{"id":30534,"date":"2013-05-20T17:07:30","date_gmt":"2013-05-20T21:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2013\/05\/20\/necc-employee-receives-teaching-award\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T17:09:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T21:09:38","slug":"necc-employee-receives-teaching-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/05\/20\/necc-employee-receives-teaching-award\/","title":{"rendered":"NECC Employee Receives Teaching Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6200\" style=\"width: 335px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2013\/05\/KerinHamidiani-Award.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6200\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6200\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2013\/05\/KerinHamidiani-Award.jpg\" alt=\"Kerin Hamidiani Receives Teaching Award\" width=\"325\" height=\"361\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6200\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kerin Hamidiani, coordinator of the Dental Assisting program at Northern Essex Community College, recently received the Allied Educator of the Year Award.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Kerin Hamidiani, coordinator of the Dental Assisting program at Northern Essex Community College, recently received the Allied Educator of the Year Award. This award was presented by Metropolitan District Dental Society at their annual event in Natick, MA.<\/p>\n<p>Hamidiani, of Salem, NH, was given this award for her years of innovative, dedicated and impassioned teaching in the field of Allied Dental Health Professional education.<\/p>\n<p>Hamidiani holds an Associate of Science Degree in Dental Hygiene, a Bachelor of Science Degree in Education, and a Master\u2019s of Education in Adult Learning from the University of Vermont. She has taught and served as program coordinator at NECC since 1984.<\/p>\n<p>Upon receiving this award Hamidiani says, \u201cI am proud to accept this honor, because it comes from my peers and fellow educators and because it recognizes my efforts in an area about which I am passionate, teaching.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NECC offers a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/academics\/courses-programs\/areas\/health\/dental-assisting\/\">Dental Assisting certificate program<\/a>. For more information visit the website or contact enrollment services at 978-556-3700 or <a href=\"mailto:admissions@necc.mass.edu\">admissions@necc.mass.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerin Hamidiani, coordinator of the Dental Assisting program at Northern Essex Community College, recently received the Allied Educator of the Year Award. 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