Summer 2012 - Western University of Health Sciences
Summer 2012 - Western University of Health Sciences
Summer 2012 - Western University of Health Sciences
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Generous Support for College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy<br />
Scholarships & Student Programs<br />
Corporate and Association Support Jan. ’12 – June ’12<br />
Thanks to our corporate and association partners for their continued generosity.<br />
• $25,000 from Rite Aid for the Rite Aid Diversity Scholarship<br />
Support Fund. Pledge payment towards their $100,000<br />
endowment.<br />
• $11,000 from CVS in support <strong>of</strong> several College <strong>of</strong><br />
Pharmacy programs and events ($5000 for annual<br />
scholarships, $1000 in support <strong>of</strong> the <strong>2012</strong> Ray Symposium,<br />
and $5000 in sponsorship <strong>of</strong> the <strong>2012</strong> Commencement<br />
Banquet).<br />
• $5500 from Walgreens in support <strong>of</strong> <strong>2012</strong> Commencement<br />
Banquet ($3000) and the <strong>2012</strong> Phi Lambda Sigma Student<br />
Leadership Retreat ($2500).<br />
• $5000 from the California Korean American Pharmacists<br />
Association for the CKAPhA Scholarship Endowment Fund.<br />
• $4000 from McKesson in support <strong>of</strong> the College <strong>of</strong><br />
Pharmacy’s Pharmacy Faculty Practice Plan Fund ($3000)<br />
and the <strong>2012</strong> Towne & Gown Golf Classic ($1000).<br />
• $4000 from Albertsons/SUPERVALU in support <strong>of</strong> the <strong>2012</strong><br />
Commencement Banquet ($1000) and the College <strong>of</strong><br />
Pharmacy General Scholarship Fund ($3000).<br />
• $3500 from Ralphs in support <strong>of</strong> the <strong>2012</strong> Ray Symposium<br />
($1000) and the annual Ralphs Pharmacy Scholarship<br />
($2500).<br />
• $2000 from Glenn Etow, PharmD, President & COO <strong>of</strong><br />
Comprehensive Pharmacy Services (CPS), in support <strong>of</strong> the<br />
<strong>2012</strong> Ray Symposium.<br />
• $2000 from the Vietnamese Pharmacists Association in the<br />
U.S.A. for the VPhA Scholarship Fund.<br />
• $1000 from Walmart for the annual Walmart Pharmacy<br />
Scholarship.<br />
OptumRx Continues Support<br />
The Pomona <strong>Health</strong> Career Ladder (PHCL) program received another generous gift <strong>of</strong> $7,500 this past<br />
May <strong>2012</strong> from our generous partner at OptumRx (formerly Prescription Solutions). John Jones,<br />
Senior Vice President, Pr<strong>of</strong>essional Practice and Pharmacy Policy with OptumRx, contacted COP<br />
administration in late April with the good news that OptumRx would be able to make a gift again this<br />
year. With this gift, OptumRx has made gifts in total <strong>of</strong> $27,500 over the past two years.<br />
John Jones is a member <strong>of</strong> the College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy’s Dean’s Advisory Council, and is a former<br />
Executive in Residence at College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy as well. “We at OptumRx definitely admire your<br />
PHCL program,” Jones has said, “and we want to support it when we can.”<br />
John D. Jones, RPh, JD, FAMCP<br />
Senior Vice President, Pr<strong>of</strong>essional<br />
Practice and Pharmacy Policy<br />
OptumRx<br />
Please check out the interactive website, “Pharmacy Is Right For Me,” (www.pharmacyforme.org)<br />
launched by OptumRx. It features brief interviews with <strong>Western</strong>U College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy students and<br />
some <strong>of</strong> the PHCL ninth grade<br />
students from Pomona as well.<br />
As one <strong>of</strong> the largest pharmacy benefit managers in the United<br />
States, OptumRx specializes in the delivery, clinical<br />
management and affordability <strong>of</strong> prescription medications and<br />
consumer health products. OptumRx provides retail pharmacy<br />
network claims processing, mail order pharmaceuticals and<br />
specialty pharmaceuticals management in concert with its<br />
pharmacy benefit management programs. The company also<br />
provides retail network contracting, rebate contracting and<br />
management and clinical programs, such as step therapy,<br />
formulary management and disease/drug therapy management<br />
programs that assist customers in achieving a low-cost, highquality<br />
pharmacy benefit. ■<br />
<strong>Western</strong>U College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy students address PHCL students at a Saturday Academy.<br />
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