SFCC students, faculty use their dental hygiene skills in Guatemala In January, State Fair Community College Dental Hygiene students and faculty had the opportunity of a lifetime to participate in an international service learning project in Guatemala, a Central American country. Senior Dental Hygiene students Lauren Dunham (Warrensburg), Emily Biswell (Columbia), Naomi Prather (Columbia), and junior student Destyni Speidel (Lincoln) along with Dr. Andra Ferguson, SFCC’s Dental Hygiene program director and Linda Hoffmann, adjunct faculty, performed dental hygiene services in the cities of Cantel and Quetzaltenango. The students and faculty raised their own funds for the trip. "I feel honored to have been a part of a team that demonstrated such caring and dedication to the profession of dental hygiene and service to people in need" said Dr. Ferguson. “This was a great learning experience for our students and an opportunity to put their skills to work to help others in a different culture.”
State Fair Community College Dental Hygiene students and faculty participated in a service learning opportunity in Guatemala in January 2020. First row from left, Lauren Dunham, Naomi Prather, Emily Biswell; second row, Destyni Speidel, Dr. Andra Ferguson, Linda Hoffmann.
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