Student News ASDA names Region X Delegate of the Year--from LLU Shelton Hsu, SD'00, was named Delegate of the Year for Region X, the west coast states, by the American Student Dental Association (ASDA), when the association met in Denver, September 1 - 5. He was presented with an engraved plaque and many congratulations. ASDA has 55 member dental schools, and 250 student representatives from around North America. Representatives are elected by their peers during their sophomore year of dental school and serve for three years. Mr. Hsu is co-president of the Loma Linda University Dental Student Association, and first delegate to the ASDA. Joined by Ryan Thomas, SD'01, also an ASDA delegate, he helps form policy and take actions for the ASDA, which represents the needs and concerns of dental students nationally. Recent Capitol Hill lobbying by ASDA involved issues of dental licensure, student debt, and coaxing the government to allow tax deductions for student loan interest.   Shelton Hsu, SD'00, and Ryan Thomas, SD'01, represented Loma Linda University at the American Student Dental Association Annual Session and House of Delegates.   DSA plans activities Ken Pierson, Dental Student Association co-president and senior dental student, says that the 1999 - 2000 DSA activities menu will include faculty home vespers, beach vespers, softball games, root beer float feeds, nights at the local amusement park and the Drayson Activities Center, another barbecue, and many other social activities. The DSA officers and members are also planning the annual Clinic With a Heart, a free dental clinic held each spring. Student gets kudo The Bulletin of Dental Education, the publication of American Association of Dental Schools, mentioned Melissa Wages, SD'00, in its May 1999 issue, in its Kudos section, for having developed her women's oral health website. The section said, "Ms. Melissa Redd-Wages, a junior dental student at Loma Linda University, recently was awarded first place for her educational project at the Loma Linda University School of Dentistry Alumni Convention. Ms. Redd-Wages developed a website that addresses women's oral health issues. The website is located at <www.womensoralhealth.org>." Ms. Wages is in good company. The rest of the column congratulates medallion winners, distinguished leaders, and professors for their accomplishments. University | Medical_Center | LLU&MC_home | Search | Employment | News_&_events | Academics | Our_mission | Admissions | Registration | Research | Alumni | Student_resources All contents copyright © 2001 Loma Linda University. All rights reserved  Revised February 28, 2001 Send comments and questions to webmaster@univ.llu.edu URL: