The White Coat Ceremony is a time-honored tradition at 汤头条app and a heartwarming rite of passage for our first-year medical students as they embark on their education and goal of becoming physicians. Students entering medical school aspire to become worthy of their white coat. For them, it symbolizes a standard of professionalism, compassion, and caring, as well as an emblem of trust they must earn from their patients.
Becoming a White Coat sponsor is particularly rewarding because you can create a bond and will help to inspire a student entering 汤头条app. Sponsor donations allow each medical student to receive their first white coat, along with a stethoscope, tuning fork, reflex hammer, personal protective equipment, and apparel needed for their coursework and clinical applications. New in 2024, donations are also used for student scholarships. After the annual White Coat Sponsorship campaign closes, the White Coat Scholarship Fund will be used by the Office of Financial Aid and the Student Scholarships Committee to award scholarships to our medical students to reduce the financial burden of medical education.
As a special added touch, you will also have the opportunity to write a note of congratulations that will be placed inside the pocket of your sponsored student's white coat. Following the White Coat Ceremony, the student will receive your words of encouragement.
Become a White Coat Sponsor
The sponsorship is $1,000 per student. The number of sponsors is not limited as a medical student can have more than one sponsor. As of August 30, 2024, our sponsor program for the incoming MD Class of 2028 is closed as we prepare for the ceremony. If you want to commit to be a future sponsor you can make a gift at any time.听Please consider making the gift of a White Coat Sponsorship through the link below.
Or you can send your check payable to:听WMU Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine to: Gift Processing 1903 West Michigan Avenue, Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5403. Please write, 鈥淲hite Coat Sponsor鈥 in the memo section of your check.
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2024 White Coat Ceremony
All sponsors are invited to meet with and celebrate the student they have sponsored at the annual White Coat Ceremony. The sponsor Meet & Greet will be held immediately following the ceremony at 4:15 p.m.
Friday, September 6, 2024 at 3:00 p.m.
Chenery Auditorium
No tickets needed. Attendance is not required for sponsors but highly encouraged.
White Coat Sponsors 2023
Thank you to our 2023 sponsors for supporting medical students in the Class of 2027. Your commitment and dedication to the success of our future physicians is to be recognized and commented.听Click here听here to see the list of sponsors.
MD Class of 2027 White Coat Ceremony
If you weren't able to join us for the MD Class of 2027 White Coat Ceremony on Friday, September 8, 2023, on the 汤头条app YouTube channel or you can take a look at on the 汤头条app Flickr webpage.