Lasting Impressions | Fall 2015

10 © NSU LASTING IMPRESSIONS Student Impressions Community service plays a big part in the lives of students in NSU’s College of Dental Medicine (CDM). Fourth-year student John Aylmer, 25, sees community ser- vice as an important and valuable part of his dental education. “I enjoy giving back,” said Aylmer, the current American Stu- dent Dental Association (ASDA) president for the CDM. He was part of a mission trip to the Dominican Republic during spring break in his second year at the CDM, when he and approximately 20 other students treated more than 700 people. Aylmer also participated in the College of Dental Medi- cine’s Give Kids A Smile Day, in which students and faculty members provided pro bono dental services for children in the community. He experienced Dentist Day on the Hill, lobbying state legislators in Tallahassee about student loan reimbursements and ways to improve Floridians’ oral health. CDM Gives an Education in Dentistry and Community Service BY DAVID A. SCHWARTZ