![School of Dentistry alumni gathered for 2019 alumni weekend](/sites/dentistry.umn.edu/files/styles/max_800/public/2021-08/alumnihomepage.jpeg?itok=_pE0G1V_)
Alumni
As alumni, you are part of a community of oral health professionals. Our alumni are active across the state and nationwide, leading in comprehensive care. No matter where you are, stay connected with your alma mater!
Join us for Alumni Weekend, serve on the Alumni Society board or attend an event near you. Become a mentor for students, or share your story with young people in your community and encourage them to pursue a career in oral health. There are many ways to connect!
![School of Dentistry Alumni Society Board for 2022-2023.](/sites/dentistry.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/2024-02/sodas_board_2022-2023-2.jpg?itok=nvUP76Pd)
School of Dentistry Alumni Society Board for 2022-2023.
![School of Dentistry dental hygiene students.](/sites/dentistry.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/2024-02/93023_image_047.jpg?itok=aN0CMGCT)
School of Dentistry doctor of dental surgery (DDS) students.
Alumni Weekend
The School of Dentistry hosted its third annual Alumni Weekend on September 29 and 30, 2023.
Nearly 300 alumni, faculty, staff and students gathered together to share knowledge, explore the school and connect with one another. The classes of 1973, 1988, 1998 and 2013 hosted individual reunions in connection with the school’s event.
In 2024, class years ending in ‘4 and ‘9 will be holding class reunions on campus.
![A group of alumni smile and talk in McNamara](/sites/dentistry.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/2023-10/Alumni%20Weekend%202023-25.jpg?itok=22Nw042C)
Alumni gather at McNamara Alumni Center on the East Bank campus in Minneapolis.
![alumni attendees talking with students at the 3M Simulation Lab at Moos Tower during Alumni Weekend 2023](/sites/dentistry.umn.edu/files/styles/folwell_full/public/2023-11/93023_image_093.jpg?itok=mTegXrlv)
Alumni talk to current School of Dentistry students at the 3M Simulation Lab in the Malcolm Moos Health Sciences Tower.
Donors
Our generous donors are the foundation for all we are able to do. Your gifts fund scholarships that allow us to recruit brilliant, diverse and culturally competent candidates who in turn have greater freedom to serve in their choice of setting upon graduation. You help provide research grants that lead to cutting-edge discoveries and impact the future of oral health care. You support our faculty and students as they ask questions, seek better answers and provide the highest quality care to all patients.
Learners to Leaders
Learners to Leaders recruits the brightest learners and advances the future of oral health care for all communities. Since 1888, the School of Dentistry has served as an oral health education hub for our state and region. Our robust and innovative education and research programs draw learners from around the nation and world to become competent and leading professionals in oral health care for all communities. When you choose to invest in learners through scholarships, you choose to invest in the next generation of leaders.
Emily Best
![Emily Best](/sites/dentistry.umn.edu/files/styles/scale_down_max_450/public/2020-10/emily-best.jpg?itok=t-x19i5Z)
Chief Development Officer
15-136B Moos Tower
515 Delaware St. SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
612-625-6811
[email protected]
Sarah Gleason
![Headshot of Sarah Gleason](/sites/dentistry.umn.edu/files/styles/scale_down_max_450/public/2023-08/Gleason1.jpg?itok=eyiIbQxR)
Development Officer
15-136 Moos Tower
515 Delaware St. SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
612-625-9470
[email protected]
Nicki Black
![Nicki Black](/sites/dentistry.umn.edu/files/styles/scale_down_max_450/public/2022-10/nicki-black-picture.jpg?itok=Cdhr9yzJ)
Director, Annual Giving and Stewardship
15-136 Moos Tower
515 Delaware Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
612-301-6663
[email protected]
Noelle McComb Simonson
![Noelle McComb Simonson](/sites/dentistry.umn.edu/files/styles/scale_down_max_450/public/2024-06/Noelle%20Headshot.png?itok=PcjtcJNt)
Director of Alumni Relations
15-136 Moos Tower
515 Delaware St SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
612-626-6884
[email protected]
Kris Frischmon
![Kris Frischmon](/sites/dentistry.umn.edu/files/styles/scale_down_max_450/public/2020-10/kris-frischmon.jpg?itok=tojym4pP)
Executive Administrative Assistant
15-136 Moos Tower
515 Delaware St. SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
612-625-5751
[email protected]
For more information about Alumni programs, please contact the Alumni Office at [email protected].