Scholarships
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Eligibility: you must
- have a certified associate’s degree or bachelor’s degree in dental hygiene
- be a graduate of a certified associate degree program (if you can provide evidence of acceptance as a full-time bachelor’s degree candidate)
- be a licensed dental hygienist who holds a bachelor’s degree or can provide evidence of acceptance as a full-time master’s degree candidate
Source: The American Dental Hygienists’ Association.
The Department of Dental Hygiene will be awarding a scholarship to dental hygiene students who meet one of the two following criteria:
1. dental hygiene students who demonstrate financial need , scholastic ability, and service to the department, community and/or profession of dentistry/dental hygiene, or
2. beginning dental hygiene students who will commit to working in an Arizona-designated rural communities for three years after graduation
Source: Susan Mansfield, former Chair of the dental hygiene program, and Alisa Feugate, Northern Arizona University Emeritus associate professor.
The Department of Dental Hygiene will be awarding this scholarship to a full-time student. This scholarship will be given for academic achievement and financial need. Preference will be given to Arizona residents.
Criteria:
- Demonstrate financial need.
- Full-time dental hygiene student
- Minimum 3.0 GPA.
Must be a member of one of the following Native American Tribes:
- First Preference to a member of the Navajo Tribe
- Second Preference to a member of the Hopi Tribe
A copy of your Certificate of Indian Blood must be attached to your application.
- 3.0 grade point average
- demonstrates financial need
- in good standing in the dental hygiene department