At the inaugural CPHS Awards Ceremony held on April 24, 2025, the Drake University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences presented awards to three faculty members who demonstrated outstanding teaching, leadership, scholarship, service, and professional involvement over the past year within their fields.
Professors Lynn Kassel, Michael Andreski, and Richelle Williams were selected to be recognized with these distinguished awards.
Lynn Kassel, Professor of Pharmacy Practice, received the Richard Morrow Transformational Leadership Award. This award recognizes a faculty member whose transformational work has gone above and beyond. Transformational leaders focus on team building, motivation and collaboration with colleagues to accomplish change for the better. They identify a needed change, create a vision to guide the change through inspiration, and execute the change through collaboration.
Michael Andreski, Associate Professor of Social and Administrative Pharmacy, received the Hartig Distinguished Professor Award. This award recognizes a pharmacy faculty member who has distinguished him or herself in teaching, scholarship, service, or practice.
Richelle Williams, Athletic Training Program Director and Associate Professor of Athletic Training, received the C. Boyd Granberg Professional Leadership Award. This award is given to a faculty member who is committed to professional organizational leadership – both for themselves and among students.