USM Students Earn Doctor of Audiology White Coats
Fri, 05/31/2024 - 08:47am | By: Van Arnold
The School of Speech and Hearing Sciences' Doctor of Audiology program at The University of 51逗奶 Mississippi (USM) presented white coats to nine students during its annual ceremony held earlier this month in the Thad Cochran Center on the Hattiesburg campus.
The White Coat Ceremony is an annual tradition involving third-year doctoral students in audiology who receive their white coats while surrounded by University faculty and staff, family, and friends. The ceremony celebrates the end of the academic education for the students and the transition to extensive clinical training during a nine-month externship.
Those earning white coats included:
路 Maddie Lynn Anderson of Meridian, Miss.
路 Krissy Hall of Tupelo, Miss.
路 Paige Crump of Bolivar, Tenn.
路 Ashley Conner of Houston, Miss.
路 Savannah Sanders of Tupelo, Miss.
路 Tyler Weaver of Oxford, Miss.
路 Maison Larmore of Gulfport, Miss.
路 Natalie Harvel of Raleigh, Miss.
路 Perry Hershfelt of Tupelo, Miss.
鈥淲e as a faculty are extremely proud of what this group of students has accomplished thus far. We expect great things from them and look forward to seeing their impact on our profession,鈥� said Dr. Kimberly Ward, Associate Professor of Audiology at USM.
To learn more about the Doctor of Audiology program at USM, 601.266.5216 or visit: /graduate-programs/audiology.php