{"id":1335911,"date":"2024-07-03T07:07:39","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T12:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1335911"},"modified":"2024-07-05T16:08:49","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T21:08:49","slug":"ut-tyler-medical-school-welcomes-second-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1335911","title":{"rendered":"UT Tyler medical school welcomes second class"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1335915\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/07\/2ndcalss-1-225x144.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/07\/2ndcalss-1-225x144.png 225w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/07\/2ndcalss-1-548x350.png 548w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/07\/2ndcalss-1.png 628w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>TYLER &#8212; The University of Texas at Tyler School of Medicine held a White Coat Ceremony for their second class. According to a release and our news partner KETK, in the ceremony the new students received their white coats, and the Humanism in Medicine pin. There was also a speech by former UT Tyler President Dr. Kirk Calhoun and a recitation of the Physician\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Oath. The university said that this class\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 tuition is being funded by a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153generous anonymous donor.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d The school also said that 85% of the school of medicine\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s inaugural class has ties to East Texas.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153This White Coat Ceremony is a rite of passage that marks a profound milestone for our students,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Dr. Julie Philley, UT Tyler president, said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It signifies the beginning of their journey into the medical profession and all of the responsibility that comes with it.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s our mission to recruit people from the community to serve the community,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Dr. Brigham C. Willis, School of Medicine founding dean. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We are incredibly proud of these future physicians, whose dedication and excellence embody the vibrant spirit of East Texas.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER &#8212; The University of Texas at Tyler School of Medicine held a White Coat Ceremony for their second class. According to a release and our news partner KETK, in the ceremony the new students received their white coats, and the Humanism in Medicine pin. There was also a speech by former UT Tyler President &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1335911\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">UT Tyler medical school welcomes second class<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":1335913,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/07\/2ndcalss-1-225x144.png","fifu_image_alt":"UT Tyler medical school welcomes second class","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1335911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-07 17:02:59","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/07\/2ndcalss-1-225x144.png","fifu_image_alt":"UT Tyler medical school welcomes second class","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1335911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1335911"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1335911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1335916,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1335911\/revisions\/1335916"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1335913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1335911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1335911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1335911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}