ALUMNI “WALL OF HONOR” The West Liberty University Alumni Board of Directors instituted a project in 1990 to demonstrate to current students, visitors, and friends that the college has some very successful graduates. This project, known as the “Alumni Wall of Honor,” is a dramatic way to honor some of the college’s most distinguished alumni and display pride in the accomplishments of its graduates. The concept was suggested by then Associate Professor of Physics Robert W. Schramm, who is a 1958 graduate of the college and a 2002 Alumni Wall of Honor inductee. The Alumni Wall of Honor is housed in the south end of the Union known as the Alumni Lounge.
Dawn Ann Dean
Inducted 2022Dawn is the President Elect 2021-2022 of the American Dental Hygienists’ Association (ADHA).
Dawn graduated with an Associate of Science Degree in Dental Hygiene from West Liberty State College in 1984, a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology from West Virginia University, Eberly College of Arts & Sciences, in 1986, and a Master of Science Degree in Dental Hygiene Research & Administration from the West Virginia University, School of Dentistry, in 1992. Dawn was awarded the Golden and Student American Dental Hygienists’ Awards for clinical and academic excellence and served as a SADHA President. Her professional career includes work as a clinical dental hygienist, clinical instructor at West Liberty University, Sarah Whitaker Glass School of Dental Hygiene, and RDH expert witness and entrepreneur. Dawn has also authored several professional articles for Access Magazine.
Currently, Dawn is an Assistant Professor at the WVU School of Dentistry, Department of Dental Hygiene, in Morgantown, West Virginia.
Dawn has held numerous leadership positions on the local, state and national levels, including two, consecutive terms as WVDHA president, WV IOH Liaison, WV Delegation Chair and served as the District III Trustee from 2016-2020 and 2020-2021 ADHA Vice President. Dawn has served on the Executive Committee, Finance Committee, IOH Board of Directors, Board Governance Manual Committee as Chair, and Nominating Committee as Board Advisor. She received the 2017 West Virginia University School of Dentistry Distinguished Alumni Award and was inducted into the Sigma Phi Alpha National Dental Hygiene Honor Society in 2018.
Dawn Ann and her husband Michael have three daughters, and now consider themselves official empty nesters. She is an Alpha Xi Delta Sorority Member, certified sports yoga instructor and antique collector.