August 3, 2007

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Julie Spechler
NSU Office of Public Affairs
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Nova Southeastern University White Coat Ceremony for New Osteopathic Physicians to be Held this Sunday

Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Nova Southeastern University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine (COM) will welcome 232 students into its medical program during the 11th  annual White Coat Ceremony at 10:00 a.m. Sunday, August 5 on campus at the University Center.
                   
Students will be ceremonially cloaked with their white coat by leaders of the osteopathic profession.  A celebration follows at the arena.

“The White Coat ceremony marks the special day these students recite the Oath of Commitment to the Osteopathic profession and to the communities in which they will serve,” said Anthony J. Silvagni, dean of Nova’s osteopathic college.  “This special day conveys to the students the importance of caring as well as curing.”

Established in 1979, Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine accepted its first class in 1981.  To learn more about the medical school visit http://medicine.nova.edu.

Nova Southeastern University, with its main campus in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and student educational centers in Tampa, Orlando, Miami, West Palm Beach, and Jacksonville, Florida, and Las Vegas, Nevada, is the largest independent institution of higher education in the Southeast, and the 6th largest nationally. It awards bachelor’s, master’s, educational specialist, doctoral, and first-professional degrees in a wide range of fields, including business, counseling, computer and information sciences, education, medicine, dentistry, various health professions, law, marine sciences, psychology, and other social sciences. The university also offers 16 undergraduate majors through the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences.