John Forbes, PH’80, owner and manager of Medicap Pharmacy in Urbandale and an Iowa state legislator, was selected to receive the 2014 Lawrence C. and Delores M. Weaver Medal of Honor, the highest honor given by Drake University’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. As part of this honor, he delivered the 2014 Weaver Medal...
Author: Jeremy Sievers (Jeremy Sievers)
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Transferring to Drake: Donors help create competitive scholarships
The College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences recognizes that enhancing and growing scholarships is vital to the recruitment and retention of all students, including those who complete their pre-pharmacy programs elsewhere. Thanks to generous donors—like Brian Reisetter, PH’85, GR’87, and Patrick, PH’84, and Annette, AS’85, Verdun—the College is able to offer competitive scholarships to students...
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DU Something Different: CPHS alumna creates unique career path, promoting success in others
As a pharmacy student at Drake University, Melissa Murer Corrigan, PH’89, landed a job as a work study in the dean’s office. She took pride in working with pharmacy faculty and administrators, and enjoyed getting to know the staff that worked tirelessly to keep the college operating at its highest level. Dean Ronald Kluza requested...
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Three alumni with pharmacy ties receive awards from the National Alumni Association
This spring, two College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences alumni, and one longstanding partner and supporter of the college, received National Alumni Awards given by Drake’s National Alumni Association. Jack Ellis, PH’57, Kirk Hayes, AS’58, and Felix Gallagher, PH’00 were all honored for their dedication to Drake, the pharmacy profession, and their communities. Alumni Achievement...
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RaySociety – What Style Is That House? with Tom Wollan
Tuesday, June 17: RaySociety – What Style Is That House? with Tom Wollan from 3–4:30 p.m. Presented by the RaySociety – Drake University’s lifelong learning organization. For more information, contact 515-271-2120 or raysociety@drake.edu. www.drake.edu/raysociety www.facebook.com/raysocietyatdrake
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Drake celebrates faculty and staff at annual recognition event
Nearly 100 faculty and staff members were recognized for their dedication and commitment to Drake at the Drake University Spring Faculty and Staff Recognition Event on May 6.
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Pharmacy alumni updates, June 2014
Stay connected with Drake’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. Share your achievements, recent advanced degrees, births, deaths and marriages, and watch for the updates to appear in every spring and fall issue of ePharm. Achievements Donald Beste, Jr., PH’59, Clovis, Calif. received the Rodney D. Shafer Award, which acknowledges a pharmacy professional who has...
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Mary McCarthy appointed to the 2014 Japan Studies Fellowship
Mary McCarthy, associate professor of politics at Drake University, is one of three international scholars awarded the 2014 Japan Studies Fellowship at the East-West Center in Washington, D.C.
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Owens and Kash named 2014 Levitt Teacher and Mentor of the Year
Drake University faculty members Karla Kash and Craig Owens received Drake’s highest honors for teachers and mentors—the prestigious Madelyn M. Levitt Awards—at the University's undergraduate commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 18.
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Drake offers summer startup program to help students launch businesses
The Entrepreneurship Centers at Drake are excited to announce the Lorentzen New Venture Hatchery, a program aimed at fostering student startups. The program is open to all Drake University students.