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UNLV medical school creates another graduating class — PHOTOS

UNLV medical school creates another graduating class — PHOTOS

James Clark, right, leaves with his mom Alice Shillock-Clark after the commencement and scholastic hooding ceremony of Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV, Friday, May 5, 2023, in Las Vegas. James Clark gets a hug from Carol Del Carlo, a member of Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents, after the commencement and scholastic hooding event of Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV, Friday, May 5, 2023, in Las Vegas. Vishvaas Ravikumar holds a banner as students proceed to their seats throughout the commencement and academic hooding ceremony of Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV, Friday, May 5, 2023, in Las Vegas.
The Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV commemorated another finishing class Friday.

The class took part in a graduation and scholastic hooding event at the university's Thomas & & Mack Center.

The school's very first finishing class happened in 2021. The school was called after the late Kirk Kerkorian, a Las Vegas gaming leader called the daddy of the Las Vegas megaresort.

Prior to the medical school opened, Las Vegas was the largest city in the nation without a MD-granting medical school.

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