{"id":93595,"date":"2025-07-22T03:45:37","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T07:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/?p=93595"},"modified":"2025-07-24T08:37:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T12:37:50","slug":"utoledo-to-host-white-coat-ceremony-for-incoming-medical-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/07_22_2025\/utoledo-to-host-white-coat-ceremony-for-incoming-medical-students","title":{"rendered":"UToledo to Host White Coat Ceremony for Incoming Medical Students"},"content":{"rendered":"

The University of Toledo will celebrate its newest class of medical students with a white coat ceremony on Friday, July 25.<\/p>\n

The event begins at 10 a.m. in Nitschke Auditorium. Tickets are required to attend. A YouTube livestream<\/a> also will be available.<\/p>\n

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UToledo will celebrate its newest class of medical students with a white coat ceremony on Friday at 10 a.m. in Nitschke Auditorium. Tickets are required to attend.<\/p><\/div>\n

White coat ceremonies are a rite of passage that commemorate students\u2019 entry to medical school and serve as a reminder of the expectations and responsibilities for physicians-in-training.<\/p>\n

UToledo\u2019s event is held at the end of orientation week for first-year medical students.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe white coat ceremony marks not only the beginning of a student\u2019s clinical training, but also the start of a transformational journey and a life-long commitment to healing with compassion, respect and empathy,\u201d said Dr. Imran Ali, dean of the UToledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences. \u201cThis event also symbolizes our commitment to providing these students the training, guidance and mentorship that will help them become skilled physicians who are ready to care for their communities.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s incoming class of 175 medical students come to UToledo from across the country, representing more than 20 states. More than half \u2014 63% \u2014 are Ohio residents, and approximately 22% are from northwest Ohio.<\/p>\n

Nearly two dozen students completed their undergraduate degrees at UToledo. Cornell, Harvard, University of Michigan, Vanderbilt and Yale graduates are also represented among the med school class of 2029.<\/p>\n

UToledo received more than 6,500 medical school applications this year.<\/p>\n

In addition to the presentation of a white coat, Friday\u2019s event will include a welcome from Ali and a recitation of the Medical Student Pledge of Ethics.<\/p>\n

UToledo also has upcoming ceremonies for students in several other programs.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0The College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics will hold a white coat ceremony for students entering its graduate degree programs<\/a> on Monday, August 18.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0The College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences will hold a white coat ceremony for students the\u00a0Doctor of Pharmacy Program<\/a>\u00a0as well as students in the college\u2019s\u00a0Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences programs<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Master of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences programs<\/a>\u00a0on Thursday, Aug. 21.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0 The College of Health and Human Services will host white coat ceremonies for students in the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program<\/a> on Thursday, Aug. 21; students in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program on Tuesday, Sept. 2; and students in the Graduate-Entry Master of Science in Nursing Program<\/a> on Tuesday, Sept. 9.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0 The College of Medicine and Life Sciences will host white coat ceremonies for students in the Physician Assistant Program<\/a> on Friday, Aug. 22; and students in the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program<\/a> on Thursday, Oct. 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"Close-up<\/a>

The event at 10 a.m. Friday is one of several upcoming ceremonies to recognize students entering healthcare programs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":849,"featured_media":93596,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,61,38,1,42,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93595"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/849"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93595"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93626,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93595\/revisions\/93626"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}