Brody welcomes Class of 2012

GREENVILLE, N.C. (8/15/08)--Seventy-six new medical students capped their first week at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University today as they received their symbolic white coats.  

This class is the largest in school history, topping last year's 73 entering students. As usual, all students are North Carolina residents representing 32 counties from across the state. Thirty-nine are women, 37 are men. They range in age from 20 to 32. They have degrees from 29 different schools, led by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (18), ECU (13) and N.C. State University (12). Ten students have graduate degrees.  

Greg Harris, a second-year student and president of the Medical Student Council, recalled his excitement at his own white coat ceremony. "And then biochemistry started on Monday," he said with a groan.