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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Volume 3 • Issue 2 | <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />
page12<br />
Paying it Forward<br />
In addition to hiring Esmeralda<br />
Downs and paying her a good salary,<br />
the Pearsons paid for her education at<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Health</strong><br />
<strong>Sciences</strong>, where she earned a PharmD<br />
degree from the College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy<br />
in <strong>2012</strong>.<br />
page 2<br />
The ray Symposium —<br />
reforming <strong>Health</strong> Care: Policy,<br />
Politics, and Patient Care<br />
Guest Speaker Joshua S. Benner, PharmD,<br />
ScD, President and CEO, RxAnte, Inc. and<br />
Visiting Scholar, The Brookings Institute<br />
page 22<br />
Commencement<br />
Keynote speaker, Michael<br />
Maddux, PharmD, FCCP, and<br />
Alumni Association<br />
representative, Donald I. Hsu,<br />
PharmD ’03, address the<br />
graduating class <strong>of</strong> <strong>2012</strong>.<br />
4 Alumni and Preceptor Pr<strong>of</strong>ile<br />
<strong>Western</strong>U Grads, Tony and Cindy Le,<br />
PharmD ’07.<br />
5 News from the Office <strong>of</strong><br />
experiential education<br />
7 GNP/ICP Golf Tournament<br />
The 10th annual – and final – Good<br />
Neighbor Pharmacy/Institute for<br />
Community Pharmacy Scholarship<br />
Golf Classic.<br />
8 CPhA Outlook<br />
9 <strong>Western</strong> States Conference<br />
Asilomar Conference Center in Pacific<br />
Grove, California, May 22-25, <strong>2012</strong>.<br />
10 <strong>Western</strong>u & CSuSB sign<br />
linkage agreement<br />
11 Alumni events<br />
March <strong>2012</strong> Alumni Dinner at “Roy’s”<br />
in Pasadena, California.<br />
14 Students in Action<br />
News from student clubs,<br />
organizations and events.<br />
20 Honor’s Day<br />
24 Objective Structured<br />
Clinical examination<br />
Clinical encounters with a standardized<br />
patient ensure that pharmacy graduates<br />
are practice-ready.<br />
25 research Spotlight<br />
Master <strong>of</strong> Science in Pharmaceutical<br />
<strong>Sciences</strong> student, John Murad and his<br />
thesis adviser, College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy<br />
Assistant Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Fadi Khasawneh,<br />
BPharm, PhD, receive prestigious award.<br />
26 The Giving Center<br />
News, notes and giving to the<br />
College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy, and Dean’s<br />
Advisory Council news.<br />
29 College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy executive<br />
in residence program<br />
30 Faculty News<br />
<strong>Western</strong>U, College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy RxBound | 1
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