<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2023/10-17/symbolism-promise-white-coat.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><categories>College of Medicine</categories><pubDate>10/17/2023 07:30:00 AM</pubDate><title>Symbolism &amp; Promise: More than 200 College of Medicine Students Don the White Coat</title><sub-title/><description>More than 200 students from the Class of 2027 excitedly joined family, friends, faculty, and fellow students for the 29th annual White Coat Ceremony, celebrating this significant rite of passage for aspiring physicians. The ceremony represents and reinforces humanism, professionalism, and the profound responsibility students in our first-year class are about to undertake as committed and dedicated servants in the noble healthcare field. The White Coat symbolizes entry into medicine and is a defining moment for first-year medical students.</description><author>Office of the President</author><image><img xmlns:ouc="http://omniupdate.com/XSL/Variables" src="/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2023/10-17/_images/white-coat-2023-1.png" alt="White Coat 2023 Group"/></image><tags><tag>White Coat Ceremony</tag></tags><categories><category>College of Medicine</category></categories></item>