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Clinical Advancement/ White Coat Ceremony D2011
Class of D2011
Saturday, March 21, 2009
The seventh annual Clinical Advancement/White Coat Ceremony for the Class of D2011 was held on March 21,2009 at the Marriott Copley Place Hotel in Boston. Approximately 880 family members, faculty and staff attended to celebrate the 154 students in the class as they moved to the patient-care phase of their dental education. Tufts Executive Vice President Patricia Campbell spoke to the gathering.
The annual ceremony formalizes and symbolizes the transition of pre-doctoral students from basic science, biomedical science and pre-clinical education to the responsibilities of delivering patient care in the school's clinics. Various members of the Tufts faculty participated in reading the student names while faculty, alumni and family members helped the students don the traditional white lab coat as part of the ceremony. This year we were pleased to have 12 family members who are alums of the school participate in the white-coat ceremony to coat their child or sibling. The ceremony concluded with a luncheon at the hotel and tours of the Dental School.
What is the Clinical Advancement Ceremony?
This annual ceremony is for second-year dental students and their families. It formalizes and symbolizes the transition of pre-doctoral dental students from basic and pre-clinical education, to the rendering of patient care in the School's clinics.
See photos from previous ceremonies:
Ceremony Format:
The ceremony will be conducted at the Marriott Boston Copley Place located at 110 Huntington Avenue. The ceremony begins promptly at 9:00am with the student processional and will last for approximately two hours. Each student will be photographed after receiving his or her white coat in the company of Dean Lonnie Norris and Associate Dean James Hanley. After the ceremony there will be a luncheon for all students and guests.
Additional Information:
The School has reserved a block of rooms at the Marriot Copley at the rate of $219 per night for single and double rooms. Triples and quads are also available at a discounted rate. For hotel reservations at the Marriott please call (800)228-9290 and reference the "Tufts Dental School" room block as well as the date of the ceremony. The rooms fill on a first-come-first-serve basis and the block will be held until February 27, 2009.
A formal invitation and information packet will be mailed to D2011 students and their families in early February. If you would like more information before that time please contact Katherine Vosker via phone (617) 636-0887 or email at denstudentaffairs@tufts.edu.
