WELCOME to the African-American Alumni RECONNECT Reception December 8, 2006

MEET RIVERS FREDRICK, MD & JACOB YOIST, MD CLASS OF 1897 Graduating in 1897, Rivers Fredrick, MD and Jacob Yoist, MD are UIC’s earliest known African-American physician graduates. At the time, the College of Medicine was officially known as the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Chicago (“P&S” for short).

MEET ISABELLA GARNETT, MD CLASS OF 1901 Graduating in 1901, Isabella Garnett, MD is UIC’s earliest known African-American female physician graduate.

MESSAGE FROM AFRICAN-AMERICAN ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT “I am really excited to be one of this year’s recipients. I worked very hard this past year to learn as much as I could about medicine and life sciences. Your support of the minority medical students at UIC-COM means a lot to all of us. Thank you for this wonderful gift!” Senta Furman, M2 - AAASF Scholarship Recipient

MESSAGE FROM AFRICAN-AMERICAN ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT “I am grateful that this scholarship has been established since it will inspire students like me to be active when we become alumni. Knowing that there are other alumni out there who are very interested in helping current students encourages me to perform well in medical school and become a great doctor so that I may also be a role model to future students one day.” Julian Hardman, M2 -AAASF Scholarship Recipient