12th
Annual
Great Teachers Retreat --
Richmond Community College will again host the 12th Annual North Carolina
Great Teachers Retreat to be held at Camp Kanuga in Hendersonville, NC
on February 24-27, 2005.
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Wake
Tech Offers Dental Curriculum Demo to Legislators
In
the waning days of this year's N.C. General Assembly session, students
and faculty from Wake Technical Community College's Dental Hygiene and
Dental Assisting programs presented a curriculum demonstration that included
free oral cancer and blood pressure checks.
Wake
Tech Offers Dental Curriculum Demo to Legislators
By Suzy Barile
RALEIGH -- In the waning days of this year's N.C. General Assembly session,
students and faculty from Wake Technical Community College's Dental Hygiene
and Dental Assisting programs presented a curriculum demonstration that
included free oral cancer and blood pressure checks.
Wake Technical Community College President Stephen C. Scott gets
a free oral cancer check.
The event, held at the Legislative Building in Raleigh, was designed
to highlight the skills that students at community colleges are learning
as they prepare for their careers. Participants in the programs also wanted
to show the differences between the two: dental assistants specialize
in handling infection control and sterilization, as well as setting up
for and cleaning up after a dental procedure, while dental hygienists
clean teeth, as well as check vital signs and perform oral cancer screenings.
"We had a lot of traffic," said Dental Assisting department
head Trudy Clark, noting Wake Tech was well-represented by President Steve
Scott, Vice President for Curriculum Services Ben White, and Health Sciences
Dean Alisa Nagler.
The N. C. Community College Faculty Association was represented by President
Don Wildman and External Vice President Cliff Mitchell.
Also attending was N.C. Community College System President Martin Lancaster,
while legislators Rep. Billy Creech (R-Johnston), Rep. Bernard Allen (D-Wake),
and Rep. Joanne Bowie (R-Guilford) were among those receiving services.
Each legislator also received a goodie bag containing oral hygiene products
and literature from the National Oral Health Information Center.
Wake Tech's Hygienist program graduated its first class this summer;
Brenda Maddox is department head.
Assisting with donations were Winn Dixie and Lowes Foods, the Raleigh/Wake
County Dental Society, Greater Raleigh Dental Hygienists' Association,
Wake County Dental Assistants Society, Proctor & Gamble and Oral-B.
"Wake Tech Student Government Association members helped with blowing
up 150 balloons and stayed the whole day," Clark said. She found
the legislators receptive to the students as they explained the programs.
Wake Tech's curriculum demonstration was part of the NCCCFA Awareness
Campaign, designed to raise awareness of the state's community colleges
among legislators and the public at large. If you would like to feature
your curriculum during next year's legislative session, contact Don Wildman
at dlwildma@waketech.edu.
