THE ALUMNI WHO SUPPORT the Rinehart Foundation have an indelible impact on the School of Dentistry. Your generosity culminated in another year of awarding more than $1.5 million in scholarships, faculty/staff development and free dental care at our community clinic.

As you know, the pre-doc clinic will have a new home inside UMKC’s Healthcare Delivery and Innovation Building (HDIB) in 2026. It will feature more chairs to treat more patients, providing a better educational experience for students. Other features, like state-of-the-art technology in the digital design center and the ability to treat emergency cases and after-hours patients in the acute care center, will take our already prestigious school to a new level of excellence.

As the first capital campaign in 50+ years for the School of Dentistry, the HDIB is our chance to give back like never before. We would not be the practitioners we are today – enjoying our careers and serving our communities – without the education we received. Now, it’s up to us to support the School of Dentistry in an unprecedented way. With your support, we can build tomorrow, together.

Thank you for your extraordinary commitment to the Rinehart Foundation and the UMKC School of Dentistry. I look forward to what the future holds because of your generosity.

Crystal Walker (DDS ’04, PEDO ’06) Chair, Roy J. Rinehart Memorial Foundation