<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2025/02-11/empowering-birth.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><categories/><pubDate>02/11/2025 03:00:00 AM</pubDate><title>Guiding Birth, Shaping Futures: Midwives Lead the Way</title><sub-title/><description>The School of Health Professions celebrated the Midwifery Class of 2026 in January at the Blessing of the Hands/White Coat Ceremony in the Alumni Auditorium. This special moment marked their shift from students to practitioners, prepared to deliver compassionate, skilled, and culturally aware care to families.</description><author>Office of the President</author><image><img xmlns:ouc="http://omniupdate.com/XSL/Variables" src="/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2025/02-11/_images/midwifery-grad-1.png" alt="Group Photo"/></image><loc>/var/staging/oucampus/suny-downstate/downstate/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2025/02-11/empowering-birth.xml</loc><tags><tag>Midwifery</tag><tag>School of Health Professions</tag><tag>White Coat</tag></tags><categories/></item>