Woodbridge's Joyce Jung Received a Pharmacy White Coat from University of the Sciences

2015 Oct 14

Joyce Jung of Woodbridge, VA (22192), a doctor of pharmacy student in Philadelphia College of Pharmacy at University of the Sciences, received a white coat at a ceremony on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015. The white coat ceremony is an annual rite of passage for students in their first professional year (third year) of USciences' six-year pharmacy program, and symbolizes their dedication to the profession of pharmacy and to the care of others.

Jung continues on the path to receiving a doctor of pharmacy degree in May 2019. Donning their white coats, the more than 150 student-pharmacists recited the Oath of a Pharmacist, a gesture to reinforce their commitment to working with patients compassionately and to enhancing their health and well-being.

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