Pharmacy Students Receive White Coats

Two St. Louis College of Pharmacy students from Buffalo Grove, Amy Suh and Michael Gould, were among 242 students to participate in the school's recent white coat ceremony.

The ceremony marks third-year pharmacy students' entry into the profession.

"As you don your white coats tonight, I hope you will reflect on the responsibility the coat symbolizes," said Tricia Berry, Pharm.D., BCPS,'94/'95, professor and interim senior associate dean of pharmacy. "By entering covenantal relationships with patients, you will need to place their needs before your own. It will also be important to recognize the need to not only care for your patients, but to care about them, as well."

Kevin Colgan, '77, corporate director of pharmacy at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago and vice chair of the College's Board of Trustees, spoke at the ceremony. After all of the students received their coats, they recited the Pledge of Professionalism. The pledge, signed by all of the students, will be displayed on campus.

The class of 2017 will spend the next four years gaining knowledge and skills to prepare them to become leaders in the profession of pharmacy.