DENNIS MUIR AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
The Dennis Muir Scholarship Award began in 1990 in honor of Dennis Muir, a longtime supporter of preventive oral health care and community volunteerism. During his long working career with Proctor and Gamble and in his retirement Dennis continues to be involved in community service.
To be eligible for the Dennis Muir Scholarship, the applicant must be an Oregon resident, a first year dental hygiene student attending an Oregon program and have at least a 3.0 GPA at the completion of the first term of dental hygiene.
The criteria for choosing the schlarship winner are scholarship, leadership, community activity, compassion, communication skills, and ethical standards. One Scholarship is presented each year at the ODHA Annual Meeting.
The top applicant from each school not receiving the Dennis Muir Scholarship will be presented a non-monetary Award of Excellence Certificate. The award is based on points assigned on the studen'ts essay, their GPA and a faculty review. The student with the most number of points is chosen to win the Dennis Muir Scholarship, while those with the highest points from each school will win an Award of Excellence. The only schools who do not recieve an Award of Excellence are schools where no one sent in an application, and the school with the winner of the Dennis Muir Scholarship award does not get an Award of Excellence
2011
Evelin James, Portland Community College
Talisa Taylor, Oregon Institute of Technology, Klamath Falls
Tracy Campos, Carrington College
2010
Amanda Bedard, Oregon Institute of Technnology
Sara Updegraff, Portland Community College
Whitney Bevell,-Mt Hood Community College
2009
Elisabeth Whiting---Pacific University
Janelle Warner, Oregon Institute of Technology
Jessica Neitch, Portland, Community College
Annette Gentils, Lane Community College
Beniamin Muresan, Carrington College
2008
Mya Tran, ODS LaGrande/OIT, Mt Hood Community College
Amanda Warner, Oregon Institute of Technology
Yelena Svintsitskiy, Portland Community College