WEST LIBERTY, W.Va., Oct. 12, 2018 — October is National Dental Hygiene Month and West Liberty University’s Sarah Whitaker Glass School of Dental Hygiene is celebrating and reminding the public of the importance of maintaining a good routine of dental care.
The Class of 2019 or seniors who are expected to graduate this spring with their Dental Hygiene degrees include: Alyssa Baker, McDonald, Pa., Bailey Baker, New Lexington, Ohio; Kelsey Bender, Hollywood, Md., Dallis Bishop, Berkley Springs, W.Va., Morgan Blacka, Bolivar, Ohio, Bo Campbell, Benwood, W.Va., Laura Cartwright, Circleville, Ohio, Natalie Casale, Jeannette, Pa., Kristen DeLong, Zanesville, Ohio, Jessie Earley, Middlebourne, W.Va., Audra Furka, Wheeling, W.Va., Stephanie Gebhart, Cambridge, Ohio, Janeil Hartman, Philo, Ohio, Taylor Howard, Moundsville, W.Va., Kori Hulit, Malvern, Ohio, Hannah Macko, New Eagle, Pa., Alexis Mastroianni, Steubenville, Ohio, Lindsey McMahon, Shadyside, Ohio, Holly Mishler, Johnstown, Pa., Catherine Nash, Somerset, Ohio, Caitlin Nicholson, Belle Vernon, Pa., Sarah Pappas, Crawford, W.Va., Kristen Quickel, Wheeling, W.Va., Paden Raymond, Weirton, W.Va., Haylee Saling, Caldwell, Ohio, Alivia Schneider, Sandyville, Ohio, Lindsey Shidemantle, Conneautville, Pa., Faith Stickdorn, New Lexington, Ohio, Katherine Teece, Dalton, Ohio, Lily Tuttle, Waverly, W.Va., Desire VanCuren, Laurelville, Ohio, Marissa Warner, Summerfield, Ohio, Katelyn Wikander, Pleasant City, Ohio, Caitlin Wiley, Summerfield, Ohio, Katie Wiltison, New Creek, W.Va., Olivia Wofter, Zanesville, Ohio and Kristen Woodburn, Glen Dale, W.Va.
The Sarah Whitaker Glass School of Dental Hygiene was established in 1938 and graduated its first class in 1940. Accredited by the American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation, it offers both the Associate of Science and Bachelor of Science degrees.
WLU’s dental hygiene clinic is located in newly constructed Campbell Hall of Health Sciences. The clinic includes 24 dental operatories equipped with A-DEC brand dental units (Austin Dental Equipment Company). The radiography suite consists of nine patient treatment rooms equipped with Gendex x-ray machines for conventional and digital x-ray imaging. Dentrix dental practice management software is utilized. All classrooms are equipped with current educational technology.
The Sarah Whitaker Glass School of Dental Hygiene is part of the College of Sciences, one of five colleges and a school of professional studies, housed at WLU.
West Liberty University is a forward-looking, four-year public university steeped in a rich heritage as West Virginia’s oldest institution. Today it offers more than 70 undergraduate majors, plus graduate programs in clinical psychology, education, physician assistant studies, biology, professional studies and online master degrees in criminology, dental hygiene and the MBA.
For more information, please call 1.866.937.8542 (WESTLIB), visit westliberty.edu or follow WLU on social media.