White Coat Ceremony
Celebrating our Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Students
Thursday, March 26, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Keynote Speaker: Taren Ruggiero, MSN '07, RN
Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer at Holy Cross Hospital
Location: Carole and Barry Kaye Auditorium, (Student Union) 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, click HERE 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
Lynn Family Enterprises - Christine E. Lynn
Gold Sponsors
The Charles and Elsie Gols Charitable Foundation, Inc.
George Snow Scholarship Fund, Inc. - Tim Snow
Silver Sponsors
The Camiccia-Arnautou Charitable Foundation – Bill T. Smith, Jr.
The Reiling Family Foundation – Cindy Krebsbach
Margaret Mary Shuff
Bronze Sponsors
Kathy and Ron Assaf
Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation, Inc.
Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties – Mary and William E. Donnell
Katherine Molinet Drum and Ted Drum
Hank Drummond and Andy Rossi, Jr.
Terry and Jerry Fedele
Kristine and Carl Gobbo
Ted Hutton
Angela Prestia
Mark Swillinger
The Renaissance Charitable Foundation - Judith Teller Kaye
Holli Rockwell Trubinsky and Joe Trubinsky
Maureen and Tom Workman
individual Contributors
| Anonymous | Denise Clark | Jacquie Marshall | Marshall Sigel |
| Colleen Alcantara-Slocombe | Suzanne Ffolkes | Alice Montford | John Sparling |
| Lature Allen | Carol and Casey Gunnell | Jeaneen Muller | Benjamin Vesta |
| Anne Boykin | Rose Haklits | Nadine Phillips | Candy Wilson |
| Marlene Brennen | Eva Hashemi | Marilyn "Dee" Ray | Karen Wisdom Chambers |
| Michelle Broadbent | Chris Kersich | Daniel Robinson |
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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