Student Events & Organizations
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.
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.
Match Day
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.
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. For details on the event, visit https://www.oakland.edu/medicine/students/student-activities/commencement.
