The UK College of Medicine will hold the Class of 2019 White Coat Ceremony on Friday, July 31, 2015 at 1:30 p.m. at the Singletary Center for the Arts located at 405 Rose Street.

The ceremony will include a formal presentation and donning of the incoming students first white coat by faculty and alumni, a universal symbol of compassion and humanism in medicine, in addition to a recitation of the Pledge of Professionalism. 

Dean Frederick de Beer, M.D., will deliver the keynote address. The white coats are provided by the UK Medical Alumni Association. There will be a reception following the ceremony.