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    Giving Back: Distinguished Alumnus a Pillar of His Community

    Dr. Ben W. Jernigan Jr. has been on the fast track most of his life. “I think I was born to be a dentist,” says Jernigan (’76), who grew up in the Atlanta area. “I’ve been very fulfilled my entire career. I’ve never regretted a single day.” That being the case, he was a prime candidate when DCG...

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    Wide Open: Endodontic Research has Countless Applications

    Drs. Franklin Tay and Fucong Tian have cumulatively traveled tens of thousands of miles to get where they are today, but the journey has been well worth the effort. Tay, chair of the Department of Endodontics, left Hong Kong 16 years ago to join the DCG faculty. Prior to that, he spent eight years...

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    A Heart for Service

    “I believe we are all leaders, if not leaders of people or projects, then of our own lives.” This is Dr. Scott T. Wallace’s summation of one of the most vital lessons he believes educators can impart to students. And he thinks the philosophy should be reinforced both in and out of the classroom. As...

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    Charlotte, Wes and Bella Kisting role-play with a homemade Dungeons & Dragons game table, as Optimus Prime looks on.
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    Secret Lives: Wes Kisting

    Day job: Associate Dean, Pamplin College Secret life: Transformer builder   Dr. Wes Kisting understands the concept of transformation well. After twice paddling hundreds of miles down the Mississippi River, he has...

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    Secret Lives: Reaping What She Sews

    While growing up in a working-class neighborhood in Michigan, Dean Carol A. Lefebvre remembers her parents designating a strict budget for school clothes. Once the money was gone, it was gone, so Lefebvre and her sister...

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    Secret Lives: Art Rahn

    Carving Out a Niche When Dr. Art Rahn embarked on a dental career, he realized that, in a sense, he’d been practicing his craft since childhood. True, he was a novice at working on teeth when he enrolled in dental...

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    For nearly 200 years, Augusta University and its legacy institutions have been centers of learning and drivers of discovery and innovation in Augusta, the state of Georgia and beyond. Our community of alumni, students, faculty and friends are amazing people living incredible lives and making invaluable contributions to our world.

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