Student Admissions and Recruitment Committee

Committee Members

Name	Role	Term
Dr. Venita Sposetti	Chair Assistant Dean, Admissions & Financial Aid
Dr. Abi Adewumi	Full-time faculty elected by Faculty Assembly	2010
Dr. Barbara Hastie	Full-time faculty elected by Faculty Assembly	2010
Dr. Susan Nimmo	Full-time faculty elected by Faculty Assembly	2010
Dr. Pam Sandow	Full-time faculty elected by Faculty Assembly	2010
Dr. Micaela Gibbs	Full-time faculty elected by Faculty Assembly	2011
Dr. Richard Lamont	Full-time faculty elected by Faculty Assembly	2011
Dr. Daniela Silva	Full-time faculty elected by Faculty Assembly	2011
Dr. Cal Dolce	Full-time faculty elected by Faculty Assembly	2012
Dr. Josephine Esquivel	Full-time faculty elected by Faculty Assembly	2012
Dr. Geraldine Weinstein	Full-time faculty elected by Faculty Assembly	2012
Dr. Bert Hughes	Private practitioner identified by the Dean	2010
Dr. Brian Decker	Private practitioner identified by the Dean	2010
Dr. Craig Oldham	Private UFCD Alumni Practitioner identified by the Dean	2010
Dr. Martin Handfield	Representative from Basic Sciences
Mr. Brandon Greenwalt (alternate: John Mazzuoccolo)	Dental Student (sophomore)	2010
Ms. Monet Ducksworth (alternate: Natalie Smith)	Dental Student (junior)	2010
Mr. Sean Altenbach (alternate: Bryant Anderson)	Dental Student (senior)	2010
Dr. Patty Xirau-Probert	Ex officio: Director, Student and Multicultural Affairs
Dr. Venita Sposetti	Ex officio: Freshman Class Advisor
Mr. Thomas Kolb	Ex officio: Director, Financial Aid
Dr. Nery Clark	Ex officio: Director, Internationally-Educated Dentist Program (IEDP)
Ms. Liz Manini	Support staff

Committee Composition

The committee consists of ten full-time faculty members elected by the Faculty Assembly for three-year terms; no more than three private practitioners, one from an alumni group identified by the Dean for a one-year term; three dental students; one member from the basic science departments identified by the Dean; the Director of Student and Multicultural Affairs, the Freshman class advisor, the Director of Student Financial Aid, and the Director of the Internationally-Educated Dentist Program as ex officio members; and the Assistant Dean for Admissions as a member and permanent chairperson of the committee. Members of this committee who are not full-time members of the College of Dentistry will be identified by the Dean whether they are elected by their constituents or appointed. The committee's recommendations are presented directly to the Dean.

Standing Committee Charge

It is the responsibility of this committee to recruit and select and recommend to the Dean the most outstanding group of student applicants for admission to the D.M.D. program of the College of Dentistry.

Additional Charge from the Dean for 2009–2010

I am requesting that the Student Admissions and Recruitment Committee continue to work to evaluate our admissions processes and procedures in regards to qualified underrepresented minority applicants.

This year, each standing faculty committee will be charged with reviewing relevant outcome measures from the college strategic plan. The measures which should be reviewed by the Student Admissions and Recruitment Committee include:

The number of under-represented minority applicants, interviewees and enrollees in pre-doctoral programs.

The committee should evaluate performance on these measures and when appropriate, action plans for improvement should be instituted using the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle. The PDCA is the college’s model for outcomes assessment and evaluation.

Individual Faculty Member Responsibilities

Members of the Admissions Committee are required to attend 4 meetings throughout the year. These meetings include a full-day session in November, as well as one- to two-hour meetings in January, February and June, respectively. In addition, committee members must commit to interviewing potential students for six ½ days between July and February each year. A schedule of interview dates and meeting dates for the upcoming year becomes available in May of each year.

Preparation time outside of meetings varies by committee member but may include review of applications in the Office of Admissions. Application essays are available online for committee members to review.

Time commitment: A minimum of 35-40 hours per year as described above.

A GroupWise distribution of this committee is located in GroupWise at %STU_ADMISS_COMM.

Schedule of Meetings

2009–2010
Date	Room	Agenda	Final Minutes	Attachments
November 20, 2009	D8-46	[64K]	N/A	N/A
June 30, 2009	D4-16	[61K]	[81K]	N/A
2008–2009
Date	Room	Agenda	Final Minutes	Attachments
February 20, 2009	D4-16	[55K]	[51K]	N/A
January 23, 2009	D4-16	[50K]	[59K]	N/A
November 20, 2008 (joint meeting with Curriculum Committee)	D4-16	[837K]	[67K]	[251K]
November 14, 2008	D8-46	[7K]	[9K]	N/A
2007–2008
Date	Room	Agenda	Final Minutes	Attachments
February 22, 2008	D8-46	[10K]	[11K]	N/A
January 18, 2008	D8-46	[10K]	[11K]	N/A
November 15, 2007	D8-46	[10K]	[11K]	N/A
July 13, 2007	D4-16	[11K]	[15K]	N/A
2006–2007
Date	Room	Agenda	Final Minutes	Attachments
February 23, 2007	D8-46	[10K]	[12K]	N/A
January 26, 2007	D8-46	[10K]	[11K]	N/A
November 17, 2006	D1-26	[10K]	[11K]	N/A
2005–2006
Date	Room	Agenda	Final Minutes	Attachments
June 27, 2006	D4-16	[11K]	[12K]	N/A
May 23, 2006	D8-46	[10K]	[11K]	N/A
February 24, 2006	D8-46	[10K]	[11K]	N/A
January 27, 2006	D8-46	[10K]	[11K]	N/A
November 17, 2005	D4-16	[10K]	[11K]	N/A
July 20, 2005	D4-16	[10K]	[9K]	N/A
2004–2005
Date	Room	Agenda	Final Minutes	Attachments
February 18, 2005	D4-16	[10K]	[11K]	N/A
December 8, 2004	D4-16	[10K]	[11K]	N/A
November 18, 2004	D4-16	[10K]	[11K]	N/A
June 29, 2004	D4-16	[20K]	[12K]	N/A