American Pharmacists Association (APhA) - Academy of
Students Pharmacists (ASP)
Improving medication use.
Advancing patient care.
Eligibility
All pharmacy students, regardless of class or GPA
Mission
To be the collective voice of pharmacy students, to provide
opportunities for professional growth, and to envision and actively
promote the future of pharmacy.
Contact
President Jen Newell at
jsnewell@gmail.com
American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists (ASHP)
Eligibility
All Students of Pharmacy
Mission
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Networking with
professionals and students within the field of pharmacy and closely
related fields, allowing communication of information necessary to
make an informed decision regarding career direction.
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Increase the knowledge
of students about careers in pharmacy practice health systems.
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Improve the
organizational and practice-focused leadership skills of students.
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Increase cooperation
among pharmacy schools, ASHP Affiliated State Chapters, and ASHP in
addressing the needs of students with respect to career information,
leadership development, and organizational involvement.
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ASHP represents
pharmacists who practice in hospitals, health maintenance
organizations, long-term care facilities, home care, and other
health care systems. The mission of pharmacists is to help people
make the best use of medicines. Assisting pharmacists in fulfilling
this mission is the primary objective of ASHP.
Contact
President Edward (Ted) Doyle at
doylet@mail.uri.edu
American Society of
Health-System Pharmacists at
http://www.ashp.org/
Kappa Psi
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Eligibility
All pharmacy students
Mission
Kappa Psi is a professional fraternity, which promotes leadership and
fellowship in pharmacy through a combination of professional,
philanthropic and social events.
Contact
Regent Jon Weiner at
jwei2325@postoffice.uri.edu
Lambda Kappa Sigma
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Eligibility
All pharmacy students
Mission
To promote the profession of pharmacy among women and advance women
within the profession by developing its members as individuals and
leaders through the support of fellow members while encouraging a high
standard of professional ethics and scholarship.
Contact
President Lisa Rodriguez at
Irod9683@postoffice.uri.edu
Phi Lambda Sigma - Pharmacy Leadership Society (PLS)
To promote future pharmacy
leaders, who are made, not born
Eligibility
Membership is by peer recognition Applicants must also: have attained
a 2.5 OPA, be an active member of APhA-ASP and be in at least
their first
professional year
Mission
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To foster and recognize leaders and
support leadership commitment
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Motivate and facilitate the acceptance
of opportunities to serve in a leadership role
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Acknowledge leadership achievement and
award membership to leaders recommended by the Society
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Develop and deliver programs and
services to assist those who desire to serve in a leadership role
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Develop and deliver programs and
services to sustain leadership commitment
Contact
Advisor Dr. Celia MacDonnell at
cmac@uri.edu
Rho Chi - Pharmacy Honor
Society
Eligibility
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Completion of 6 semesters towards a
professional degree in pharmacy
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Attainment of a 3.00 QPA in both overall
university and pharmacy coursework
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Must be in the top 20% of the class
Mission
Rho Chi is
dedicated to a dual purpose:
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Our first aim is
to promote the advancement of the pharmaceutical sciences and the
profession of pharmacy.
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Our second aim is
to foster good fellowship among
members. and indeed among pharmacists
everywhere, for it is only by
organized efforts and cooperative action that our first aim can be
accomplished.
Contact:
Advisor
Dr. Jef Bratberg at
jefbratberg@yahoo.com
President 2007 - 2008 Melissa Barigione
mbargione@mail.uri.edu
Student Leadership Council
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Eligibility
Must be a president or vice-president of a College of Pharmacy student
organization or be elected as a class representative.
Mission
To foster a sense of community in the College of Pharmacy, to promote
academic reform, to advocate health and disease prevention and to
promote political advocacy in the profession of pharmacy.
Contact
Advisor Dr. Kelly Orr at
kellyo@etal.uri.edu
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