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A helping of holiday cheer is on order for UI medical and physician assistant students as they head into the semester’s final weeks. The UI Carver College of Medicine Student Government will host its second annual Holiday Feast on Thursday, Dec. 4, beginning at noon in the MERF atrium.

The bountiful table will offer a catered lunch for turkey lovers and vegetarians alike, and the event also will feature holiday entertainment by Major Grooves, the choir made up of students from the Carver College of Medicine. (more…)

For medical students, notes are usually taken, not sung. Instead of harmony, there is hematology. Gynecology over guitars. Dermatology replacing drums. But the UI Carver College of Medicine student choir Major Grooves is on a mission to add some music to the medical mix. 

“We spend so much time studying and worrying about school that it’s nice to do something productive that is relaxing at the same time,” said M2 Mark Hoegger, the group’s leader. (more…)