Student Activities & Events
Get involved with campus life
Connect with classmates, serve the community, pursue leadership opportunities and celebrate important milestones through student organizations, honor societies and campus traditions.
A lively campus awaits
The University boasts more than 70 student organizations, beautiful common areas to gather, study, exercise and relax, state-of-the-art lectures spaces, on-campus housing, and more!
Student organizations
The University has about 100 student organizations, ranging from student government to honor societies to interest groups to social groups.
Community service and/or service learning is an integral part of both curricular and extra-curricular activities. Student organizations fulfill their annual service requirement by participating in a number of fundraisers and events each year.
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Student honor societies
Alpha Omega Alpha
A medical honor society dedicated to the belief that we can improve care for all by recognizing high educational achievement, honoring gifted teaching, encouraging the development of leaders in academia and the community, supporting the ideals of humanism, and promoting service to others.
Virtuous Healer Honor Society (VHHS)
Recognizing NEOMED students, residents, and faculty who exemplify the attributes of the virtuous healer.
Ceremonies and events
NEOMED celebrates the many milestones in our students education while preparing to become a future health care professional. Some of these include:
White Coat Ceremony
The White Coat Ceremony celebrates an important milestone in the lives of first-year medicine students, who begin a new chapter in their journey of lifelong learning. White coats are symbolic of the professionalism that is expected of students during medical school and as physicians.
This ceremony reaffirms the community’s support of the educational process that prepares future health care professionals for practice. On this day, students pledge their commitment to their professions and to the health of the patients they will serve.
Match Day
In March, the College of Medicine celebrates with fourth-year medicine students and students across the country as they learn where they will go to receive specialty training in their chosen field.