A White Coat ceremony at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine celebrated the new students in the Class of 2027, who began pursuing medical degrees to care for the people of central and southern Illinois and beyond.
Congratulations and good luck to local residents Matthew Carroll, of Bourbonnais, and Kymberly Harrington, of New Lenox.
During the August 11 event in Carbondale’s Shryock Auditorium, students received white coats to begin their journeys in becoming physicians. The students spend the first year of training on the Carbondale campus and years two – four in Springfield. (Eight students in the Lincoln Scholars program spend all four years downstate.)
The White Coat Ceremony is designed to establish a commitment to professionalism and empathy in medicine and takes place at most U.S. medical schools each fall.