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Doctor of Medicine class of 2021 begins studies at UND SMHS with White Coat Ceremony

Posted 8/16/17 (Wed)

GRAND FORKS, N.D.—Seventy-nine first-year medical students, members of the Doctor of Medicine (MD) Class of 2021, begin their journey next week to become physicians at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences (UND SMHS).

Orientation concludes with the White Coat Ceremony at 5 p.m., August 11, in the Alerus Center Ballroom, 1200 S. 42nd St., in Grand Forks where students receive their first white coats, the physician’s traditional garment, which have been donated by the North Dakota Medical Association. Learn more about the event here.