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MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE'S 2007 COMMENCEMENT AND REUNION WEEK

Monday, May 14, 2007
6 pm

Senior Class Assembly Speaker: The Honorable Harold Ford, Jr. S.S. Kresge Learning Resource Center (Lecture Halls 3&4) Meharry Medical College

Thursday, May 17, 2007    
1 pm – 4 pm




6 pm – 8 pm

Book Fair
Featuring Books Authored by Meharry Graduates
S.S. Kresge Learning Resource Center (Mezzanine)
Meharry Medical College

Nurses Reception
S.S. Kresge Learning Resource Center
(2nd Floor of Library) Meharry Medical College

Friday, May 18, 2007
1 pm – 4 pm



6 pm –9 pm




7 pm – 9:30 pm



7 pm – 9:30 pm
Book Fair
Featuring Books Authored by Meharry Graduates
S.S. Kresge Learning Resource Center (Mezzanine)
Meharry Medical College

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
Induction Banquet
Marriott Vanderbilt - Nashville
1 West End Avenue

Golden (50th ) and Above Reunion Classes
Loews Vanderbilt Plaza Hotel (Symphony Ballroom I)
2100 West End Avenue

Silver (25th) Anniversary Dinner
Loews Vanderbilt Plaza Hotel (Symphony Ballroom III)
2100 West End Avenue
Saturday, May 19, 2007
2 pm
Meharry Medical College 132nd Commencement
Speaker: Helene D. Gayle, M.D., President/CEO, CARE USA
Howard C. Gentry Center
Tennessee State University
3500 John A. Merritt Blvd.

Highlights

  • Meharry Medical College will host a Nurses Reception to recognize graduates of the nursing school, which closed its doors in 1962. The reception will be held on the campus of Meharry Medical College in S.S. Kresge Learning Resource Center, 6pm-8pm.

  • Golden Anniversary Dinner – Class of 1957

    Loews Vanderbilt Plaza Hotel (Symphony Ballroom I)
    2100 West End Avenue
    7pm – 9:30pm

  • Silver Anniversary Dinner – Class of 1982

    Loews Vanderbilt Plaza Hotel (Symphony Ballroom I)
    2100 West End Avenue
    7pm – 9:30pm

  • Meharry Medical College 132nd Commencement Ceremony

    Speaker: Helene D. Gayle, M.D., President/CEO, CARE USA
    Howard C. Gentry Center
    Tennessee State University
    3500 John A. Merritt Blvd


For additional information contact:

Janet Caldwell
615-500-0632
jcaldwell@mmc.edu
Stacey Nickens
615-775-8601
snickens@mmc.edu

Meharry Medical College is the nation’s largest private, independent historically black institution dedicated solely to educating minority and other health professionals. The College is particularly well known for its uniquely nurturing, highly effective educational programs; emerging preeminence in health disparities research; culturally sensitive, evidence-based health services; and significant contribution to the diversity of the nation’s health professions workforce. Black Issues in Higher Education’s ranking of institutions annually lists Meharry as a leading national educator of African Americans with M.D. and D.D.S. degrees, and Ph.D. degrees in the biomedical sciences.