The School of Dental Medicine Time Capsule
The year is 2068: students and faculty open a mysterious time capsule from the bygone-era of 2018! The School of Dental Medicine has put together a time capsule to be opened in 50 years for the school’s 200th anniversary. So what will these dentists of the future uncover?
- Time Capsule greeting letter, written by Dean Thomas
- Time Capsule list of included items
- White Coat with Dean Thomas’s name and a ceremony oath card
- 2018 commencement program
- Boston Globe front page from September 28, 2018 (date of the Anniversary Gala)
- 3D elephant from anniversary display
- Academic calendar, course description
- Academic schedule
- Anniversary Gala program, invitation
- Curriculum from Office of Academic Affairs
- D21, D20, D19, D18 composite pictures
- Dental Magazine, Fall 2017/anniversary issue
- Dental terms and acronyms
- Glass ionomer, bonding agent
- Letters written by students to future students about life as a dental student
- Lobby blueprints/before photos from lobby construction
- Lyrics sheet for student video
- Photo of shroud, mannequin head
- Photos of current dental building (pics of preclin, dental floors)
- Photos of outside the school (1 Kneeland)
- Photos of TUSDM at Red Sox/ Actual Red Sox ticket
- Step Card
- Student ID
- Tufts ASDA pin
- Tuition statement
- Time Capsule Committee activities documentation
The above contents were carefully selected by committee members Gynnekia Booth D20, Rachelle Cadet D20, Paula Callahan, Karen Culbert, Joseph Dudlek D21, Frances Burke Foret, Mark Gonthier, Emerly Hsu D21, Dr. Melissa Ing D89, Dr. Jeff Lowenstein D85, D20P, Dr. Britta Magnuson D08, Katie McKenna D20, Dr. Shubha Nanda DI96, Zamon Sawyer D19, Dr. James Theodore D83, and Dr. Thomas Whitmer D18. The time capsule has now been sealed and locked away!
