
Student Events & Organizations
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.
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.

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.