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LEARNERS to LEADERS LWe are making scholarships a priority—doing what we can to recruit the best learners and shape them into tomorrow’s leaders.
eadership looks different for scholarship offerings are a key In these pages, get to know the everyone. To lead is to become component in recruiting the great- learners whose lives have been one’s authentic self, embracing est minds in oral health care to changed by scholarship gifts, and humility, living and working with
the leaders whose gifts made it our institution. Scholarship funds
value at the forefront. It is the
possible.
entice learners to choose the
School of Dentistry’s goal to en-
School of Dentistry, ease their jour-
sure every one of our learners has the chance to become a leader and pave the way for excellence
in oral health care. That’s why we are making scholarships a priority— doing what we can to recruit the best learners and shape them into tomorrow’s leaders.
Learners to Leaders: the Drive for School of Dentistry students, is a bold initiative that seeks to raise $1 million in scholarship funds for our learners.
With the national average debt for dentistry students at $300,000,
ney through school and allow for greater post-graduate freedom, so practitioners choose to give back to communities in Minnesota.
“The School of Dentistry has established providing student scholarships as a high priority
to recruit and retain learners,” explained Dean Keith Mays, DDS, MS, PhD. “These learners will become future providers serving the people of Minnesota and be- yond. Without scholarship giving, we can lose the best and brightest learners to other schools who can offer more.”
THE LEARNERS
Scholarship giving helps prepare students to make a difference in our communities and around the world. In the 2021-2022 academ- ic year, the School of Dentistry provided 139 scholarships to 114 learners. These young minds will become tomorrow’s oral health professionals, shaping the future of dentistry.