ACD NEWS WINTER 2025
vol. 54 | no.1
American College of Dentists
Focused on the Mission, the ACD Thrives
In this Issue Dates to Remember
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ACD 2025 President, Robert A. Faiella
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ACD Communications
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Model Section Reflection
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ACD Spring Leadership Retreat
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SHIFTing the Futrure Together
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Regent Reflection 8-9 Fellowship Reflection
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Book Review
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News of Fellows and Sections
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ASDE Update
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SPEA Update
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Bulletin Board
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n this issue of the ACD News, you will see multiple references to “thriving.” As the submissions from different authors came in, it was a notably spontaneous theme. There are examples of thriving at every level of our organization. Looking back, our first Giving Tuesday campaign was a heartening success as so many of you came forward in support of our mission programs and strategic plan. Closing out a recordbreaking nomination year with 445 nominations is also a notable example of the engagement and enthusiasm increasingly evident in our Fellowship, and an indicator of future thriving. Most importantly, the College is hosting the Annual Meeting
and Convocation again this year, outside of the auspices of the ADA. We will still meet in Washington D.C. before the ADA meeting but based on a great deal of feedback we will be moving the meeting later in the week—Thursday afternoon through Friday—to better accommodate our Fellows who practice and teach and have reported to us the difficulties of meeting midweek. Our meeting will be at the JW Marriott on Pennsylvania Avenue, and we are looking forward to seeing many of you there, along with a robust class of new Fellows. The fact that we are able to make a historic change to our meeting is further evidence of thriving leadership and a model organization.