CVTC dental programs director's contributions to dentistry are honored by WDA award

Matthew Baughman, The Leader-Telegram, Eau Claire, Wis.
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Nov. 14—EAU CLAIRE — As the Program Director of Dental at Chippewa Valley Technical College, Pam Entorf started teaching in 1993. Thirty years later, she has received a Wisconsin Dental Association, or WDA, Award of Honor.

The award presented to Entorf was given at the association's annual Pyramid of Pride Awards ceremony. She was nominated for the award by Kent Vandehaar, a dentist at Willow Street Dental in Chippewa Falls and former president of WDA.

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