Ann Arbor, MI — April 4, 2011 — Five women have been inducted into the Nu Chapter of the national dental hygiene honor society, Sigma Phi Alpha.  The honor society acknowledges scholastic achievement and also encourages professional accomplishment and service in dental hygiene to enhance the profession’s role in oral health care.

The U-M School of Dentistry’s Nu Chapter annually elects senior students on the basis of scholarship, service, leadership, and potential for professional growth.  Inducted this year were (left to right): Karthryn Brown, Patricia Walch, and Allison Restauri, dental hygiene students.  Also inducted were Becky Lewis and Anne Gwozdek. 

Lewis was selected as an honorary member for her outstanding educational contributions and community service to the dental hygiene profession.  As dental clinic coordinator at the Hope Clinic in Ypsilanti, Michigan, she schedules rotations for dental hygiene students.  Lewis is also the Clinic’s fundraiser and dental assistant.  Gwozdek, a U-M faculty inductee, is the director of the School’s Dental Hygiene Degree Completion Programs.