ATSU-MOSDOH holds 2025 commencement ceremony, celebrates 71 dental graduates
Posted: May 19, 2025
A.T. Still University’s Missouri School of Dentistry & Oral Health (ATSU-MOSDOH) hosted its 2025 commencement ceremony on Friday, May 16, 2025, in Kirksville, Missouri. The ceremony saw 71 students receive their doctor of dental medicine degree, while four also received master of public health degrees.

Speakers included ATSU-MOSDOH Dean Dwight McLeod, DDS, MS, Gaylah Sublette, MBA, interim president, ATSU’s Missouri campus, and ATSU Chancellor Craig M. Phelps, DO, ’84. Lauren Wagner, DMD, ’21, led the alumni induction.

Richard Valachovic, DMD, MPH, president emeritus of the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) and director of the Center for Oral Health Policy and Management at New York University College of Dentistry, delivered the commencement address.
Watch the complete ceremony below!



