On Thursday February 19th, MUSC ASDA hosted its annual Vendor Fair. This event is conducted each year as our largest fundraiser for our chapter, and it goes a long way in paying for many events for our members. This year featured an amazing 29 vendors that MUSC ASDA members could visit with, learn about their products, and receive enough free dental supplies to last until next year! All members were invited, and lunch was provided for all by Hubbie D’s Tenders and Wings. This

The annual ASDA District 4 meeting was held this past weekend on January 9th and 10th in Greenville, SC. ASDA District 4 consists of dental colleges from MUSC, U of Tennessee, U of Virginia, East Carolina, UNC, Georgia Regents and Meharry. This year marked a record attendance of over 130 students from these schools. MUSC ASDA was able to send 13 students to the event (11 Executive Council (EC) members and 2 non-EC members). This years meeting was filled with informative s

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On Saturday November 22nd, MUSC ASDA hosted its Inaugural "Friendsgiving". Over 125 students and faculty gathered at the Stono Shelter in James Island County Park to celebrate an early Thanksgiving with friends, family, classmates, pets, and MUSC faculty. With 10 turkeys (yes 10 turkeys) and countless sides (stuffing, macaroni and cheese, sweet potatoes, green bean casseroles, broccoli casseroles, rolls, desserts, etc.), there was plenty of food to go around. We also had an i

MUSC ASDA would like to invite all students and faculty to the Inaugural MUSC Friendsgiving Turkey Bowl! It will be held on Saturday November 22nd from 12-4 PM at the Stono Shelter in James Island County Park (871 Riverland Drive). FREE TURKEY! FLAG FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT!! CORNHOLE! GIANT JENGA! It doesn't get any better than that. Bring a side dish or dessert to share and ASDA will provide Turkey and beverages. The Event is free but there is $1 admission fee to the park. Come

In an effort to increase inter-class "bonding" (see what we did there), we will highlight a CDM student each week and "drill" them with 12 questions. Here is our first installment! Check out further posts HERE on "The Drill!" 1. Hometown: Roanoke, Virginia 2. Siblings: younger brother, Kyle 3. Pets: a yellow lab named Wrigley 4. Undergrad: University of Richmond, Go Spiders! 5. When did you decide you wanted to be a dentist? In 7th grade, I got an elbow to the face during a

Advocacy week was another success in the year 2014. Our chapter collaborated with the South Carolina Dental Association (SCDA) to host lunch and learns during the week to keep our members updated on current issues important to dental students and the future of the dental profession. The SCDA aided our chapter in scheduling informative speakers as well as providing lunch for our members. Dr. Bruce Hutchinson from ADPAC spoke about the benefits of organized dentistry, the achie

On September 18th, MUSC ASDA coordinated a Loupe and Light Fair in the 6th floor lounge of our dental clinic building. Students were able browse and experiment with different products from numerous companies in a friendly environment. Seven companies attended to showcase their loupes to our members. Thank you to all of our members and to all of our vendors that attended the event. We look forward to this event next year! #members

Congrats to the Medical University of South Carolina College of Dental Medicine Class of 2014 on graduating! You made it!!! #members #party

We would like to congratulate our CDM 2014's Tiffany Lovelace on getting published! Check out her work on "Management of radiotherapy-induced salivary hypofunction and consequent xerostomia in patients with oral or head and neck cancer: meta-analysis and literature review" READ HER ARTICLE!! #members #research

At the most recent MUSC ASDA elections, Chris Conzett (CDM 2017) presented his case for why he should be elected as President-Elect of our chapter. He has now earned the honor of learning from our current President Chris Ricker over the next year, and then he will take over as President of MUSC ASDA in April 2015! Congrats! #members

On April 7th, 2014, MUSC ASDA Senior Legislative Liaison Katherine Rutland, and MUSC ASDA member Alexa Richtmyer, attended ASDA National Lobby day in Wachington, DC. Along with 370 ASDA members from all over the country, Katherine and Alexa helped show Washington legislators what ASDA fever is all about! The day began with training on specific issues so our ASDA members would be prepared on how to effectlively lobby members of congress and their staff. At the end of the day,

On March 19th, 2014, members of the MUSC Chapter of the American Student Dental Association helped organize and attended State Lobby Day 2014. In Columbia, South Carolina, MUSC ASDA members were lobbying their local state representatives in regards to issues important to our chapter and important to all dental students in the country. Topics that were addressed included the rising dental student debt of our students, licensure in the state of South Carolina, midlevel provider

Thank you all who helped serve as MUSC ASDA Class Representatives in 2010. We appreciate all the time and effort you put in to helping our school have great activities, service projects, and national and state representation. We also can't forget a big thanks to Dr. McGill for being our faculty adviser; you're the best. #members #advocacy