{"id":9923,"date":"2026-03-17T14:41:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T18:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/intranet\/?p=9923"},"modified":"2026-03-17T14:42:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T18:42:46","slug":"join-us-virtually-for-match-day-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/intranet\/2026\/03\/join-us-virtually-for-match-day-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Join Us Virtually for Match Day on Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9925 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/intranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/578\/2026\/03\/Coco-and-stef-match-day--300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/intranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/578\/2026\/03\/Coco-and-stef-match-day--300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/intranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/578\/2026\/03\/Coco-and-stef-match-day--1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/intranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/578\/2026\/03\/Coco-and-stef-match-day--768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/intranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/578\/2026\/03\/Coco-and-stef-match-day--1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/intranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/578\/2026\/03\/Coco-and-stef-match-day--2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/intranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/578\/2026\/03\/Coco-and-stef-match-day--600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Dear UNC School of Medicine Community,<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As Match Day approaches, anticipation is building across the School of Medicine. This day marks the transition from student to physician in training and reflects years of learning, growth, and commitment to our patients and communities.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For some members of the Class of 2026, this milestone has already arrived through early matches. We are incredibly proud of our classmates who have secured positions in their chosen specialties and are thrilled to celebrate their accomplishments alongside the rest of our class on Match Day. Their successes are a testament not only to their hard work, but also to the strength of the UNC community that helped support them along the way.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Match Day is also an opportunity to recognize the collective effort behind every student\u2019s journey. Our faculty, residents, staff, and mentors have challenged us, encouraged us, and shaped us into the physicians we are becoming. We are deeply grateful for the role each of you has played in helping us reach this point.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We invite you to join us as the Class of 2026 gathers to learn where we will continue our training. We hope you will\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/7Mozvm6aS0A\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">tune in to the livestream<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and share in this moment of celebration with our class.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Thank you for being part of our journey and for continuing to support UNC medical students.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Warmly,<\/span><\/b><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Cordelia \u201cCoco\u201d Muir and Estefan\u00eda \u201cStef\u201d Gonzales<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Student Body Co-Presidents<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">UNC School of Medicine<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear UNC School of Medicine Community,\u00a0 As Match Day approaches, anticipation is building across the School of Medicine. This day marks the transition from student to physician in training and reflects years of learning, growth, and commitment to our patients and communities.\u00a0 For some members of the Class of 2026, this milestone has already arrived &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/intranet\/2026\/03\/join-us-virtually-for-match-day-friday\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Join Us Virtually for Match Day on Friday\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":103134,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Join Us Virtually for Match Day on Friday - School of Medicine Intranet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/intranet\/2026\/03\/join-us-virtually-for-match-day-friday\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Join Us Virtually for Match Day on Friday - School of Medicine Intranet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dear UNC School of Medicine Community,\u00a0 As Match Day approaches, anticipation is building across the School of Medicine. 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