GSDM Student Selected for ADA Foundation Dental Student Scholarship Award
On Friday March 25, 2016, Dean Jeffrey W. Hutter and Assistant Dean of Students Dr. Joseph Calabrese met with second-year DMD student Adela Brodek to formally congratulate her on receiving the 2016 American Dental Association (ADA) Foundation Dental Student Scholarship Award.
The ADA Foundation awards 26 education scholarships annually to dental students across the country in the category of outstanding academic achievement. To be eligible for consideration, students must attend an accredited dental school full-time and be in the second year of study while maintaining at least a 3.5 grade point average.
“Congratulations to Adela on receiving this scholarship,” said Dean Jeffrey W. Hutter. “The ADA Foundation presents these awards to an incredibly small group of very gifted dental students each year, so Adela should be especially honored.”
Brodek said she was elated when she received an email stating that she had won the highly prestigious ADA Foundation Dental Student Scholarship Award, which is for $2,500.
“I am extremely humbled to be chosen from such a talented group of applicants,” said Brodek. “It is wonderful to receive this recognition from the ADA and to represent the Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine.”
Brodek says she is enjoying her time at GSDM, and that she is excited about taking the knowledge she has learned from the Simulation Learning Center (SLC) into the clinic in the fall when she begins her third year at the School.
Interestingly, Brodek’s husband, Andrew, is also a DMD 18 student at GSDM. The two interviewed at GSDM on the same day, and—upon receiving acceptance to the School—made the decision to travel about 1,000 miles from their previous home state of Wisconsin and attend dental school in Boston at GSDM.
During her first two years at GSDM, Brodek has become a member of the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) Council of Students, as well as the Health & Wellness Committee of the GSDM chapter of the American Student Dental Association (ASDA).
In her role as a member of the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) Council of Students, Brodek recently traveled to the 2016 ADEA Annual Session in Denver, Colorado, with fellow GSDM student Joanna Song DMD 17. The conference took place from March 12-15, 2016.
“The ADA Foundation awards are very competitive,” said Dr. Calabrese. “Students from dental schools across the country submit application packages and only the top candidates are selected. We are all very proud of Adela’s accomplishments—she is an outstanding representative of the GSDM community.”