2025 USC Chan White Coat Ceremony

The USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy’s 2025 White Coat Ceremony formally celebrated the entrance of our incoming students into the occupational therapy profession on Friday, October 3, 2025.

The keynote address was given by Kathryn Sorensen MA ’06, OTD ’16, associate professor and academic fieldwork coordinator in the Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Colette U. Nagami OTR/L, Chair of the USC Chan Division Board of Councilors, welcomed the students into the Trojan Family.

Digital Resources

View or download the official program of the ceremony.

Photos from the 2025 White Coat Ceremony
Friday, October 3, 2025

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USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy

1540 Alcazar Street, CHP 133, Los Angeles, CA 90089-9003

ACOTE accreditation | NBCOT certification

The USC entry-level doctorate in occupational therapy (OTD) degree program (cost of attendance) is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education® (ACOTE®) of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA). The USC entry-level master’s degree program (cost of attendance) is in Accreditation–Inactive status by ACOTE®. View our program’s ACOTE® standards public data. ACOTE® c/o the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc.®, 7501 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 510E, Bethesda, MD 20814, (301) 652-AOTA, www.acoteonline.org.

Professional program graduates are eligible to sit for the national certification examination for the occupational therapist administered by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc.® (NBCOT®), nbcot.org. Program results from the NBCOT can be found online at www.nbcot.org/Educators-Folder/SchoolPerformance.