{"id":201528,"date":"2026-05-24T22:08:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T22:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/201528\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T22:08:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T22:08:39","slug":"lccc-recognizes-dental-hygiene-classes-wilkes-barre-citizens-voice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/201528\/","title":{"rendered":"LCCC recognizes dental hygiene classes \u2013 Wilkes-Barre Citizens’ Voice"},"content":{"rendered":"

Luzerne County Community College recently celebrated the achievements and dedication of students in its Dental Health Department during the annual Dental Hygiene Recognition Ceremony held May 19.<\/p>\n

The special ceremony honored both the Dental Hygiene Class of 2026 graduates and first-year students from the Class of 2027 while recognizing academic excellence, professionalism, leadership, and commitment to patient care within the dental hygiene profession.<\/p>\n

The event featured welcoming remarks, guest introductions, the presentation of first-year and graduate pins, recognition of class officers, presentation of awards, the Dental Hygiene Pledge, and remarks from members of the graduating class.<\/p>\n

Students receiving special awards and honors included:<\/p>\n

Gabriela Morillo Frias, HuFriedy Golden Scaler Award<\/p>\n

Amber Joseph, Colgate STAR Award<\/p>\n

Franco Martinez, Benjamin J. Cohen Professionalism Award<\/p>\n

Dinah Abreu-Pimental, Clark J. Hollister Award<\/p>\n

Julliana Esparza, Julie Cleary Radiology Award<\/p>\n

Kyle Baldeo, LCCC Dental Hygiene Distinction Award<\/p>\n

Mykala Seigfried, Student American Dental Hygienists\u2019 Association Scholarship Award<\/p>\n

Kaley Ellard, Maureen Savner Professionalism Award<\/p>\n

Tiffany Herr and Amber Ransom were inducted into the Sigma Phi Alpha National Dental Hygiene Honor Society for their scholarship, character, and potential for professional growth in the field of dental hygiene.<\/p>\n

The Dental Hygiene Class of 2026 includes Dinah Abreu-Pimental, Kyle Baldeo, Alyssa Belusko, Jacqueline Congo, Julliana Esparza, Tiffany Herr, Amber Joseph, Franco Martinez, Gabriela Morillo Frias, Yarielys Puntiel Adames, Amber Ransom, Rebecca Roche, Luiza Rodriguez, Yarissell Rodriguez, Caroline Romero, Nicole Rominski, Ariana Rysz, Mykala Seigfried, Angelica Simet, Jacob Starosta, Gianna Tallo, Jasper Veloso, Kiena Vest, and Madison Zielinski.<\/p>\n

The Dental Hygiene Class of 2027 includes Elian Baez, Adrianny Moran Yuli, Huntyr Eichhorst, Nancy Morris, Kaley Ellard, McKenna Nay, Ethan Fernandez, Mercedes Pacheco, Robyn Gaeta, Jordan Porasky, Emily Heffner, Genesis Rios, Mara Hughes, Carlas Severino Del Carmen, Emily Kosciuk, Esmeralda Sosa, Carolann Larson, Gabrielle Vencak, Adrea Lopez Jimenez, Estefany Veras, Aislin Lynn, Jenna Winkler, and Meaghan Mizenko.<\/p>\n

Faculty and staff members of the Dental Health Department were also recognized during the ceremony for their dedication to student success and clinical excellence.<\/p>\n

\"First-yearFirst-year students are, from left, first row, Aislin Lynn, Wilkes-Barre; McKenna Nay, Ashley; Esmeralda Sosa, Brooklyn; Andrea Lopez, Montrose; Emily Kosciuk, Lake Ariel; Mara Hughes, Scranton; Mercedes Pacheco, Pittston; Meaghan Mizenko, Drums; Emily Heffner, Kingston; Gabrielle Vencak, Wapwallopen; Adrianny Moran Yuli, Dominican Republic; second row, Elian Baez, Hazleton; Kaley Ellard, Plymouth; Jenna Winkler, Weatherly; Huntyr Eichhorst, Drums; Nancy Morris, Wilkes-Barre; Estefany Veras, Wilkes-Barre; Carlas Sevorino, Wilkes-Barre; Genesis Rios, Hazleton; Jordan Porasky, Dallas; Robyn Gaeta, Barnesville; Ethan Fernandez, White Haven; John Yudichak, LCCC president. SUBMITTED<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Luzerne County Community College recently celebrated the achievements and dedication of students in its Dental Health Department during…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201529,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[524,182,803,28,178,180,179],"class_list":["post-201528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-community","tag-local-news","tag-luzerne-county","tag-pennsylvania","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}