White Coat Ceremony
Celebrating our Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Students
Thursday, March 21, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Keynote Speaker: Jodi LoDolce, MBA, BSN, RN
Chief Nursing Officer HCA Florida JFK Hospital
Location: Carole and Barry Kaye Auditorium, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton, FL 33431
The White Coat Ceremony instills a commitment to provide compassionate care among future health professionals. This program promotes humanistic, patient-centered care among incoming nursing students.
Support for Nursing Students
As a symbol of the start of the nursing journey, the white coat confirms a commitment to compassion, humanism and professionalism within the field. Now more than ever, choosing a career in nursing is a portrait of courage and dedication that merits recognition.
As our students boldly step into nursing during such challenging times, they need the support of the collective community like never before. Please consider gifting a white coat to our students or further investing in the next generation of nursing students. To donate, visit: https://fauf.fau.edu/nursing-white-coats or checks are also accepted. Please mail checks to:
FAU Foundation, Inc.
777 Glades Rd, ADM295
Boca Raton, FL 33431
Please make checks payable to FAU Foundation, Inc. and write "Nursing - White Coat Scholarship" on the memo line.
Donor Recognition
Thank you for your generosity and support of FAU’s nursing students.
Platinum Sponsor
Christine E. Lynn
Gold Sponsors
Allegiance Home Health – Rosie Inguanzo-Martin
The Charles and Elsie Gols Charitable Foundation
Gene and Susan Folden
The Reiling Family Foundation - Cindy Krebsbach
George Snow Scholarship Fund, Inc. - Tim Snow
Silver Sponsors
Robert and Lynne Arlen
David P. Long and Lucy A. Craske
Kathy Molinet Drum
Hank Drummond
Melissa and Jamey Emerson
Margaret Mary Shuff
Camiccia-Arnautou Charitable Foundation, Inc. - Bill T. Smith, Jr.
Patricia Toppel
Elaine J. Wold
Bronze Sponsors
Ronald and Kathy Assaf
Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation Ann Brown William and Mary Donnell Jerry and Terry Fedele Lora Friedkin Dean Safiya George |
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Michael and Dianne Glennie Carl and Kristine Gobbo Casey and Carol Gunnell George and Jessie Quick Marilyn ‘Dee’ Ray Lawrence and Ann Marie Rempala |
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Mark Swillinger
Joe Trubinsky and Thomas and Maureen Workman Alicia Wynn |
Additional Contributors
Boca Radiology Group, P.A. – Kathy J. Schilling, M.D.
Peter and Susan Brockway
Denise Clark
Barbara Cohen
James and Gayl Hackett
Thomas and Rita Head
Angelo Sands and Patricia Liehr
Judy Manning
Daniel Robinson
Joan Wargo
White Coat Ceremony Oath
As a student dedicated to Nursing as a discipline of knowledge and professional practice, I solemnly pledge that I will:
- Nurture the wholeness and well-being of persons and the environment through caring.
- Protect the rights and dignity of those in my care.
- Promote just, ethical and equitable health care for all.
- Participate in inquiry that supports safe, quality care.
- Collaborate in interprofessional research and practice.
- Honor the legacy of those before us to elevate nursing standards of practice.
- Stand together to support colleagues within a community of caring.
- Accept the responsibility of a lifelong commitment to nursing through education and leadership.
I take this oath voluntarily with the full realization of the responsibility with which I am entrusted by the public.
Students Receiving White Coats
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