The University of Kentucky College of Medicine-Northern Kentucky Campus recently welcomed its class of 2029 with a white coat ceremony in the student union ballroom at Northern Kentucky University.
The event was one of three white coat ceremonies hosted by the UK College of Medicine across its Kentucky campuses. The ceremonies, taking place July 31 through Aug. 1, marked a milestone for incoming medical students.
The white coat ceremony is a tradition in medical education, symbolizing a student’s formal entrance into the profession.
Thirty-five students at the UK College of Medicine-Northern Kentucky Campus were cloaked in their white coats — their official entrance into the profession and a symbolic start to their journey to becoming physicians.
The class of 2029 marks the seventh class of medical students to receive their white coats in Northern Kentucky since the opening of the campus in 2019. The campus was established to expand access to medical education opportunities and address the physician shortage throughout Kentucky.