UNC Adams School of Dentistry

Adams Rural Oral Health and Wellness Scholars (AROWS) Program

The UNC Adams School of Dentistry partners with UNC Health Sciences at MAHEC to offer the Adams Rural Oral Health and Wellness Scholars (AROWS) Program. The program targets dental students interested in a career caring for underserved North Carolinians. AROW Scholars engage in a two-year set of evening learning experiences, a week-long rural health immersion, and a semester-long clinical experience in MAHEC’s Dental Health Centers in Asheville, NC, and Columbus, NC, providing care to the underserved in the western part of our state. Those who complete the AROWS Program successfully and have appropriate academic standing may also qualify for Graduation with Distinction in Community Service.

Program Overview

D3 YEAR

Fall

• Class is presented with AROWS Program information and recruitment season starts
• Chapel Hill presentation regarding the AROWS Program by UNC AROWS Program Faculty and MAHEC
• Application link goes live and applications will be submitted
• Finalist applicants are interviewed and cohort is selected

Spring

• Evening Series Begins (continues through D4 Year)
• AROWS in the Mountains (AIM) Week: Public Health/Rural Health Immersion

D4 YEAR

• All Year: Evening series continues
• Fall: First half of Cohort reports to MAHEC for clinical semester
• Spring: Second half of Cohort reports to MAHEC for clinical semester

GRADUATION

Receipt of certificate of completion of AROWS Program, Graduation with Green Cord, and notations in Graduation Program. If qualified, may also graduate with Distinction in Community Service.