The USC Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy Class of 2019 donned their white coats for the first time at the 2016 White Coat Ceremony on Aug. 25.

The ceremony, held on the Broad Lawn of the Health Sciences Campus, welcomed 97 future doctors of physical therapy and their families to the profession. The class of 2019 of is made up of 56 women and 41 men, hailing from 20 different states as well as China and Canada.

— Yasmine Pezeshkpour