Nearly 40 dentistry and dental hygiene college students at 9 schools and universities throughout the nation are collectively receiving $270,000 in scholarship help for the 2023-2024 college yr from United Concordia Dental and the United Concordia Dental Charitable Fund.
“Every yr, United Concordia provides 1000’s of {dollars} in scholarship assist to college students aspiring to be dentists and dental hygienists,” mentioned Ed Shellard, DMD, president and CEO, United Concordia. “Through this funding, we hope to alleviate a number of the monetary stress for college kids pursuing a profession in the dental area to allow them to higher deal with attaining their tutorial and profession targets.”
Colleges and universities benefiting from the funding are:
- Community College of Denver; Dental Hygiene program
- Community College of Philadelphia; Dental Hygiene program
- Houston Community College; Dental Hygiene program
- Howard University College of Dentistry; Dental program
- Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry; Dental program
- University of New Mexico; Dental Hygiene program
- UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry; Dental program
- University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine; Dental and Dental Hygiene applications
- Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry; Dental and Dental Hygiene applications