Dr. Betsey Smeenge, DDS, Dr. Lauren Sytek, DDS and Dr. Chelsea Klipfel, DDS (left to right)


ALPHA CHAPTER University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan Founded 1889


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raduation is always a bittersweet time. It’s a time we celebrate the


wonderful friendships we have made and grieve the fact that many are going different ways. Tose gradu- ating and those staying behind, we all think about how much we have grown throughout dental school thus far. We remember the day we came in and we remember the struggles, the successes, the hard lessons, and the easy lessons learned. More than anything though, around this time of the year we are all so grateful. Grate- ful for our friendships, our education, and our journey. One of our graduating members


reflected on two special friendships she made even before their D1 white coat ceremony. Lauren wrote, “Te pride I have in my own accomplish- ments pales in comparison to how proud I am to have been able to com- plete this four year adventure with these two amazing women. I have never met two more selfless, compas- sionate, loyal, and intelligent people and I am truly blessed to call them friends. Trough fate and Facebook we went in together and through grace and God we came out together. A special thanks for four years of friendship and the many more to


XI PSI PHI QUARTERLY


Alpha Chapter members at St. Andrew’s Breakfast Program


come.“ All three of them have been very active in the Alpha Chapter and we are so thankful for the time they invested to our fraternity. We enjoyed celebrating all


of our graduating members at Senior Send Off, complete with dinner, des- sert, games, and dancing. Each of our new Doctors of Dental Surgery shared words of wisdom with our chapter; the overall theme was to gravitate towards friendships because building those relationships and investing in each other is the only way to stay sane throughout dental school. We all truly know that Xi Psi Phi has aided immensely in putting


those words of wisdom into action. Tis past semester, our chapter


was active in serving our community at St. Andrew’s Breakfast Program. We were able to serve breakfast to over fifty homeless individuals in our community. Our social events included our monthly TAC meet- ings (Tursday After Class) at a local restaurant, a trip to the bowling alley, and a pizza party to get us through final’s week. Our 2017-18 Executive Board is currently busy planning events and reading our chapter to greet some new D1s in June. We look forward to another year joined together in friendship.


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