The White Coat Ceremony is a time-honored tradition at WMed and a heartwarming rite of passage for our first-year medical students as they embark on their education and goal of becoming physicians. Students entering medical school aspire to become worthy of their white coat. For them, it symbolizes a standard of professionalism, compassion, and caring, as well as an emblem of trust they must earn from their patients.
Becoming a White Coat sponsor is particularly rewarding because you will help to inspire a student entering WMed. Sponsor donations allow each medical student to receive their first white coat, along with a stethoscope, tuning fork, reflex hammer, and apparel needed for their coursework and clinical applications. As a special added touch, sponsors can write a note of congratulations that will be placed inside the pocket of the sponsored student's white coat. Following the White Coat Ceremony, the student will receive the words of encouragement.
Become a White Coat Sponsor
The sponsorship is $500 per student. The number of sponsors is not limited as a medical student can have more than one sponsor. If you want to commit to be a future sponsor you can make a gift at any time. Please consider making the gift of a White Coat Sponsorship through the link below.
Or you can send your check payable to: WMU Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine to: Gift Processing 1903 West Michigan Avenue, Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5403. Please write, “White Coat Sponsor” in the memo section of your check.
White Coat Sponsors 2026
Thank you to our 2026 sponsors for supporting medical students in the Class of 2030. Your commitment and dedication to the success of our future physicians is to be recognized and commended. A full list of sponsors is below.
- Dr. Eric and Ms. Katie Achtyes
- Dr. Nicole Allbee and Mrs. Heather Allbee
- Dr. Robert Baker and Mrs. Lynette Baker
- Mrs. Caroline and Mr. David Bartels
- Dr. Karen and Mr. Christopher Bovid
- Dr. Kelly Brown
- Mrs. Carly Burkett
- Dr. Michael Busha
- Dr. Juanita Campbell
- Dr. Brian Cooper and Mrs. Sarah Cooper
- Mrs. Angela and Mr. Dan Crouch
- Mr. James and Mrs. Susan Culhane
- Mrs. Patricia Curtis
- Drs. Jayce and Angelo Deleon
- Dr. Greetha Dhatreeecharan
- Dr. Cheryl Dickson
- Mr. Robert and Mrs. Kathleen Dievendorf
- Mrs. Pat Dolan
- Dr. John and Mrs. Linda Dunn
- Mr. Dennis and Mrs. Deborah Engers
- Dr. Timothy Fischell
- Dr. Vaughn Folkert and Ms. Valerie Barnett
- Ms. Eileen Heisman
- Dr. Joseph Keithley and Ms. Andrea Haas
- Dr. Jeffrey and Mrs. Wendy King
- Dr. Darlene Kohrman and Mr. George Kohrman
- Dr. Philip Kroth and Dr. Laura Honch
- Dr. John Kula
- Mr. John Light, III and Mrs. Rita Light
- Dr. Mark Loehrke and Ms. Judy Johnson
- Ms. Elizabeth Lorbeer and Mr. Mike Donohoe
- Mr. Larry and Mrs. Linda Lueth
- Dr. Alec and Ms. Catherine MacDonald
- Mr. Bill and Mrs. India Manns
- Mr. Steve and Mrs. Amy McKiddy
- Dr. Lisa Miller
- Dr. Niaz Mohammad
- Dr. Mark and Mrs. Lindsey Noffsinger
- Dr. David Ohmart and Ms. Valery Ohmart
- Dr. David Overton and Ms. Kathleen McCreedy
- Dr. Carson and Mrs. Elyse Perry
- Mrs. Janene Pirbhai and Mr. Erfan Pirbhai
- Mrs. Aubrey Patino and Dr. Gustavo Patino
- Mr. Prabin and Mrs. Surangi Pradhan
- Dr. Robert and Mrs. Margo Rebar
- Drs. Michael and Kathryn Redinger
- Dr. Tom Rothstein
- Dr. Bruce Rowe
- Dr. Dale and Mrs. Ellen Rowe
- Dr. Cynthia Ruoff
- Dr. Thomas and Mrs. Debra Ryan
- Dr. PJ Schenarts
- Dr. Kahler Schuemann
- Michele Serbenski
- Mrs. Consuelo and Mr. Jeremy Shank
- Dr. Maria Sheakley and Mr. Mark Sheakley
- Ms. Ann Soukup and Mr. Michael Dombos
- Mr. Mark Stoner
- Dr. Mark Sytsma
- Dr. Prabhash Tatineni and Dr. Aparna Kanaparthi
- Dr. Susan and Mr. David Thoms
- Mr. Larry Tolbert and Ms. Meri Watkins-Tolbert
- Dr. J. Adrian Tyndall
- Mrs. Betty Upjohn Mason
- Mr. Henry Upjohn II and Martha Upjohn
- Mr. Bradley VandenBerg and Ms. Amy Upjohn
- Peter J. Wurzer
- Mrs. Bonnie and Mr. Harold Zeigler