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White Coat Ceremony - September 14, 2008

On September 14, 2008 the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences hosted its White Coat Ceremony. Nine hundred family, friends, faculty, staff and students celebrated with the Pharmacy Class of 2012. The students were welcomed into the School of Pharmacy by Mark Bunton, B.S. 1995, past-president of the Pharmacy Alumni Association Board. Cathy Simmons, B.S. 1998 congratulated the group on behalf of Walgreens. Thank you goes out to Walgreens for sponsoring the White Coat Ceremony.

Dr. Johnnie Early, Dean of Pharmacy, University of Toledo and Purdue Pharmacy alumnus, Ph.D. 1979 and M.S. 1976, was the guest speaker. He challenged the class to make the most of their opportunities while in Pharmacy School. Each student received a personalized copy of the Oath of the Pharmacist and was greeted by the faculty and staff of the School.

  
A group of students pose for a picture.   Students enjoy visiting with family and friends.
 
  
Dean Craig Svensson greets family and friends   Senior Associate Dean Holly Mason welcomes students, faculty, family and friends to the 2008 White Coat Ceremony.
 
  
Pharmacy Alumna, Cathy Simmons (BS 98) congratulates the students on behalf of Walgreens.   Pharmacy Alumnus, Mark Bunton (BS 95) welcomes the students to pharmacy and relays congratulations from the Pharmacy Alumni Association Board.
 
  
Dr. Johnnie Early, Dean of Pharmacy, University of Toledo was the keynote speaker.   Family, friends, students and alumni listen as Dean Svensson welcomes the Class of 2012 to the School of Pharmacy.
 
  
Students listen as they are offered words of encouragement and congratulations.   Dr. Early has a very attentive audience.
 
  
Students receive their personalized "Oath of the Pharmacist" from Jackie Jimerson.   Students line up to go on stage.
 
  
Dean Mason calls each student on stage.   Students are welcomed by faculty.
 
  
Dr. Stan Hem congratulates a student.   Students make their way through the line of faculty and staff.
 
  
Dean Svensson is the first to congratulate students as they come off stage.   Students get ready to recite the "Oath of the Pharmacist".
 
  
Family and Friends gather for pictures after the ceremony.   Multicultural students and their families pose for a picture with Dr. Early.
 
  
Multicultural students pose with Dean Svensson.   Sister Pharmacy students
 
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