Elias earns white coat

Reina Elias, of Bethlehem, a doctor of pharmacy student in Philadelphia College of Pharmacy at University of the Sciences, recited the Oath of a Pharmacist and received a white coat at a Sept. 22 ceremony. The event, for students in their first professional year (third year) of USciences’ six-year pharmacy program, symbolizes their dedication to the profession of pharmacy and to the care of others.

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