Appointment of dean for ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ College of Dental Medicine covered by dental media

The online and on Jan. 6, 2011 covered the announcement by ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ President Danielle N. Ripich, Ph.D. that she had named James J. Koelbl, D.D.S., M.S., M.J. of Claremont, Calif., the new dean of the College of Dental Medicine. Dr. Koelbl is the founding dean of the College of Dental Medicine at Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, Calif., and will join ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ in April. ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ’s intent is to open the college in the fall of 2013, and an aggressive fund-raising campaign is under way.

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