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Welcome to the Department of Allied Health at Western Kentucky University. We hope you enjoy your visit with us.


Allied Health is defined as all the professional, technical and supportive workers in patient care, public health and health research. Allied Health professions encompass a wide distribution of personnel with various levels of health education and training, which enables them to function as a member of the health care team.

The Department of Allied Health offers an associate of science degree and a Bachelor of Science degree in dental hygiene. This curricular program is designed to fulfill needs of the student.


Enrollment in the dental hygiene program is limited. Special admission information and other special rules, standards and requirements as well as specific program information can be obtained by clicking on the appropriate program link.

News

WKU Student receives national nonprofit award
12/04/2008
Bowling Green, Ky – Charlie Harris, a student in WKU’s Nonprofit Administration (American Humanics) minor program, has been selected to receive a national “Next Generation” nonprofit internship award of $4,500. A panel of national nonprofit leaders selected Harris from among students at American Humanics affiliated colleges and universities nationwide.
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Industry as Text: Public Health graduate students visit Trace Die Cast
11/19/2008

On October 20, 2008, 13 graduate students enrolled in Fall 2008 Air Quality Management class undertook a field trip to “Trace Die Cast” in Bowling Green. Dr. Emmanuel Iyiegbuniwe, the course instructor, has incorporated field trips in the form of City as Text” or “Industry as Text” as pedagogical techniques for teaching air quality management and other environmental health sciences to both undergraduate and graduate students. Simply stated, City as Text or Industry as Text is based on the concept of “active learning” or “experiential learning” (Kolb 1984).

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Kentucky Voices Website Launched
11/18/2008
A statewide health advocacy organization has launched a new web site aimed at providing “must have” resources for Kentuckians interested in improving health coverage. The Kentucky Voices for Health site, www.kyvoicesforhealth.org, offers a number of features designed to help Kentuckians learn about health coverage issues and get involved in changing the policies that affect those issues.
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