MEDIA ADVISORY

Graduation for the Wayne State University School of Medicine’s M.D. Class of 2023 is TUESDAY at Fox Theatre

What: The Wayne State University School of Medicine’s commencement and hooding ceremony honoring medical school’s M.D. Class of 2023 will feature greetings by university officials; a keynote address by physician-geneticist Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D., former director of the National Institutes of Health; graduate hooding; conferral of degrees and the diploma march, during which the graduates’ names will be called.

The event will also include a military officer promotion ceremony for the School of Medicine’s students entering the military after graduating.

Who: In addition to 300 new M.D. physicians earning degrees, Wayne State University faculty and staff, family and friends will cheer on our graduates.

When and Where:

Tuesday, June 6

1 to 3 p.m.

Fox Theatre

2211 Woodward Avenue, Detroit

Doors open at 11:30 a.m.