Advanced Education Scholarships
Dr. Fanny N. Freund Advanced Education Scholarship
The Dr. Fanny N. Freund Advanced Education Scholarship was established to provide support to advanced education students enrolled at the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry and who are pursuing a career in academics. Dr. Fanny N. Freund immigrated to America from Poland in 1950 and was a Holocaust survivor. She would go on to earn DDS and MSD degrees from the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry and practiced as an Orthodontist in Minnesota for almost 50 years.
Award details
Up to $12,000 in scholarship funds will be awarded annually with a maximum of three recipients receiving equal scholarship amounts. Selected recipients will receive scholarships for their studies in the 2023-2024 academic year, with scholarships applied directly to the recipients’ student accounts in the Spring 2024 term.
Dr. Fanny N. Freund Advanced Education Scholarship Recipients
2022-2023
- Dina Mansour, DDS – Endodontics Resident, MS in Dentistry student
- Francois Proulx, DDS – Oral & Maxillofacial Resident
- Roman Garcia, DDS – Pediatric Dentistry Resident
2021-2022
- Hannah Afwerke Lynch, DDS - Oral & Maxillofacial Resident
- Michail Raptopoulos, DDS - Periodontics Resident, MS in Dentistry student
- Miguel Sanchez, DDS - Periodontics Resident, MS in Dentistry student
2019-2020
- Mohammed Akl, DDS - Prosthodontics Resident, MS in Dentistry student
- Barbara Botorous, DMD - Periodontology Resident, MS in Dentistry student
- Heidi Schoonbeck. RDH - MS in Dental Hygiene student
2020-2021
- Eric Yue Hu, DDS - Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Resident
- Ioannis Kormas, DDS - Periodontology Resident, MS in Dentistry student
- Ashton Merati, DDS, MS - Prosthodontics Resident, MS in Dentistry student