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The American Association of Women Dentists presents the Eleanor J. Bushee Senior Dental Student Award each year to honor senior dental students who have achieved academic excellence and have demonstrated outstanding leadership. We have attached an Eleanor Bushee Senior Dental Student Award application. Information, guidelines, and the deadline date are listed below.
Dr. Bushee graduated from Northwestern Dental School in 1944. After 15 years in private practice, she entered the academic world. She attained the position of Professor of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics as well as Assistant Dean for Administration at Southern Illinois University of Dental Medicine. Dr. Bushee was an accomplished author and lecturer. She lived her life with verve and style. The recipient of this award should demonstrate enthusiasm in her career in dentistry and in her life as a colleague, friend and mentor.
An advisor or dean may recommend one senior dental student from each school to student receive the award. Please allow two to three weeks from the nomination deadline for the certificate to arrive by mail. This award will be accompanied by a one-year complimentary membership in the American Association of Women Dentists.
The deadline for return of materials is March 15, 2021. Please email materials to awards@aawd.org or fax to 850-484-8762.
Thank you in advance for nominating an outstanding senior dental student for this honor and award!
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The American Association of Women Dentists (AAWD) is excited to announce the new local chapter in North Carolina! I am so excited to work together for years to come. For those who don’t know me, I’m Lauren Massey-Williams. I graduated from the University of Kentucky College of Dentistry of 2009. For about 7 years I practiced in Texas in just about every avenue of dentistry–public health, corporate offices and private practice. In 2018, I relocated to Shelby, NC to be closer to my family (my dad is from Charlotte) and my sister who lives in North Florida and joined a large, all female group practice. I started in dentistry in public health as a National Health Care Service Corps Scholarship recipient, so my primary focus in dentistry has always been in helping the underserved. Through the AAWD”s Smiles for Success program, I hope to increase the amount of dentistry we, as women, are able to give to those who truly need us. In addition to being president of this chapter of AAWD, I sit on the communications council for the Academy of General Dentistry, am an ambassador to the NHSC and serve on my county’s Healthcare Foundation Board. 
