Pies for a cause: Students take aim for patients’ dental needs
Dental student Veronica Ferguson puts a pie in Dr. Partha Mukherji’s face. Mukherji is a clinical assistant professor in comprehensive dentistry.
Students came from all over campus Nov. 20 to throw pies in the faces of some of Texas A&M College of Dentistry’s popular professors. A bit of sweet fun during a semester full of tests and long study sessions, and all for a good cause.
Pies for Patients was organized by the second-year dental students. For $5 per pie, each student tossed a pie in a professor’s face, and each throw raised money for the Patient Fund account managed by A&M Dentistry’s Community Outreach Office. The fund aids those who’ve run out of money before their treatment is completed.
Students raised $507, said Caelan Ducommun, class vice president of the Class of 2028. That’s more money than the goal.
Dr. Alicia Spence, director of recruitment and admissions and clinical assistant professor in comprehensive dentistry.
“We are looking for more creative initiatives from students and faculty to continue raising funds for this important cause,” said Dr. Hoda Abdellatif, the office’s director and clinical assistant professor in public health sciences.
Dr. Stephen McDonald, clinical associate professor in comprehensive dentistry, with dental student Hannah Ryan.