New Hygiene Program at SCC in 2026?

Feb 11, 2025
SCC-Health-Sciences-Building

Southeast Community College needs to hear from NDA members still having trouble hiring a hygienist.

In November 2025, SCC submitted their Southeast Community College Hygiene Proposal 2025 to the Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education.   Two former dental hygiene instructors spoke against the SCC program.

Anyone interested in sending a letter of support, please email or write Bev Cummins, Ed. D., Vice President Program Development, Lincoln Campus Executive Director, Southeast Community College, 8800 O Street, Lincoln NE,  402-437-2554 (office) - bcummins@southeast.edu - Before the February 21 Zoom meeting.

Zoom Information

Special Meeting: Southeast Community College Dental Hygiene Program Proposal

Friday, February 21, 2025, 8:30 A.M. (CT) - Meeting Agenda

Join Zoom Meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85761886123

Meeting ID: 857 6188 6123

Passcode: 530633

At the January 2025 meeting, the NDA Board of Trustees recently voted to send a letter of support for SCC’s Program to the Commission. 

In January 2023, the NDA Board of Trustees sent a letter to UNMC College of Dentistry Iowa Western Community College Central Comm. Southeast Community College and Metro Community College, expressing the workforce shortage NDA members were experiencing and asking their institutions to either expand their current hygiene program or create a new hygiene program.

New Hygiene Program at SCC in 2026?

Feb 11, 2025
SCC-Health-Sciences-Building

Southeast Community College needs to hear from NDA members still having trouble hiring a hygienist.

In November 2025, SCC submitted their Southeast Community College Hygiene Proposal 2025 to the Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education.   Two former dental hygiene instructors spoke against the SCC program.

Anyone interested in sending a letter of support, please email or write Bev Cummins, Ed. D., Vice President Program Development, Lincoln Campus Executive Director, Southeast Community College, 8800 O Street, Lincoln NE,  402-437-2554 (office) - bcummins@southeast.edu - Before the February 21 Zoom meeting.

Zoom Information

Special Meeting: Southeast Community College Dental Hygiene Program Proposal

Friday, February 21, 2025, 8:30 A.M. (CT) - Meeting Agenda

Join Zoom Meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85761886123

Meeting ID: 857 6188 6123

Passcode: 530633

At the January 2025 meeting, the NDA Board of Trustees recently voted to send a letter of support for SCC’s Program to the Commission. 

In January 2023, the NDA Board of Trustees sent a letter to UNMC College of Dentistry Iowa Western Community College Central Comm. Southeast Community College and Metro Community College, expressing the workforce shortage NDA members were experiencing and asking their institutions to either expand their current hygiene program or create a new hygiene program.