrounds
to pursue a career in
dentistry. Dr. James
Rodgers is a 1976 LSUSD
graduate. Students receive
$200.00 for each of their
four years of dental
school.
D1:
Grace Bernhard, Trang Le,
Kimberly Truong
D2: Lauren Roberts
D3: Ashlon Albert,
Candice St. Etienne,
Jessica Wilkins
D4: Collin Miller,
Anastatia Simien, Timothy
Tate
William
F. Toler Memorial
Scholarship
Lindi Jackson,
third-year dental student,
is the recipient of the
Toler Memorial Scholarship
for 2015. This scholarship
honors a third-year dental
student who has shown
outstanding academic
ability throughout the
first two years of school
and has earned a high
opinion within the dental
school community for
scholarship, leadership
and citizenship, and
professionalism.
Grace
Voigt Scholarship
The Grace Voigt
Scholarship honors
second-, third-, and
fourth-year dental
students who have
demonstrated outstanding
leadership, concern for
fellow students and
patients, high ethical
standards, and dedication
to the profession of
dentistry. The 2015
recipients are Jonathan
Doucet, D2; Martin
Duplantier D3;
and Amy Simoneaux
Boudreaux, D4.
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