Graduate of first Dental Hygiene class at KCC retires after working more than 40 years in Battle Creek

Retired dental hygienist Gail James, left, sits in her exam room at Battle Creek’s Halonen Family Dentistry with patient Kevin Rabineau, Dean of Arts and Sciences and Regional Education at KCC. James, who was a member of KCC’s first graduating Dental Hygiene class in 1972, saw Rabineau as her last patient before officially retiring from Halonen on Jan. 28. She’d worked as a dental hygienist at the practice since 1981.

Graduate of first Dental Hygiene class at KCC retires after working more than 40 years in Battle Creek

Simon A. Thalmann Feb 9, 2016

Applications for KCC’s 2016-17 Dental Hygiene Program are available now! For more information, visit www.kellogg.edu/dentalhygiene. – # – You could…

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Kellogg Community College Feb 9, 2016

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Kellogg Community College Feb 5, 2016

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Take KCC’s Academic Advising Assessment survey for a chance to win prizes

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