The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) CURE Scholars Program welcomed a sixth cohort of scholars to the program Oct. 10 with its annual White Coat Ceremony.
The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) CURE Scholars Program welcomed a sixth cohort of scholars to the program Oct. 10 with its annual White Coat Ceremony. This year’s ceremony was special for a couple of reasons.
First, rather than having the 26 new sixth-graders all together to receive their coats with a traditional ceremony, the scholars connected with one another virtually. Second, this year’s White Coat Ceremony marked the program’s fifth anniversary of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education and mentorship.
Even though they were connected via computer screen, the scholars, teachers, mentors, and everyone else involved with the program came together to celebrate this major milestone.
“As CURE celebrates its fifth anniversary, we are engaging with the scholars in an ever-changing world,” says Gia Grier McGinnis, DrPH, MS, executive director of the CURE Scholars Program. “We see this ceremony as a turning point in the program where we will build upon the tremendous work of years before and look ahead to how we have to evolve to navigate the program’s future growth and societal changes happening around it.”