Chapter News
Jan/Feb Newsletter hot off the press!
We have just released our next newsletter containing insights from our Knoxville Vice President of Public Relations, Nathan Cope, as well as highlighting our Pre-pharmacy club, and our new bus ads promoting pharmacy! Take a look! Past newsletters can be viewed here.
read moreNov/Dec Newsletter Released!
Our final newsletter of the Fall 2011 semester is now available for your reading pleasure! It features news from our chapter’s participation in Region 3′s Midyear Regional Meeting, pictures from events held during the semester, and, as always, upcoming major events for both campuses. Read it here. Take a look at all our past newsletters here.
read moreOctober Newsletter Now Available
Our October newsletter is hot off the press! Take a look! Its features include: Celebrating American Pharmacists Month, Building Your Peripheral Brain, Tournaments and Competitions, as well as major upcoming events for both campuses. Take a look at all our past newsletters here.
read moreUTHSC Flu Shot Event Featured in the Commercial Appeal!
This past Thursday, September 29, 2011, our APhA-ASP chapter, partnering with UTHSC Health Services and the Nursing School, held a campus-wide Flu Shot Event where all current students, faculty, and staff could come and get a free flu shot. Our chapter members manned shifts that spanned from 9 am to 3 pm. By the end of the last shift, we had administered 1561 total flu shots! This was truly an exceptional opportunity to not only impact the UTHSC community, but also increase the awareness of the pharmacy profession. The Commercial Appeal, the...
read more2011 Committee Showcase
Every fall semester, our chapter holds its annual Committee Showcase to give the new students a chance to meet all of our committee chairs and vice chairs. This year’s Showcase was held in the new multipurpose room across from the main lecture halls in the new pharmacy building. All our committees set up their boards and displays, introduced themselves to the first year students, and shared their vision and mission with them. This year’s showcase was one of the most successful we have had! The first year students were very...
read moreFirst Newsletter of the 2011-2012 School Year!
Our first chapter newsletter of the school year is here! It looks great – thanks to the hard work of Nathan Cope, our Vice President of Public Relations in Knoxville. We plan to send out a newsletter each month with highlights from our events, news from our chapter, and featured articles written by our staff. In this issue: Becoming an active chapter member, events for August and September and a special introduction to our chapter’s Executive Committee. Grab your copy here: Vol 1, Issue 1 – Aug/Sept...
read moreNew Pharmacy Building Dedication
About 45 years ago, a dream for a new, state of the art pharmacy building was conceived. On August 25, 2011, the University of Tennessee community celebrated the official dedication of that pharmacy building. Pharmacists, practitioners, students, contributors, and even Mayor Wharton came out to celebrate the opening of this building. Our chapter is really excited about the avenues that this building will open, not only for the education of our students, but for the impact on our community. It has been a long time coming, but it will make an...
read morePacking up the old office
Some members of the executive team recently packed up the old ASP office in preparation for its move into the new pharmacy building! How exciting!
read moreChapter Awards @ 2011 APhA Annual
Our student chapter won the award for 2009-2010 Chapter Achievement in Division A at the 2011 APhA Meeting in Seattle, WA, held in March 2011! Divisions are determined by the total enrollment of the college, with Division A consisting of schools that have more than 500 student pharmacists currently enrolled. This marks the second time that our chapter has won the Division A Award in the past 5 years. We have also won the Chapter of the Year Award, the highest honor a chapter can receive, three times since the year 2000. Additionally, our...
read more2010 APhA-ASP Region 3 Proposed Resolutions
Policy 1: Interdisciplinary Patient Care Projects APhA-ASP encourages its chapters to collaborate with other student health care professionals to develop and deliver interdisciplinary patient care projects. Policy 2: Primary Care Pharmacy Practice PhA-ASP supports the integration of pharmacists into the primary care setting for the monitoring & adjustment of chronic conditions requiring medications, as well as for patient education. Policy 3: Requirement of Tamper Resistant Prescription Blanks for Controlled...
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