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MEDPREP Milestone Ceremony August 27, 2017

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MEDPREP students, faculty, family and friends are invited to to the 21st annual Shirley J. McGlinn Milestone Ceremony, taking place on Sunday August 27 at 4 p.m. in Guyon Auditorium of Morris Library on the SIU Carbondale campus. New MEDPREP students will receive their MEDPREP pin and take the MEDPREP pledge to stive for excellence, act with interity and honor, and render service to those in need. SIUC Chancellor Dr. Carlo Montemagno, as well as Dr. Wesley Robinson-McNeese SIU System Director for Diversity Initiatives, will provide messages of welcome, and student scholarship winners will be announced. A reception with light refreshments will be held immediately following the ceremony.

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