Gifts from alumni and friends of the MU School of Medicine help support students as they prepare to become physicians. Your generous support helps our current students receive white coats, stethoscopes, scholarships and more.

These gifts mean the world to me because it shows the wonderful support system from the alumni. I feel at home at Mizzou! Thank you for helping make my dream of becoming a doctor a reality!

Taylor Hanson, Lake St. Louis, Missouri, Class of 2023

Stethoscope Program for First-Year Medical Students

White Coat & Stethoscope Program

Your gift will help provide incoming medical students with their very first symbols of the profession, an MU branded white coat and cardiology grade stethoscope.

A gift of $100 will purchase a white coat personalized with the MU School of Medicine logo. 

A gift of $200 will provide first-year students with the universal symbol of the medical profession, the stethoscope branded with the MU Medicine logo.

A gift of $300 provides both tools of the trade for an incoming medical student.

By sponsoring this program, you will become part of the Mizzou Med tradition of supporting medical students First-year medical students will receive their tools of the trade during Orientation Week. The Medical Alumni Organization welcomes the new medical students by hosting the Stethoscope Breakfast and presenting them with their new stethoscope. To cap off their week, students will receive their  “cloaks of compassion” and pledge to uphold their profession’s highest values of care and compassion at the White Coat Ceremony.

Give to the White Coat & Stethoscope Program 

Share Words of Wisdom

We invite alumni and faculty to help us welcome our incoming class by sponsoring white coats and stethoscopes, and sharing words of wisdom. Each white coat and stethoscope will be presented with a list of sponsors and advice. Previous students have been touched by the well wishes and support of alumni who participated and encouraged by the knowledge that their future colleagues are invested in their success.

If you would like to share words of wisdom with our students in the Class of 2024, or have questions about the White Coat & Stethoscope Program, please contact Helen Oetting or call 573-882-4872.

Thank you for supporting our students on this important journey!

White Coat Program