White Coat Ceremony marks another important milestone for students
By Kris Jennings
Issue date: 2/10/10 Section: News
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Ceremony Feb 5.
The ceremony is for graduate students who have completed their first year in the physical therapy program. During the ceremony, 14 students were given their white coats, afterwards, they took an oath of the code of ethics. They are now able to go into their field and do clinical work, according to Dr. Millee Jorge, dean of the school of physical therapy.
The school of therapy at Langston is number one in the state and has a 100 percent pass rate for its graduate students every year, said Jorge. She said students have a smaller environment to learn in versus at other physical therapy programs around the nation.
Students in the program have 39 weeks of clinical education, which is nine more weeks more than other programs around the country, Jorge said. Jorge says she and other faculty wants the graduates to continue to be successful and give back to Langston and surrounding communities. Its takes students three years to finish graduate school, so those that received their white coats have two and a half more years to go.
"Three years, three summers, no breaks!" Jorge said.
Students agree.
"I come from a really small high school and I went to a really small undergraduate college, and I just like the atmosphere here at Langston University," said Jami Mcadoo, a graduate student in the physical therapy program.
Kacy Tibbetts was excited to get his symbolic white coat. He says he started at Oklahoma State University as an athletic training major and liked the therapy aspect of it. Because of this, he made the decision to go to graduate school at Langston University.
He says he looks forward to representing the school, himself and his family in a professional way once he graduates.
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