Rho Chi inducts 23 new members
VCU School of Pharmacy’s Lambda Chapter of the Rho Chi Society inducted 23 new members during its 2011 initiation ceremony.
Congratulations go to P3s Hillary Hudgins, Tam Le, Kristen O’Brien and Jessica Schad; and P2s Ryan Albert, David Allen, Batoul Almomani, Jeffrey Beall, Merid Belayneh, William Cang, Lauren Cherry, Anna Donnis, Ashley Goodrich, Julie Kaplan, Jeannie Kim, Andrew Maggard, Aisha Masood, Ruta Patel, Rose Salzberg, Seth Strawbridge, Tiffany VanDervort, Yu-Sheen Wu and Lauren Wyatt.
The April 3 ceremony included an introduction by Rho Chi induction coordinator Margaret LoPresti, president Erika Stiene and chapter advisor John Hackett, assistant professor of medicinal chemistry. Dean Victor Yanchick delivered a message to the group, and Joanne Peart, associate professor of pharmaceutics, was guest speaker.
Additional 2010-11 chapter officers are Kevin Jellerson, vice president; Adam Lefler, secretary; Ashley Darden, fundraising chairwoman; Drew Kirk, historian; and Jessica Mills, tutoring coordinator.
Officers for 2011-12 are Dave Allen, president; William Cang, vice president; Tiffany VanDervort, secretary; Ryan Albert, fundraising chairman; Andrew Maggard, historian; Lauren Cherry, induction coordinator; Merid Belayneh, tutoring coordinator, and Julie Kaplan, Inova representative..
Rho Chi, a national honor society for pharmacy, was created in 1922 by the merger of two groups that had originated five years earlier, one on the campus of the University of Michigan and the other with the American Conference of Pharmaceutical Faculties (now known as the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy). The high standards required and maintained for membership earned Rho Chi a place in the Association of College Honor Societies in 1947.
Rho Chi’s primary objective is to promote the advancement of pharmaceutical sciences by encouraging and recognizing sound scholarship. Each new member receives an octagonal Rho Chi key, the sides of which stand for pharmacy, pharmacognosy, chemistry, biology, clinical sciences, physiology, pharmacology and pharmacy administration.
For more on the Lambda Chapter and for a link to the national Rho Chi Web site, click here.
