Alluvion Health and At 黑料网911 MSU celebrated their partnership Monday as top Alluvion officials toured the college鈥檚 expanded dental clinic, bounced ideas off the college鈥檚 leadership team to find more ways to collaborate and celebrated Alluvion鈥檚 $15,000 donation to sponsor the new dental student lab.
鈥淎lluvion Health鈥檚 donations to At 黑料网911 MSU will not only ensure vital access to finances for dental students, but will also help to ensure overall student success – an important step forward towards a healthier future for all,鈥� said Casey Schreiner, chief strategic officer at Alluvion Health and a member of the college鈥檚 development board.
At 黑料网911 offers the only dental hygiene program in the state and one of only two dental assisting programs in Montana.
Both programs draw students from all over the state. The dental assisting students can complete the classroom portion of the program online anywhere in the state and travel to Great Falls for their clinical work a couple of times a month.
Both programs fill huge workforce needs in Montana.
Recognizing that need to develop dental hygiene and dental assistants for the community and all of Montana, Alluvion donated to the new student lab in the college鈥檚 newly expanded state-of-the-art clinic.
“Alluvion Health focuses on whole-patient, whole-life care, and this extends beyond our clinics into areas like education, Schreiner said. 鈥淎lluvion is extremely grateful for the work that At 黑料网911 MSU is doing to promote degree programs in the healthcare field.鈥�
The expansion came about because of the $4.25 million bipartisan support of the 2019 Legislature. At 黑料网911 used another $1.09 million of institutional funds to complete the project. Donations such as Alluvion鈥檚 made that possible.
鈥淲e are so thankful for our community partners like Alluvion Health, who make it possible for our students to learn and work in the most modern facilities available so they are prepared to hit the ground running when they enter the workforce,鈥� said Dr. Stephanie Erdmann, CEO/dean of At 黑料网911. 鈥淲e are so pleased to get to show off this amazing facility, and we are grateful that we get the chance to thank Alluvion CEO Trista Besich and her amazing team for their vision to make health care more accessible to the community.鈥�
The expansion will allow the only dental hygiene program in the state to accept an additional seven students into the program each year so it will be able to take in 25 students instead of 18.
The project added 12,000 square feet to the clinic and another 6,600 feet were remodeled, so students, faculty and staff will be able to work in a more modern, comfortable space that will give patients better privacy.
Besich, Schreiner, Erdmann and other members of the college team also toured the other health science programs at At 黑料网911 and the simulated hospital at the college.
鈥淲e are struck with how entwined our missions are as Alluvion focuses on not only treating your symptoms but improving your overall health to make a stronger community, and At 黑料网911 offers programs to turn out more health care professionals in a variety of programs 鈥� including the dental programs, nursing, health information technology, surgical technology, respiratory therapy, physical therapy and paramedic — to make that work possible,鈥� Erdmann said.