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<\/p>\n\u201cWhen I started my freshmen year at Truman, I couldn\u2019t decide which major would be best for me although I have known I wanted be a dentist since age 11. Soon after I arrived on campus, I met with HES faculty and knew it was the right place for me. Little did I know my time in the HES department would help me develop a passion for health education and public health. I truly believe majoring in health science is going to make me a better dentist. The courses I took, along with t<\/p>\n
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he community service components made me more compassionate and aware of the importance of health education, and really drove home the need for comprehensive health education programs in communities.<\/p>\n
After I graduated, I started working at Cerner Corporation in Kansas City, Mo. as an analyst. Currently, I am attending A.T. Still University \u2013 Missouri School of Dentistry and Oral Health\u00a0(MOSDOH), as a member of the Doctor of Medicine in Dentistry class of 2021. I am thrilled to be living my dream every day! A.T. Still offers a joint DMD and MPH degree which I plan on taking advantage of fully.<\/p>\n
I cherish the time I had at Truman, it challenged me and aided in developing my work ethic. I don\u2019t think any Truman students or alumni would tell you it\u2019s easy but that\u2019s one of the many reasons why Truman ends up on list after list as a top university in the Midwest. My advice for current students is don\u2019t give up on your dreams. It sounds clich\u00e9 but seriously. I applied to dental school 3 times before I got in, but it made me a stronger person, and I wouldn\u2019t trade my experiences for the world! The saying that everything happens for a reason is very accurate.\u201d \u201cWhen I started my freshmen year at Truman, I couldn\u2019t decide which major would be best for me although I have known I wanted be a dentist since age 11. Soon after I arrived on campus, I met with HES faculty and knew it was the right place for me. Little did I know my […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":490,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-28 02:28:22","action":"Draft","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/hes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/hes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/hes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/hes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/490"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/hes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18720"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/hes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18722,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/hes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18720\/revisions\/18722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/hes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/hes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/hes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2014Caitlin Eikermann (\u201915), Health Science, Minor in Biology<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"