A White Coat ceremony on Friday, August 13, celebrated the 83 men and women in the Class of 2025 pursuing a medical degree at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. A gathering of family and friends watched as the students received white coats in Carbondale’s Shryock Auditorium and began their journeys to become physicians. The learners spend the first year of training on the Carbondale campus and years 2-4 in Springfield. SIU Medicine Dean and Provost Jerry Kruse, MD, MSPH, and SIU System President Daniel Mahony, PhD, delivered remarks to the group. Matthew Winkleman, MD, Class of