The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy (SOP) presented 82 students, comprising its class of 2022, with their professional white coats during the 14th White Coat Ceremony held Friday, Oct. 5 in the Morris University Center’s Meridian Ballroom.
The official garment acknowledges the students’ important entrance into the Doctor of Pharmacy degree program. During the ceremony, the students expressed their commitment to the service-focused profession by reciting the Pledge of Professionalism.
“In pharmacy school, as in life, you will not always be in control of the challenges or adversity that you will face, but you will always have the option of choosing your attitude,” said Mark Luer, PharmD, FCCP, interim dean of the SOP.
The white coats symbolically represent the class of 2022’s transition from students to student pharmacists.
The evening’s keynote speaker was Dr. Brandy Zeller, an SOP alumnus.
Photo: The SIUE School of Pharmacy Class of 2022.