This weekend the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign will host the largest graduating class in the university's history.
University officials have invited invited classes from August of 2019-May 2022 to participate in Saturday's ceremony. More than 6200 students are registered to attend the in-person event at Memorial stadium.
The university chancellor, Dr. Robert Jones joined ABC 7 on Thursday to discuss the weekend celebrations. Dr. Jones also talked about the Carle Illinois College of Medicine class and the developments within the school.
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