VCU Pharm.D. student first to receive VPhA’s Morgan Award
Thuy Tran, a fourth-year Pharm.D. student at VCU School of Pharmacy, is the inaugural recipient of the Harvey B. Morgan Award for Advancing Health Policy. She received the award during the 2015 Virginia Pharmacists Association Annual Convention in Williamsburg. The award, created as part of the VPhA Research & Education Foundation’s Morgan Institute Fund, was created […]
Rho Chi starting semester with a bang
VCU School of Pharmacy’s Lambda chapter of Rho Chi experienced a busy spring and is looking forward to the same this fall as the national pharmacy academic honor society hosts its first-ever student-faculty trivia competition. The competition will take place 5:30-7:30 p.m. Nov. 11 in Smith, Room 103. In a topical twist, the trivia questions […]
Class of 2015 Pharm.D. and graduate students garner end-of-year awards
SENIOR BANQUET Members of the VCU School of Pharmacy Pharm.D. class of 2015 were honored during the annual Senior Banquet, which took place May 8 at the Hilton Richmond Hotel & Spa at Short Pump. Awards were presented by Dean Joseph T. DiPiro and Tom Reinders, associate dean for admissions and student services, with […]
PPSG-crowned prince and princess rule (and raise money!)
“Queen for a Day” was a popular mid-20th century TV game show. Thanks to VCU School of Pharmacy’s Pediatric Pharmacy Student Group, the school had its own prince and princess for a day on March 31: Jeremy Stultz and Leigh Anne Gravatt. The two assistant professors gamely donned their most majestic finery, complete with crown […]
Phi Lambda Sigma makes the match with 60 sign-ups
To see more photos, click here. Sixty people signed up to “Be the Match” during on-campus presentations hosted March 25 by the Beta Nu chapter of Phi Lambda Sigma. Members of VCU School of Pharmacy’s national leadership society encouraged students to take a few minutes and sign up for the international bone marrow transplantation registry. […]
DiscoBowl boosts St. Jude donations from PDC to $50,000
See more photos from DiscoBowl 2015. The Alpha Delta chapter of Phi Delta Chi hosted regional officers in March for a Chapter Excellence and Quality Program visit. “I’m pleased to say that the results of our chapter visit were very positive,” reported VCU School of Pharmacy assistant professor Tyler Stevens. Stevens said Alpha Delta is in […]
Barden selected as APhA’s Good Government Student Pharmacist of the Year
VCU School of Pharmacy student Sarah Barden has received the American Pharmacist Association’s 2015 Good Government Student Pharmacist-of-the-Year Award. She was honored during APhA’s Annual Meeting & Exposition in San Diego, Calif., at the March 27 Political Leadership Reception and will be again during the March 30 APhA-Academy of Student Pharmacists House of Delegates final session. […]
APhA Foundation names Jafari 2015 Boyle Family Scholar
Nilofar “Nellie” Jafari, a fourth-year Pharm.D. student at VCU School of Pharmacy, has been named the Boyle Family Scholar by the American Pharmacists Association Foundation. Jafari is one of 12 pharmacy students nationwide selected as a recipient in the foundation’s 2015 Student Scholarship Program. The scholarships will be presented March 28 during the APhA-Academy of […]
SOP’s Phi Lambda Sigma chapter inducts 22
See more photos from the 2015 Phi Lambda Sigma initiation ceremony. Twenty-one second- and third-year Pharm.D. students and a faculty member have been inducted into VCU School of Pharmacy’s Beta Nu chapter of Phi Lambda Sigma. PLS is a national pharmacy leadership society that promotes leadership within the profession, especially among students. The 2015 initiation […]
VPhA hosts successful second SPPAF colloquium
Thanks to third-year Pharm.D. student Thuy Tran for providing the following report on the second Student Pharmacist Policy and Advocacy Forum Colloquium, presented Feb. 21 at the Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center. The colloquium, open to student pharmacists from across the state, took place in conjunction with Virginia Pharmacists Association’s 2015 Midyear Conference. See […]