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Jackie Joyner-Kersee named 2023 commencement speaker

Photo caption: Jackie Joyner-Kersee (credit: Wikimedia/Ash Carter) Six-time Olympic medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee will serve as the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s commencement speaker Saturday, May 13, at 9:30 a.m. in Memorial Stadium. Competing in four different Olympic games in track and field, Joyner-Kersee is the first woman to win back-to-back gold medals in the heptathlon and … Jackie Joyner-Kersee named 2023 commencement speaker Read More »

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