Though the White Coat Ceremony was created by The Arnold P. Gold Foundation more than 25 years ago for medical schools, the Gold Foundation-AACN initiative marks the first time a coordinated effort has been developed to offer a similar ceremony at nursing schools. In nursing, a White Coat Ceremony typically consists of the recitation of an oath, an address by an eminent role model, and a reception for students and invited guests. Students also are given a specially designed pin that serves as a visual reminder of their oath and commitment to providing high quality care. Launched in 2013, the groundbreaking collaboration between the Gold Foundation and AACN has enabled 410 schools of nursing in 50 states to offer ceremonies designed to instill a commitment to providing compassionate care among the next generation of registered nurses.
Previously Funded Schools
Alabama
Auburn University at Montgomery, 2016
Binghamton University, 2021
Jacksonville State University, 2015
Samford University, 2014
Spring Hill College, 2017
Tuskegee University School of Nursing & Allied Health Department of Nursing, 2018
University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2015
University of Alabama in Huntsville, The, 2015
University of South Alabama, 2015
University of North Alabama, 2017
Alaska
University of Alaska, 2021
Arizona
Arizona State University, 2014
Chamberlain College of Nursing - Phoenix, 2015
Harding University, 2021
University of Arizona, 2015
University of Phoenix, 2021
Arkansas
Arkansas State University, 2021
John Brown University, 2016
University of Arkansas-Fayetteville, 2014
University of Arkansas-Fort Smith, 2021
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, 2016
University of Arkansas of Medical Sciences, 2017
University of Central Arkansas, 2016
California
Azusa Pacific University, 2018
California State University-Channel Island, 2018
California State University-Fullerton, 2015
California State University-Los Angeles, 2016
California State University-Long Beach, 2017
California State University-Monterey Bay, 2019
California State University-Northridge, 2018
California State University-Sacramento, 2014
California State University-San Bernardino, 2016
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, 2015
Concordia University-California, 2014
Dominican University of California, 2018
Loma Linda University, 2019
Mount Saint Mary's University, 2017
National University, 2018
Point Loma Nazarene University, 2018
Samuel Merritt University, 2016
San Jose State University, 2014
Touro University California, 2017
University of California, San Francisco, 2017
University of San Diego, 2014
University of San Francisco, 2014
University of Southern California, 2017
Vanguard University of Southern California, 2018
Western University of Health Sciences, 2014
Colorado
Regis University, 2017
University of Colorado, 2021
University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, 2018
University of Colorado-Denver 2016
University of Northern Colorado, 2019
Connecticut
Fairfield University, 2014
Sacred Heart University, 2015
Southern Connecticut State University, 2015
University of Connecticut, 2016
University of Saint Joseph, 2014
Delaware
Delaware State University, 2014
University of Delaware, 2018
District of Columbia
Georgetown University, 2016
Howard University, 2019
The Catholic University of America, 2014
Trinity Washington University, 2015
Florida
Advent Health University, 2019
Barry University, 2016
DeSales University, 2016
Florida Atlantic University, 2014
Florida Gulf Coast School of Nursing, 2019
Florida International University, 2015
Florida Southwestern State College, 2019
Keiser University, 2014
Keiser University, 2017
Palm Beach Atlantic University, 2016
University of Central Florida, 2015
University of Florida, 2014
University of North Florida, 2017
University of South Florida, 2019
University of West Florida, 2014
Georgia
Armstrong State University, 2016
Augusta University, 2019
Brenau University, 2018
Clayton State University, 2018
Columbus State University, 2019
Georgia College and State University, 2018
Georgia Regents University, 2015
Georgia Southern University, 2014
Kennesaw State University, 2017
Mercer University, 2019
Valdosta State University, 2014
Wesleyan College-Georgia, 2014
Hawaii
Chaminade University of Honolulu, 2016
Hawaii Pacific University, 2014
University of Hawaii at Hilo, 2019
University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2014
Idaho
Idaho State University, 2021
Lewis-Clark State College, 2015
Northwest Nazarene University, 2016
Illinois
Aurora University, 2018
Bradley University, 2014
Eastern Illinois University, 2021
Elmhurst College, 2016
Lakeview College of Nursing, 2015
Lewis University, 2017
Olivet Nazarene University, 2017
OSF Saint Anthony College of Nursing, 2017
Resurrection University, 2021
Rush University, 2014
Saint Xavier University, 2018
University of Illinois at Chicago, 2014
University of Saint Francis, 2019
Indiana
Anderson University, 2021
Huntington University, 2016
Indiana University, 2019
Indiana University Fort Wayne, 2018
Indiana University Kokomo, 2017
Indiana University Northwest, 2014
Indiana University Southeast, 2014
Indiana Wesleyan University, 2015
Purdue University School of Nursing, 2018
University of Indianapolis, 2021
University of Saint Francis, 2017
University of Southern Indiana, 2015
Iowa
Allen College, 2019
Briar Cliff University, 2015
Clarke University, 2014
Grand View University, 2016
Iowa Wesleyan University, 2018
Mercy College of Health Sciences, 2017
Morningside College, 2021
Mount Mercy University, 2014
Northwestern College, 2021
The University of Iowa College of Nursing, 2018
Kansas
Bethel College, 2021
Pittsburg State University, 2016
University of Kansas, 2014
Washburn University, 2015
Wichita State University, 2014
Kentucky
Berea College, 2014
Eastern Kentucky University, 2016
Kentucky Christian University, 2017
Lindsey Wilson College, 2018
Morehead State University, 2015
Murray State University, 2014
Spalding University, 2015
Union College, 2021
University of Louisville, 2014
Louisiana
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 2014
Loyola University New Orleans, 2021
Southeastern Louisiana University, 2021
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2016
University of the Holy Cross, 2018
University of Louisiana Monroe, 2018
Massachusetts
Elms College, 2015
Emmanuel College, 2018
Fitchburg State University, 2021
MCPHS University, 2016
MGH Institute of Health Professions, 2014
Regis College, 2016
Simmons College, 2014
University of Massachusetts-Worcester
University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 2017
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, 2014
Worcester State University, 2015
Maine
Saint Joseph's College of Maine, 2014
University of Maine, 2017
Maryland
Johns Hopkins University, 2014
Notre Dame of Maryland University, 2014
Towson University, 2016
University of Maryland, 2014
Michigan
Baker College - Owosso, 2021
Calvin College, 2017
Northern Michigan University, 2014
Oakland University, 2017
Rochester College, 2015
Saginaw Valley State University, 2021
Siena Heights University, 2015
University of Detroit Mercy McAuley School of Nursing, 2018
University of Michigan, 2014
University of Michigan-Flint, 2016
Wayne State University, 2015
Minnesota
Bethel University of Minnesota, 2014
Herzing University, 2015
Metropolitan State University, 2017
Saint Cloud State University, 2019
The College of St. Scholastica, 2014
University of Minnesota, 2021
Winona State University, 2016
Mississippi
Alcorn State University, 2018
Delta State University, 2016
Mississippi College, 2014
Mississippi University for Women, 2015
The University of Southern Mississippi, 2021
University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2014
William Carey University, 2017
Missouri
Avila University, 2018
Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing, 2018
College of the Ozarks, 2019
Missouri Baptist University, 2019
Missouri State University, 2019
Missouri Western State University, 2014
Park University, 2021
Research College of Nursing, 2015
Saint Luke's College of Health Sciences, 2016
Saint Louis University, 2014
University of Central Missouri, 2017
University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2014
University of Missouri-St. Louis, 2021
William Jewell College, 2019
Montana
Carroll College, 2018
Montana State University, 2019
Nebraska
Creighton University, 2017
Nebraska Methodist College, 2018
Nebraska Wesleyan University, 2021
Union College-Nebraska, 2016
University of Nebraska Medical Center, 2014
New Hampshire
University of New Hampshire, 2014
New Jersey
Caldwell University, 2015
Chamberlain College of Nursing, 2019
College of New Jersey, The, 2015
Fairleigh Dickinson University, 2016
Felician University, 2017
Kean University, 2019
Monmouth University, 2014
New Jersey City University, 2021
Stockton University, 2021
Ramapo College of New Jersey, 2014
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 2014
Rutgers University - Camden, 2019
Saint Peter's University, 2019
Seton Hall University, 2014
New Mexico
New Mexico State University, 2014
University of New Mexico, 2015
Western New Mexico University, 2021
New York
Adelphi University, 2015
College of New Rochelle, 2018
Concordia College New York, 2014
D'Youville College, 2018
Farmingdale State College, 2019
Hofstra Northwell, 2016
Le Moyne College, 2015
Long Island University, 2015
Molloy College, 2018
Pace University, 2014
Phillips School of Nursing at Mount Sinai Beth Israel, 2017
Siena College, 2018
Stony Brook University, 2021
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, 2014
SUNY Polytechnic Institute, 2016
SUNY Upstate Medical University, 2018
Touro University, 2019
University of Buffalo, 2019
Utica College, 2021
Nevada
Arizona College, Las Vegas Campus, 2018
Nevada State College, 2017
Roseman University of Health Sciences-Nevada, 2014
University of Nevada, 2019
North Carolina
Appalachian State University, 2017
Campbell University, 2018
Catawba College, 2021
Chamberlain University, 2019
Duke University, 2016
Fayetteville State University, 2015
Mars Hill University, 2019
Methodist University, 2014
North Carolina A&T State University, 2016
North Carolina Central University, 2018
Pfeiffer University, 2017
The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 2014
University of North Carolina-Charlotte, 2021
University of North Carolina-Greensboro, 2015
North Dakota
Minot State University, 2021
North Dakota State University, 2014
University of North Dakota, 2015
Ohio
Baldwin Wallace University, 2018
Case Western Reserve University, 2016
College of Mount Saint Joseph, 2014
Lourdes University, 2018
Malone University, 2015
Miami University, 2018
Mount Carmel College of Nursing, 2019
Ohio University, 2015
The Ohio State University, 2014
Ursuline College, 2015
University of Akron School of Nursing, 2018
University of Cincinnati, 2016
University of Mount Union, 2017
University of Toledo, 2017
Walsh University, 2021
Youngstown State University, 2015
Oklahoma
Langston University-Tulsa, 2018
Northwestern Oklahoma State University, 2014
Oklahoma Baptist University, 2014
Oklahoma Wesleyan University, 2016
Oral Roberts University, 2021
Saint Gregory's University, 2015
Southern Nazarene University, 2021
The University of Tulsa, 2017
University of Oklahoma, 2021
Oregon
Linfield College, 2014
Oregon Health and Science University, 2016
Pennsylvania
Bloomsburg University, 2014
Duquesne University, 2014
Gannon University, 2016
Holy Family University, 2017
La Salle University, 2015
Misericordia University, 2015
Robert Morris University, 2015
Saint Francis University, 2018
Temple University, 2017
University of Pittsburgh, 2014
University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, 2019
University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, 2017
Waynesburg University, 2021
Widener University, 2019
Wilkes University, 2021
Rhode Island
University of Rhode Island, 2018
South Carolina
Anderson University, 2015
Clemson University, 2014
Medical University of South Carolina, 2014
University of South Carolina, 2016
University of South Carolina Beaufort, 2014
South Dakota
Dakota Wesleyan University, 2019
Mount Marty University, 2021
South Dakota State University, 2015
University of Sioux Falls, 2016
University of South Dakota, 2017
Tennessee
Austin Peay State University, 2017
Belmont University School of Nursing, 2018
Carson Newman University, 2018
Christian Brothers University, 2021
East Tennessee State University, 2015
King University, 2021
South College, 2019
Tusculum University, 2019
Union University, 2021
University of Memphis, 2016
University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, 2014
University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 2014
University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 2014
Vanderbilt University, 2014
Texas
Angelo State University, 2016
Baylor University, 2014
Lamar University, 2015
Patty Hanks Shelton School of Nursing, 2021
Sam Houston State University, 2014
Schreiner University, 2019
Tarleton State University, 2019
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, 2014
Texas A&M University-Texarkana, 2019
Texas Christian University, 2015
Texas Lutheran University, 2017
Texas State University, 2015
Texas Tech University, 2018
Texas Wesleyan University, 2019
Texas Women's University, 2016
UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing, 2018
University of Texas-Austin, 2014
University of Texas Medical Branch, 2015
University of Texas-Pan American, 2014
University of Texas at Tyler, 2018
Utah
Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions, 2016
Southern Utah University, 2014
University of Utah, 2014
Westminster College, 2015
Virginia
Bon Secours Memorial College of Nursing, 2019
Eastern Mennonite University, 2016
Emory & Henry College, 2021
George Washington University, 2014
Hampton University, 2014
James Madison University, 2014
Longwood University, 2015
Old Dominion University, 2015
The University of Virginia's College at Wise, 2017
Shenandoah University, 2021
University of Mary Washington, 2019
University of Virginia, 2014
Virginia Commonwealth University, 2014
Vermont
Castleton State College, 2014
Norwich University, 2017
Southern Vermont College, 2017
University of Vermont, 2014
Washington
Bellevue College, 2016
Gonzaga University, 2017
Pacific Lutheran University, 2021
Seattle University, 2014
Washington State University, 2015
West Virginia
Fairmont State University, 2019
Shepherd University, 2014
West Liberty University, 2015
West Virginia University, 2017
West Virginia University Institute of Technology, 2017
West Virginia University Potomac State College, 2019
West Virginia Wesleyan College, 2019
Wheeling Jesuit University, 2016
Wisconsin
Carroll University, 2014
Carthage College, 2017
Concordia University Wisconsin, 2018
Herzing University, 2021
Herzing University-Kenosha, 2019
Marquette University, 2014
University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2015
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2017
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 2014
University of Wisconsin-Parkside, 2019
Viterbo University, 2017
Wyoming
University of Wyoming