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For Jordan Briggs, master’s student and president of the Medical Laboratory Sciences Class of 2025, donning her white coat represents the realization of a dream to help others.

Briggs and her 37 classmates marked the transition from the classroom to the clinical phase of their program with a white coat ceremony held Sept. 20 in the Holly Auditorium.

“We know we are in this program because we want to help people, but up until this point we have been taking classes and it’s been text book,” Briggs said. “This ceremony was a shift in our frame of mind. This is where we really begin to go out into the world and make our impact and give back to our community the way we’ve always wanted.”

The ceremony featured remarks from Department of Health Sciences Chair George Kudolo, PhD, CPC, FAIC, FAACC, a keynote address from program alumna Keren Herrera, MS, MLS (ASCP)^CM, the recitation of the MLS oath and the recognition of scholarship recipients.

MLS students will begin their clinical practicums in November.