Author: Becky Klein (Becky Klein)

Drake University’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (CPHS) held its annual Pinning Ceremony on Thursday, May 7, 2015. The Pinning Ceremony, a longstanding tradition for CPHS, serves as a memorable event for third year pharmacy students and health sciences majors as it marks their entry into their capstone experiences. Additionally, four prestigious awards are...

Please join family and friends for a benefit brunch honoring the life of Julie Vice Hagel, Saturday, April 25, 2015 from 9:30am – 12:00pm at Drake University – Olmsted Center, Parents Hall North RSVP by clicking this link  *Donations are requested to the Drake University Julie Vice Hagel Endowed Memorial Pharmacy Travel Award   Julie’s...

We are so proud of Yvette Mitchell and her accomplishment of placing in the Top 10 nationally for the APhA-ASP Patient Counseling Competition! She was an outstanding representative for Drake University CPHS! Also, a special congrats to APhA-ASP on winning the Top Generation Rx Program for Region 5 which covers 6 states and 8 schools...

We are thrilled to announce that the Drake Student College of Clinical Pharmacy (SCCP) is sponsoring a visit on Thursday, March 12th from Dr. William Evans, pharmacist and recently-retired president/CEO of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, in collaboration with Phi Delta Chi. Dr. Evans was one of the first clinical pharmacy residents at St. Jude,...

Drake University was recently recognized for it’s long-standing commitment to community engagement & service – learning. Feedback from the Community Engagement Audit condected fall of 2013 showed that: Over 80% of Drake students participate in a community service or service-learning experience before they graduate. More than a quarter of our courses include service-learning as a...

Laura Vollmer, 2015 PharmD candidate and winner of the Parata-Pharmacy Times Next Generation Future Pharmacist Award, has had an article published in the Pharmacy Times entitled “The Future of Pharmacy”. You can find Laura’s article on the Pharmacy Times website: http://www.pharmacytimes.com/publications/Directions-in-Pharmacy/2014/December2014/The-Future-of-Pharmacy

Recent Faculty & Student Awards and Publications Recent Publications: Craige Wrenn published a paper: C.C. Wrenn, A.M. Heitzer, A.K. Roth, L. Nawrocki and M.G. Valdovinos, Effects of clonidine and methylphenidate on motor activity in fmr1 knockout mice, Neuroscience Letters 585 (2015) 109-113. John Rovers and Aaron Beck, P3 student published a manuscript: John Gitua, Aaron...

Pneumonia, or infection of the lung(s), can be severely debilitating—even fatal—to those who are at risk. For people living with health issues such as diabetes, a heart condition, or an autoimmune disease, pneumonia can be particularly dangerous. “I think most people don’t think of pneumonia as a life-threatening disease, “ says Nicholas Lehman, assistant professor...

CPHS’s Jacqueline Chorzempa,was one of 10 recipients of the prestigious 2014 Kappa Psi Scholarship from the Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Foundation. Among Jacqueline’s other significant achievements, she was recently re-elected to serve as Historian for the six states (9 chapters) of  the NPP (Northern Plains Province) for Kappa Psi Fraternity over the next year. Congratulations Jacki!...