NYUCD Welcomes
40 Operation Link-Up Students
A group of 40
high school students from Paterson, New Jersey, visited NYUCD last spring
to learn about careers in dentistry from other young people already immersed
in the dental education process. The group was sponsored by Operation Link-Up,
a charitable corporation whose mission is to help students "pull themselves
up by their bootstraps" by gaining an education and becoming economically
self-sufficient.
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The visit was
part of a larger NYUCD program to reach out to young people, especially
from underrepresented minorities, and expose them to career opportunities
that they may not have considered. Throughout the day, the visiting
students met with D.D.S., hygiene, and dental assisting students
and faculty. NYUCD plans to host such career opportunity days targeted
to nontraditional students on an ongoing basis.
