College students return to school at campuses across Memphis
UTHSC honors freshmen medical students in White Coat Ceremony
Rhodes College held Opening Convocation on Friday, Aug. 16, with 49% of freshmen ranking in the top 10 percent of their class. “This class in particular will be one of the most talented in the college’s long history,” said Carey Thompson, vice president for enrollment and communications and dean of admission. (Courtesy Rhodes College)
Across the city, college and university students are returning by the tens of thousands. Rhodes College held its Opening Convocation ceremony Friday, while 170 new medical students put on their new white coats in a ceremony at UTHSC.
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Longtime journalist Jane Roberts is a Minnesotan by birth and a Memphian by choice. She's lived and reported in the city more than two decades. She covers healthcare and higher education for The Daily Memphian.