IN A FLASH: Donning their White Coats

White Coat Ceremony Kent Campus 2024
Nursing students on the Kent Campus put on their "first" white coats. 

 

Students in Kent State University's College of Nursing participated in White Coat Ceremonies on several university campuses last week. 

White Coat Ceremony Stark Campus 2024
These students at Kent State University at Stark have just completed their White Coat Ceremony. 

 

The White Coat Ceremony welcomes sophomore nursing students into the professional nursing sequence of their educational journey. This sequence is the next phase in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program in Kent State's College of Nursing.

White Coat Ceremony Kent Campus 2024

 

This symbolic rite of passage ceremony includes recitation of an oath and a blessing of the hands. 

White Coat Ceremony Kent Campus 2024
Some of Kent State's nursing students proudly displayed their new, white coats outside of Henderson Hall on the Kent Campus. 

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POSTED: Wednesday, September 4, 2024 09:15 AM
Updated: Thursday, September 5, 2024 01:15 PM
WRITTEN BY:
Phil B. Soencksen
PHOTO CREDIT:
Kent State University College of Nursing