Lasting Impressions | Winter 2014

NSU COLLEGE OF DENTAL MEDICINE x 27 Karen McKenzie, D.M.D. (’08), was one of 16 outstanding graduates honored dur- ing NSU’s annual Distinguished Alumni Achievement Awards. McKenzie is the direc- tor of dental services at Central Florida Health Care in Sunrise, Florida. She is responsible for administering, maintaining, and expanding the program of primary, secondary, and preventive dental care in a community health center setting. McKen- zie supervises the dental staff of the com- munity health center and provides dental advice and counsel to the corporation’s CEO and board of directors. The Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award is the highest and most prestigious honor that NSU bestows upon its gradu- ates. The program recognizes alumni who are changing lives and changing the world by demonstrating a record of distinguished service and extraordinary achievement in a particular profession, discipline, organi- zation, or community cause. “The true measure of a university’s greatness can be found in the achievements of its alumni,” said George L. Hanbury II, Ph.D., president and CEO of NSU. ◆ Campus Impressions STUDENTS WALK FOR BREAST CANCER AWARENESS The College of Dental Medicine’s Student Chapter of the American Association of Women Dentists raised $450 during the Susan G. Komen 5K Walk for breast cancer in Miami. The money raised will support breast cancer research. The team included Sharon Siegel, D.D.S., M.S., professor and chair of prosthodontics, and dental students Htet Bo, Cindy Hua, Lam Le, Keith Sochaiwanich, Sandrine Huynh, and Mary Ta. ◆ KAREN MCKENZIE HONORED AT DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS