Special Events

White Coat Ceremony 2009
The School of Pharmacy’s newest P1 class, consisting of 130 students, officially became student pharmacists at the Aug. 22 White Coat Ceremony at Greater Richmond Convention Center. The ceremony was preceded by an open house in the R. Blackwell Smith Jr. Building and concluded with a reception in the convention center … as well as a (false) fire alarm that interrupted but did not stop the Oath of a Pharmacy Student recitation.

Semiformal 2008
School of Pharmacy students kicked up their heels (and perhaps tried the Charleston?) at the 1920s-themed semiformal Nov. 14 at the Renaissance Conference Center in downtown Richmond. Music was provided by DJs and the school’s own flapper-for-a-night Melissa Hetzler, who also served as unofficial photo companion. (See photos for proof!) A good time, as they say, was had by all.

ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting 2008
Zeenia Galani (P3) presented a poster at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists’ 43rd Midyear Clinical Meeting in Orlando, Fla. Also at the ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting, Lauren Pierce and Holly Gurgle (both P3) provided a poster for the Student Society Showcase featuring a student chapter project. For more, visit “Student poster presentation at ASHP.”

APhA-ASP Midyear Regional Meeting 2008
VCU School of Pharmacy students attended the American Pharmacists Association-Academy of Student Pharmacists Midyear Regional Meeting (Region 2) in Pittsburgh. For more, visit "APhA-ASP: Way to represent!"

SACP: "Living with Diabetes" 2008
Nearly 20 VCU School of Pharmacy students participated in the Student Association of Community Pharmacists’ second “Living with Diabetes” program Nov. 9 at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Richmond. For more, visit "SACP reaches out to diabetic community."

ASHP Clinical Skills Competition 2008
A record 22 teams from VCU School of Pharmacy competed in the written portion of the local American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Clinical Skills Competition. For details, visit “Congratulations, ASHP Clinical Skills Competitors.”

Stallings College Bowl 2008
Fourth-year School of Pharmacy students Melissa Carroll and Toni Coe formed a winning team at the first Virginia Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists Jennifer E. Stallings College Bowl. For more information, visit “Coe and Carroll do it again.”

Drug Bee 2008
The first Phi Lambda Sigma Drug Bee attracted 21 contestants Oct. 15. Meagan Travers (P2) won the spelling competition, and Danny Jaek (P2) was runner-up.
For details, click here.

American Pharmacists Month 2008
The Virginia Academy of Student Pharmacists and Phi Lambda Sigma joined forces (and pocketbooks) to purchase an unusual kind of publicity for American Pharmacists Month in October.
For details, click here.

Remote Area Medical 2008
Fourteen VCU School of Pharmacy students and two professors hit the wilds of Wise County in July to help out with Remote Area Medical. Nearly 1,600 volunteers at the three-day event provided 5,475 services to 2,670 patients without medical insurance.
For more information, visit “Volunteers make all the difference” and “Pharmacists in the field.”

White Coat Ceremony 2008
VCU School of Pharmacy’s newest P1 class – 129 students strong – officially became student pharmacists with the traditional White Coat Ceremony Sept. 6 at Greater Richmond Convention Center.
For more information, visit “Class of 2012 dons white coats” and “Welcome, School of Pharmacy class of 2012.”