White Coat Ceremony Update

Today I got an email from VMCVM's Director of Admissions and Student Support, who has been sending emails to the class of 2021 over the past few months to help us transition. The email was about the White Coat Ceremony, which "is a very important event as you begin your professional life." The email instructed us to make a recording of ourselves stating our name so that it will be pronounced properly at the ceremony. Such a great idea! After listening to deans struggle to pronounce some students' names at the Rutgers SEBS Convocation in May, you'd think that more schools would implement this tactic.

As veterinary schools focus more on diversity during the application process, incoming classes are bound to contain more minority students. Like myself, some students have names whose pronunciations aren't intuitive to native English speakers. I think it's great that VMCVM is making an effort to be considerate toward all of its students. A name is who you are, and it's important that others know it and respect it.

I'm now even more excited for this ceremony.

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