GARDNER, MA \u2013 May 18, 2021 – On Friday, May 14, 2021, MWCC welcomed fourteen students to the dental hygiene profession with a socially distant pinning ceremony outside the main entrance of the Gardner campus.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is not totally normal, but this is the most normal event that I have been to in about fifteen months. Thank you for this moment,\u201d opened MWCC President James Vander Hooven. \u201cI am so proud of the efforts these students have made over the past two years. It takes an awful lot to choose to pursue a degree in one of the caring fields, to know that you are going to be dedicating your professional careers to helping others. I am eternally grateful that you have chosen this path, and that you chose to do it with Mount Wachusett Community College.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cindy Cadoret, Director of Dental Education Programs, and the dental faculty members pinned the fourteen students, all of whom are receiving their Dental Hygiene Associate Degrees on Wednesday, May 19. The students pinned and the annual department awardees are:<\/p>\n
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Front Row, left to right: Ela Solimeno, Ashley Leone, Beatriz Padilla-Lazarin, Jessica Burgos, Brianna Coggins, Jennifer Burkier, Patricia Bunis, Samantha Bottis. Back Row, left to right: Justin Ward, Courtney Rogers, Ivonne Jimenez, Emily Matusiak, Katherine Piecewicz, Ashely Beauchemin.<\/p><\/div>\n
Ashley Beauchemin, Ashby<\/p>\n
Samantha Bottis, Worcester<\/p>\n
Patricia Bunis, Whitinsville<\/p>\n
Jessica Burgos, Fitchburg, Hu-Friedy Golden Scaler Award<\/p>\n
Jennifer Burkmier, Lowell<\/p>\n
Brianna Coggins, Northbridge<\/p>\n
Ivonne Jimenez, Clinton<\/p>\n
Ashley Leone, Auburn, Dental Hygiene Most Improved Award<\/p>\n
Emily Matusiak, Lowell<\/p>\n
Beatriz\u00a0 Padilla-Lazarin, Leominster<\/p>\n
Katherine Piecewicz, Ayer<\/p>\n
Courtney Rogers, Uxbridge, Dental Hygiene Community Service Award<\/p>\n
Elzbieta Solimeno, Bolton, Dental Hygiene Curriculum and Alumni Scholarship Award<\/p>\n
Justin Ward, Charlemont<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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