<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/posts/dental-hygiene-grant.aspx" dsn="blogs"><title>School of Nursing and Health Professions secures grant to support new dental hygiene program</title><pubDate>01/09/2026</pubDate><description>Murray State University’s School of Nursing and Health Professions has secured a $40,000 grant from the Delta Dental of Kentucky Foundation to support its continued development and implementation of a new Associate of Science in Dental Hygiene program. </description><author>MSU Public Relations</author><image><img xmlns:ouc="http://omniupdate.com/XSL/Variables" src="https://www.murraystate.edu/news/images/pedestrian_bridge_spring.jpg" alt="Pedestrian bridge with spring flowers"/></image><featured/><tags><tag>Announcements</tag></tags></item>