The Voice

Student Allison Terranera works on classmate Patrick Jones. Students, faculty and staff get free dental care at the center.

Sophomore Allison Castro smiled as she looked through the tiny dental loupes attached to her protective glasses, allowing a magnified look at Jim Foby's teeth as he lay on an examination chair in SUNY Farmingdale's new Dental Hygiene Care Center.

Inserting a wand-like device called an intraoral camera into his mouth, she pushed a button, snapping several digital photos. Instantaneously, the images appeared on a large computer screen a few feet away. She pointed out small signs of plaque on Foby's teeth, which were fine.

"That's amazing," Foby said, staring up at the screen.

The artwork of faculty members past and present from SUNY Farmingdale’s department of visual communications is currently on display at Hale Hall on campus.

The exhibition is open to the public and runs through October.

The department — first known as the department of art and design when it was established in 1946 — has produced thousands of graduates who have gone on to successful careers as artists or teachers of art.

A special showing of the exhibition will be held Oct. 10 for the Long Island Retirees of UUP, who are gathering that day for a luncheon meeting at SUNY Farmingdale.

— Donald Feldstein