Based upon her thesis research at EWU on oral manifestations in menopausal women, Windy Rothmund, MSDH,BSDH, RDH, and two-time EWU alumni was invited to author a continuing education course on Oral Health Implications of Menopause. This course focuses on how “Dental hygienists play an integral role in educating patients about the oral and systemic effects of menopause.”

Alumni can find this continuing education course in the June 2019 issue of the peer-reviewed Dimensions of Dental Hygiene, the journal of professional excellence. Congratulations, Windy, on your hard work and adding to the body of knowledge on women’s health.

42 Dental Hygiene students graduated on May 3, 2019 with their Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene. Next stop practicing Registered Dental Hygienists! Congrats!

Sarah Jackson, MSDH, BSDH, RDH was promoted to Full Professor in May 2019. Jackson has been with EWU since graduating from the Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene program in 2005. She began her career as a clinical instructor and gained tenure as the preclinical lead. She has continued in this role as well as a Senior Clinical Course Director and taught graduate courses.

Professor Jackson is decreasing her clinical teaching load and will teach didactic undergrad courses and online graduate courses in Fall 2019. She is an advisor to the Student Chapter of American Dental Hygienists’ Association and will represent Washington Dental Hygienists’ Association at the House of Delegates in Louisville, Kentucky in June 2019.  Congratulations Sarah!

Windy Rothmund, MSDH, BSDH, RDH and Lisa Bilich, MSDH, BSDH, RDH both alumni and faculty members at EWU were elected as officers in the Addiction Education Section of the American Dental Education Association in March 2019 in Chicago, Illinois.  Professor Bilich was unable to attend however she will be Chair for 2019-2020 and Rothmund Chair-elect. Both actively present on addiction to national, regional, and local audiences.  Thank you both for your dedication to our profession.

Ms. Cheri Barton, MSDH, BSDH, RDH was elected Vice President of the National Dental Hygiene Honor Society, Sigma Phi Alpha. Barton is an alumnus of the EWU Master of Science in Dental Hygiene program who just completed her first year as a special faculty/lecture in the Department of Dental Hygiene. Ms. Barton will be Senior Clinical lead in 2019-2020 and is hoping to expand her thesis research on probiotics and oral health. Congratulations Cheri!

EWU Senior Dental Hygiene students: Tessa Heiydt, Tori Anderson, Ronni Sonderman, and Megan Bennet placed first in the Research Poster contest at the Washington Dental Hygienist’s Symposium April 12 and 13, 2019 in Bellevue, Washington.

They presented on “Marijuana: Let’s Be Blunt.”  Windy Rothmund, MSDH, BSDH, RDH, special faculty/ lecturer and EWU alumni,  accompanied them as their faculty advisor.  They will represent EWU Dental Hygiene in June 2019 at the American Dental Hygienists’ Association in Louisville. Kentucky. Good luck Graduates!