Spring 2007 - Purdue College of Pharmacy - Purdue University

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NEW OPPORTUNITIES
October of 2006 was
an extremely exciting
time for the School of
Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical
Sciences.
Two dedications were
held to celebrate the
many improvements
happening to the Heine
Pharmacy Building.
CVS Pharmacy Practice Laboratory
Papatya Tankut, Vice President
of Professional Services for
CVS/pharmacy and Hanley Wheeler,
Senior Vice President of Operations
for CVS/pharmacy listen intently
as Dean Svensson elaborates
on the improvements to the
pharmacy practice laboratory
The following pages take you on the
journey of the new CVS Pharmacy
Practice Laboratory and the Hook
Drug Foundation Student Lounge.
We are pleased to offer these
remarkable spaces to our students,
and the projects would not have been
made possible without the generous
donations from our valued alumni
and friends. Please help us thank
the following individuals for their
leadership gifts used to improve our
facility which will ultimately enrich
the education and social well-being
of our students during their time on
campus: Bob and Sondra Brown;
Dick and Susan Brychell; Jim and
JeanAnne Chaney; the Estate of
Allen and Hester Wolfe Collins;
CVS/pharmacy; Jeffrey and Cheryl
Green; the Hook Drug Foundation;
Tom and Karen Jeppson; Kroger
Company; Pharma-Card, Inc.; the
Pharmacy Classes of 2004 and 2005;
the Rho Chi Pharmacy Honor Society;
Marvin and Melanie Richardson; the
Estate of William and Janet Strang;
Walgreens Company; and Bernie and
Judy Williams. We invite each of you
to explore these new spaces during
your next visit to campus.
The School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical
Sciences has been delighted
to bring you news about the progress of
the renovations to the Practice Laboratory
over the past year, and it is our
pleasure to announce the completion of
this outstanding project. With fast-forward
videos of the renovations playing
on the TV monitors throughout the lab
and standing room only, the CVS Pharmacy
Practice Laboratory was proudly
dedicated on October 26, 2006.
Demolition to the outdated laboratory
began during the spring of 2006, and
construction took place throughout the
summer in order for it to be functional
by the beginning of the fall semester.
The original laboratory, designed and
built prior to the implementation of
the PharmD program, was unable to
provide the optimal learning environment
for our students. The new space
totals 1,968 square feet—almost twice
the size of the original laboratory—and
offers cutting-edge technology to suit
the needs of our students.
“With the addition of the new CVS
Pharmacy Practice Laboratory, Purdue’s
stellar pharmacy program continues to
address and anticipate the needs of
students, their future employers, and
future patients,” issued Purdue President
Martin Jischke. “Purdue students will
have access to the best resources available
to practice and master their skills
before entering the work force.”
The $825,000 renovations for such
a remarkable facility would not have
been possible without the generous
support from our donors. The new laboratory
is named in recognition of CVS
Corporation’s $300,000 gift—the largest
single contribution to the project. “By
providing the top students in the nation
with the best resources available, we
will produce outstanding pharmacists
to be a part of our health-care future,”
remarks Hanley Wheeler, Senior Vice
President of Central Operations for
CVS/pharmacy. “Purdue shares the
same vision as CVS does,” adds Papatya
Tankut, Vice President of Professional
Services for CVS/pharmacy. “We’re
really proud to have been able to
contribute to such a good cause.”
The School also wishes to thank
Kroger Company, Pharma-Card, Inc.,
and Walgreens Company, as well as
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