When Mount Ida College announced that it would close its doors in spring 2018, a tight-knit college community in Newton, Massachusetts, was left without a home, without educational pathways, without jobs. But students, faculty, and staff refused to let go of their dreams. And, so did Regis. The university committed to continue Mount Ida’s Dental Hygiene program—a natural fit for Regis’ School of Health Sciences and indication of its mission to “love and serve the dear neighbor.”
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