Hot Springs students receive white coats

JONESBORO -- Hot Springs natives Anna Green, Alexa McCormick and Lainey Weatherford were among the 120 first-year medical students who received their white coats from New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine-Arkansas, or NYITCOM-Arkansas, recently.

The white coat ceremony is a "rite of passage signifying the official start of medical school," according to a news release from NYITCOM-Arkansas. The NYITCOM-Arkansas Class of 2023 celebrated its ceremony Aug. 9 at the Arkansas State University Fowler Center.

Prior to attending NYITCOM, Green earned an undergraduate degree from Hendrix College, while McCormick is a Colorado State University alumnus and Weatherford graduated from Ouachita Baptist University.

School on 08/18/2019

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