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ECCC grads selected for rural dentists program

available funding. The pro gram will award 10 new scholarships in 2016-2017, totaling S350,000. With con tinued legislative support, the program hopes to grow to 12 scholarship totaling $420,000 by 2017. Additional benefits include personalized mentoringfrom practicing rural dentists and academic support. After completing dental school, MRDSP scholars must practice general or pe diatric dentistry in a rural or medic.ally underserved com munity. The ~ffiDSP scholar must pro,ide dental seniccs as determined by the MRDSP in a full-time clinical practice in an appro>ed Mississippi community of 10,000 or fewer population located more than 20 miles from a medically served area. MRDSP provides a means for rural Mississippi stu dents to receive DAT prepa ration. benefit from mentoring, learn the art of oral healthcare from practic ingrural dentists, and earn a $140,000 dental school schol arship in return for four years of service. For more information, con tact the MRDSP Associate Director at 601-815-0654, jd coleman@umc.edu or http://www.umc.edu/mrdsp.

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I<:. an Dcrri<'k of J\1orton and Ben Pnce of Philadel phia. ~016 East ( cntral Com munit) Collt•ge gntduates, were rerently SC'lt>ded to pul'ticipiltl> in the unclrrgrad uate J>orlion of the Missis sippi Hurni Dentists Scholurship Program (MRDSP). Derrick is the son of Dwayne und Jessku Derrick or .Morton. Puce iA the son of Derek and Patt) Pact' of Philadelphia. Created in 20rn by the l\fis tiissippl Lcgislaturc. l\1RDSP identifies up to fiw college sophomore ruid juniors who dl'monstrntl' thl' nect'ssary commitment and academic uchicwmcnt to become com petent.well-trained rural pe diutril' or general dentists in Mississippi. The program offl'rs t\vo years of undergraduate aca demic rnrichment including DAT (Dentnl Admission Test) prcpurntion und cHni cal oxpcrirnee Jn u rural set ting. Upon <·ompletion of all dental admissions require ments. the student cnn be ad mitted to the l niversitv of Mississippi S<'hool of Den tistry. During dentnl sC'hooI. each MJWSP s('holar muv receive 835,000 per yeur based on

Evan Derrick of Morton and Ben Pace of Philadelphia, 2016 East Central Community College graduates, were recently selected to participate in the undergraduate por tion of the Mlssisslppi Rural Dentists Scholarship Pro gram (MRDSP). EC Photo

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