1. ISDS Annual Session – St. Louis District 7 Meeting – St. Louis Central Regional Meeting – Raleigh ADEA Meeting – San Antonio

2. ISDS Annual Session – St. Louis

3. The Headlines: 1.Student-introduced resolution on taking live patients out of clinical licensure exams narrowly lost in a 53-55 vote! 2.New ISDS President, Dr. Robert Bitter, will keep dental education in Illinois at the top of his agenda!

4. District 7 Meeting – St. Louis

5. The Headlines: 1.Subsidized loans for graduate students are gone! 2.Cardinals are contenders for the World Series!

6. Central Regional Meeting - Raleigh

7. Central Regional Meeting – Raleigh The Headlines: 1.ASDA won big at ADA Annual Session in Vegas! a.$126,000 for students to work with state dental societies b.ADA BoT to tackle student debt c.Continued Cochrane Library subscriptions d.ASDA representation maintained in ADA HOD 2.No new MLP programs will be created in 2011! 3.Hot Topic: DHAT vs ADHP vs DT/ADT vs CDHC!

8. ADEA Meeting – San Antonio

9. The Headlines: 1.It is ON Starting Jan 1, 2012! a.NBDE P1 & P2 will be P/F b.New test items in NBDE! c.New limitations on eligibility (5 Yr / 5 Attempts) d.Reporting score histories & testing irregularities 2.New Endo Terminology in NBDE P2 in April 2012! 3.Integrated NBDE (INBDE) Coming in 2015!?!

10. Miscellaneous

11. Upcoming Events Ronald McDonald House – December 4 th ADPAC Week – Mid January ASDA Annual Session in Minneapolis, MN – February 29 th to March 4 th National Lobby Day in Washington, D.C. – April 16 th and April 17 th State Lobby Day in Springfield – April 25 th

12. Questions? ASDA National: www.asdanet.org UIC ASDA: www.uicasda.com uicasda@gmail.com