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Commencement News

For the latest information about the May 14, 2021 ceremony click here.


There are a multitude of activities and events that students at OUWB can take part in during their time in medical school. Students may participate in student organizations, attend OUWB sponsored events, take part in community service or service learning opportunities and much more. 

To organize our activities, we have OUWB MedSync: an interactive online tool that fosters communication, cooperation and creativity between students, organizations and their members. Every OUWB student is a part of MedSync to foster connectivity to events and happenings at OUWB.

Student Organizations

At OUWB, we have almost 50 Student Organizations & Interest Groups in which you may get involved and pursue your passion. These student-led, student-driven groups offer students the opportunity to learn, grow, build community, and connect with one another around shared interests. View a full list of student organizations.

Major OUWB Events

A student's medical career is ceremoniously marked by certain milestones, beginning with Orientation and culminating at the Commencement ceremony.  These events offer faculty, students, staff, family, and friends a time to join together in community and celebration.  

For more info about OUWB events, contact tlegrande@oakland.edu.

Students play outdoor games at Orientation Week

Orientation Week

Every August, OUWB hosts Orientation Week to welcome a new class of medical students to campus. During this first week of classes, students also have the opportunity to engage in co-curricular events and activities that engage them with the larger OUWB community of students, faculty and staff. The week culminates with the White Coat Ceremony, where they receive their stethoscopes and white coats, and recite the Oath of Geneva to mark the formal start of their medical education.

Student's advisor helps her put on her new white coat at the White Coat Ceremony.

White Coat Ceremony

OUWB medical students participate in the traditional White Coat Ceremony, during which they receive their first physician’s lab coat. This celebration marks the beginning of their medical education. During the ceremony, students recite the Declaration of Geneva, which is the pledge that medical professionals take to signify their responsibility to the field of medicine. During its White Coat Ceremony held Aug. 9, 2019, OUWB welcomed the Class of 2023.  Find the Class of 2024 profile here.

Student happily reads her match day letter with friends looking on.

Match Day

Match Day is a national event that occurs annually in March for graduating medical students who find out where they will be fulfilling their residency requirements. In celebration of this milestone event of the medical journey, students, their PRISM mentors, and families are invited to a reception to share in the anticipation of discovering their residency match. For a PDF of the residency match results from 2015, please email Michele Jasukaitis at jasukait@oakland.edu.
Residency match results for 2020
Residency match results for 2019
Residency match results for 2018
Residency match results for 2017 
Residency match results for 2016

Student accepted framed award at Honors Convocation.

Honors Convocation

The Honors Convocation ceremony recognizes graduating OUWB medical students with performance awards of excellence in academics, as well as awards for prestigious medical honor societies. To learn more about previous award recipients, contact tlegrande@oakland.edu. 

Smiling student wearing cap and gown at graduation ceremony.

Commencement

Commencement is the grand ceremony during which OUWB students receive their M.D. degrees and are hooded by their PRISM mentors (and in some cases, family members). 
The Class of 2021 commencement is scheduled for May 14, 2021. More details are available here 

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