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Dorsey will receive the outstanding clinician award, and Lien has already received the Nebraska Dental Hygiene Association\u2019s outstanding student award. All of the students will receive a bachelor of science in dental hygiene.<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>\u201cAll of the graduates have been outstanding students,\u201d said Todd Junge, coordinator of the west division dental hygiene program for the UNMC College of Dentistry. \u201cI\u2019m really proud of these students,\u201d Junge said. \u201cNot only for being the first, but also for overcoming any hurdles that come with starting a new program and for making the best of any opportunities given them.\u201d<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>UNMC expanded its dental hygiene program to Scottsbluff\/Gering in 2003 with help from a state grant. The goal was to make the program more accessible to students living in western Nebraska and to provide much needed access to dental care to panhandle residents.<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>In the past two years alone, the four graduating dental hygienists have seen more than 1,000 patients. \u201cThat includes patients coming into the clinic, on rotations and during outreach to local schools,\u201d Junge said. \u201cThese students have had a hectic two years, in terms of outreach they have participated in, as well as their regular classes and clinic duties.\u201d<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>Besides going to classes five days a week and working in the clinic at least 12 hours or more a week, some of the activities the students have participated in include: a three-day rotation on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota; dental health screenings for Mitchell (Neb.) Public Schools; and the 2004 Dental Day event in Alliance.<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>\u201cWe\u2019ve also driven to Omaha to help with the sealant program and to the College of Dentistry campus in Lincoln for Children\u2019s Dental Day,\u201d Junge said.<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>The UNMC College of Dentistry\u2019s dental hygiene program is a two-year, bachelor\u2019s degree granting program. Students enter the program after they complete two years of undergraduate prerequisite courses.<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>The Scottsbluff\/Gering students \u201cattend\u201d classes via distance learning at Panhandle Community Services (PCS) in Gering. 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