 Josh Dorsett - Class of 2018 Hi Josh! We heard you love to play golf. Tell us about how you got interested in playing? Golf is definitely one of my favorite things to do. I started playing during my freshman year of college when my roommates would invite me (I was AWFUL). I think one of the reasons I kept coming back to it was because I hated how bad I was at it, and I just wanted to get better. I have been playing as much as I can ever since. What’s been your favorite course to play on? That’s easy… FarmLinks in Sylacauga. The place is incredible. What has been your best personal score? 80. I’m pretty proud of that considering where I was when I started a few years ago. The goal every time I play is to break 80 (and/or beat Austyn Grissom which usually isn’t too hard). How have you made time during our busy schedule to play? There’s definitely plenty of time to play as a dental student if you are disciplined. Going to the range or out on the course to play 9 is always a good study break. There’s always the weekends, too. Saturdays are for anything but studying/school so that’s usually my favorite day to play. Dental school would be miserable if you didn’t allow yourself to have a little fun every once in a while. What advice do you have for a dental student who is interested in learning how to play while in dental school? Find friends in your class that you enjoy being around and just go out and play as much as possible. 
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  Grant Talbert - Class of 2018
Hi Grant!! We heard that you like to hunt and fish and have trained your cute puppy, Abe, to be a bird dog! What kind of dog is Abe and how old was he when he started training? Abe is a chocolate lab. I began training him at 8 weeks old when we first got him. Training began very basic focusing on obedience. As he matured I began incorporating training for duck hunting. How did you become interested in bird hunting? Hunting and fishing have always been a huge part of my family. I have been going hunting with my two brothers and dad since I was 4 years old. Back in those days I was just shooting a BB gun beside one of them and trying to claim all the birds. Could you tell us about the process for training? They naturally want to retrieve, but it is up to you to teach them to do it the right way. To train a dog everything is broken down into small steps that build on each other. Instilling that love and drive of retrieving into your dog is key in the beginning. Everything else really involves playing on the dogs desire to retrieve and incorporating hunting and obedience. What was the most challenging aspect of training little Abe? The hardest part was probably putting in the time before and after school. It’s not always easy trying to balance training, school and family time. My alarm is usually set at 4:15 in the morning to make sure I have time to train Abe before school. What advice do you have for a dental student who would like to get started with training a hunting dog? Start getting used to getting up really early! It’s takes a lot of time and effort but in the end it is very rewarding to see all the hard work payoff in the duck blind.   Marteki Codjoe - Class of 2018 Hi Marteki! We heard that you love to cook and are really talented! Tell us about how you learned to cook. Wow, thank you so much! It all started with my mom; she really instilled cooking in my blood. My family is Ghanaian (West African), so that’s all we ate—Ghanaian food (we never ate American food). All of our meals were made from scratch and mostly from fresh ingredients. We only went out to eat a few times a year for special occasions, so as you can see, home-cooked meals were the norm. Because that is all I saw at home, I would watch my mom, asked her questions, and she taught me many of the things I know today. I started getting more into cooking around my junior year in college. I lived in an apartment that had a kitchen, and I didn’t have a meal plan for the first time, so I basically had no choice. I was broke college student tired of the mundane and unhealthy choices at the food hall. Honestly, I learned through a whole lot of trial and error with tons of experimenting. I started cooking Ghanaian meals, since that’s what I knew. My mom never measured any of her ingredients and would just eyeball everything she used to cook a meal. It took some practice to get to that point, but I eventually got pretty comfortable with that and, now, that’s how I operate. As time progressed, I started expanding to cooking different types of food. I would search Pintrest for recipes and watch YouTube videos to learn how to make different things. I definitely still have a LOT more to learn! What is your most favorite food/meal to cook? Man that is hard!!!!!!! FOOD IS LIFE! If you know me, you’ll know that I live for food and love to cook/try new things. I can’t choose just one, so I’ll name a few. I love making fried plantains with bean stew, a popular Ghanaian dish. I enjoy making salmon, asparagus, fried rice, chicken wings, guacamole…. I enjoy it all! Where do you get your inspirations? As mentioned before, my mom really inspired me to cook in the first place. When I eat her cooking, I’m still inspired to do better because I’m still not as good as her! Pintrest is great for new recipes, and YouTube has an endless amount of videos. I love watching Seonkyoung Longest! I get inspired in random ways. For example, if I don’t feel like going to the grocery store, I will look at what I have and try to come up with something creative based on my limited ingredients. On the other hand, if I do go to the store with no agenda, I randomly come across one item that “inspires” me and base my entire meal around it (ex. curry powder – I’ll make curry chicken, rice, and vegetables). How do you manage to always have cooked meals for lunch and dinner while combatting the busy schedule of dental school? I make it a priority because food is SUPER important to me! It gives me energy, it’s fun to eat, and I love everything about it! It’s funny because the other night, it was late in the evening and I was tired and NOT in the mood to cook. Then I thought to myself, “If I don’t cook, I’m going to have to eat a sandwich for lunch.” I cringed at that thought and immediately changed my mind. I love to create when it comes to food, plus it’s a source of stress relief for me when it comes to the craziness of school. What is some advice you have for a dental student who is looking to learn how to cook or step outside of their comfort zone of making Ramen noodles?
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