<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2020/kerkstra-online-learning.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>03/27/2020</pubDate><title>Professor’s Innovative Approaches Enable a ‘Family’ of Dental Hygiene Students to Stay Connected Despite Social Distancing</title><description>Working across platforms including Blackboard, Zoom, and GroupMe, Robin Kerkstra, RDH, MSDH, an assistant professor of allied health, is making certain that her dental hygiene students remain a strong, connected community of learners.</description><hide-description/><author>Jackie Hennessey, contributing writer</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>March 27, 2020</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/news/non-college-specific/blog/2020/kerkstra-remote-learning.jpg" alt="Robin Kerkstra, RDH, MSDH"/></image><image-caption>Robin Kerkstra, RDH, MSDH</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>year-2020</tag></tags></item>