August 11, 2025
Concorde Students Receive Imagen Dental Scholarships
Dentistry Today
Concorde Career Colleges and Imagen Dental Partners today announced the three recipients of Imagen Dental Partners’ $3,325 scholarships to students at Concorde’s Garden Grove, San Bernardino, and San Diego campuses.
August 7, 2025
Rhode Island should be fast tracking health workforce training
Yahoo News / Rhode Island Current
Rhode Island, like many states, is facing a critical health care worker shortage. Not just in roles like nursing and primary care, but critical care including surgical technologists and respiratory therapists, who are essential in operating rooms and intensive care units. This commentary highlights Concorde’s respiratory therapy associate degree as an example of accelerated programming.
August 7, 2025
New Career in a Year: Ideas for Parents Going Back to School
San Diego Family
Concorde-San Diego’s dental hygiene program was highlighted in a list of career idea for parents and caregivers who wanted to go back to school to pursue a new career.
July 31, 2025
Preparing the senior living and care workforce for an aging America through education innovation
McKnights Senior Living
By 2030, one in five Americans will be over 65, and by 2034, older adults will outnumber children for the first time in US history. At the same time, we face a critical healthcare workforce shortage, especially in roles essential to senior living and care, from nurses and respiratory therapists to neurodiagnostic technologists. In this column, Kevin Prehn, President of Concorde Career Colleges, discusses steps that providers can take to close the workforce gap.
July 29, 2025
Concorde Career Colleges to Relocate Aurora Campus to Denver
Mile High CRE
Concorde Career Colleges, the healthcare education division of Universal Technical Institute, Inc., plans to relocate its Aurora campus to Denver. Construction on the 60,000-square-foot space is currently underway on the new site at 4300 Kittredge in Denver, near the I-70 and Peña Blvd interchange. Howell Construction is the general contractor, and Ware Malcomb is the architect.
June 24, 2025
Business Briefs
McKnights Senior Living
Concorde Career Colleges and Marquis Companies partnership addresses demand for LPNs in Oregon.
June 24, 2025
The big moves driving DSO growth in 2025
Becker’s Dental
DSOs have had a busy year so far launching new programs, gaining investments and partnering with industry leaders to fuel organic and inorganic growth while enhancing patient care. Concorde Career Colleges and Heartland Dental made the list of 15 notable moves to know from 2025. Heartland Dental and Concorde Career Colleges broke ground on their first co-branded dental training campus in Fort Myers, Fla. The campus will train up to 190 hygienists and dental assistants each year.
May 22, 2025
Olympic champion Rochelle Stevens hosts 35th annual track meet in Memphis
ABC24 Memphis
Two-time Olympic champion Rochelle Stevens joins the show to promote her 35th annual Rochelle Stevens Invitational Track Meet. At this event Concorde Career College–Memphis was recognized as a sponsor partnering with Dr. Stevens to serve, connect, and inspire our youth from the Midsouth to “Achieve Their Dreams” in Athletics, Academics, and Workforce Development.
April 14, 2025
The Critical Role of Employer-Educator Partnerships in Healthcare Workforce Development
Healthcare Business Today
The demand for skilled healthcare professionals in the U.S. is higher than ever. According to Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data, total employment in healthcare is projected to grow much faster than the average for all occupations with a projected 1.9 million job openings annually through 2033. Concorde Career Colleges President Kevin Prehn discusses five ways for employers and educators to partner to meet the unprecedented demand for a skilled dental and healthcare workforce.
April 3, 2025
Nicole Savage, RDH, and Husband Jake Lead MyHygienist: A Family-Owned Traveling Dental Service for All Ages
Health News
Nicole Savage, RDH, a dedicated Registered Dental Hygienist, alongside her husband Jake, is proud to announce the launch of MyHygienist, a family-owned traveling dental service designed to offer comprehensive hygiene care for patients of all ages. Nicole is an alumna from Concorde Career Colleges’ dental hygiene program.
March 20, 2025
Southside dental school giving kids free treatment during Spring Break
News4JAX
Students at the Concorde Career Institute on Salisbury Road on the Southside are using their time this Spring Break to teach kids about proper dental hygiene. The program, called “Bright Smiles for Children in the Community,” offers children free dental care.
February 17, 2025
Children receive dental care for free in Tampa on Monday
WFLA News Channel 8
5-year-old Dallas was at Concorde Career Institute in Tampa getting free X-rays, an exam and cleaning at the “Making Tampa Smile” event in partnership with “Friends” and LIBERTY Dental Plan.
February 17, 2025
Kids get free dental cleanings for National Children's Dental Health Month
FoxSA
February is National Children's Dental Health Month. With this clinic, Concorde Career Colleges' mission is to educate families on the importance of keeping your mouth healthy. Through “Making San Antonio Smile,” Concorde Career Colleges partnered with PDS Health to provide free dental care to children aged 4-17.
February 13, 2025
Free Dental Care Offered for Ages 4-17 Monday in Mountain View
Times of San Diego
Here’s something to smile about: Concorde Career Colleges, a nationwide educator of dental hygienists and assistants, has partnered with PDS Health to provide no-cost dental care for ages 4–17 at its San Diego campus in Mountain View.
February 5, 2025
5 Questions For Respiratory Therapist Educator Brandan Gerry
Managed Healthcare Executive
Brandan Gerry, respiratory therapy program director for Concorde Career College-San Antonio and national respiratory therapist lead at Concorde Career Colleges, is training the next generation of respiratory therapists. The Q&A delves into how Gerry’s extensive hospital and military experience has informed his approach to teaching.
February 3, 2025
Imagen, Concorde partner to combat workforce shortages
DrBicuspid.com
Concorde Career Colleges has partnered with Imagen Dental Partners to tackle California's dental hygienist shortage. Imagen is providing $10,000 in scholarships for students at Concorde's Garden Grove, San Bernardino, and San Diego campuses, with plans to raise it to $20,000 later in 2025.
January 24, 2025
Heartland, Concorde partner to boost dental workforce
Becker’s Dental
Heartland Dental and Concorde Career Colleges teamed up last year to broaden dental hygiene and dental assisting programs to alleviate workforce shortages. Featuring Kevin Prehn, President of Concorde Career Colleges, and Travis Franklin, CFO of Heartland Dental, share progress on the construction of a co-branded campus in Fort Meyers, Fla., which is on track to welcome the inaugural class in fall 2025.
January 21, 2025
How dental staffing has changes since COVID
Becker’s Dental
According to a recent poll from the American Dental Association, recruiting hygienists and assistants has been difficult for dental practices and DSOs. Kevin Prehn, President of Concorde Career Colleges, and Travis Franklin, CFO of Heartland Dental, discuss how dental staffing has evolved over time and best strategies for dental practices and DSOs when it comes to recruiting and retaining staff.
November 4, 2024
RT Researchers Part 3: Mentoring and More
AARC
Respiratory care programs are generally packed with information aimed at providing students with the knowledge and skills they will need to deliver hands-on care to patients. But increasingly, educational programs are recognizing the importance of instilling an appreciation of clinical research into their students as well. Concorde–Portland instructor Phil Finch is featured in this article.
October 7, 2024
38-year-old veteran earns over $100,000 working in health care without a bachelor’s degree
CNBC
Ashley Quezada has found a career she loves in a place some dread, and others avoid: the dentist’s office. For the past decade, Quezada, 38, has worked as a dental hygienist in offices throughout California. Ashley is a 2014 graduate of Concorde’s dental hygiene program in San Diego.
August 26, 2024
Healthful News: New cancer center planned in St. Johns County, free dental clinic opens
Florida Times-Union
Concorde Career Institute-Jacksonville has opened a new dental hygiene clinic to provide free preventive care to the community. Supervised by faculty and a licensed dentist, Concorde dental hygiene students will provide health screenings, X-rays, dental cleanings, bite guards and dental sealants, among other things.
July 29, 2024
College offers free dental cleaning for Memphis kids
WREG News 3
Omarion Parker tells us he is nervous about starting his junior year at Bluff City High School. But, he believes this year will be different. He says he’ll have more confidence, all thanks to Concorde Careers College. In this heartwarming feature, Marla Dunlap, Dental Hygiene Program Director for Concorde Memphis, discusses how Concorde’s dental hygiene clinic can bridge the gap of care for uninsured or underinsured people.
June 14, 2024
Health fair helping kids express emotions
9 News Denver (NBC)
Through a community pediatric health fair, nursing students at Concorde Career College in Aurora are helping parents communicate with their kids about health.
May 8, 2024
Nursing crisis and compassionate care: The journey of a correctional nurse
Yahoo News / KXRM Colorado Springs
When Kirby Morales-Mauro was in nursing school, she learned about the role of nurses in correctional facilities, setting her on a path that led her to her “dream job” at the El Paso County Jail. Kirby is an alumna from the practical nursing program at Concorde Career College in Aurora.
March 22, 2024
Dental assistant program at Concorde Career Institute trains students in growing field
Tampa Bay 28 (ABC)
There is a huge need for dental assistants right now, and Concorde Career Institute in Tampa offers a dental assistant program. Program director Amanda Rodriguez told ABC Action News that assistants work side by side with a dentist or hygienist and can enter the field within eight months of starting their program.
