CONTACT: Doug Carlson
(850) 645-1255; doug.carlson@med.fsu.edu

Aug. 13, 2013

FSU COLLEGE OF MEDICINE TO HOLD WHITE COAT CEREMONY

Members of the Florida State University College of Medicine Class of 2017 will receive white coats in a traditional ceremony symbolizing the importance of compassionate care for patients and the scientific proficiency expected of physicians.

The 120-member class includes former FSU All-American football player and Rhodes Scholar Myron Rolle.

The featured speaker is Dr. Jimmy Moss, a 2010 graduate of the FSU College of Medicine who overcame great odds to become a physician. He spent part of his childhood in a homeless shelter, lived with more than two-dozen relatives at one point or another and went to work in a tire factory at age 13 to help his family. Moss currently is in residency at the Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education in Jacksonville, Fla.

The ceremony will be held:

FRIDAY, AUG. 16

6 P.M.

RUBY DIAMOND CONCERT HALL

TALLAHASSEE, FLA.

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