Summer 2011 - Western University of Health Sciences

Photo top left to right: Jacob Arslanian, Felicia Molina, Michael Trillaines, Charles Lam,Van Nguyen, Castor Phan, Pauline Phan, Richard Garcia and Dennis Ancheta.Photo bottom left to right: Students Michael Trillaines, Charles Lam, Dennis Ancheta,Pauline Phan, Richard Garcia, Felicia Molina, alumnus and Target representatives RabinOmrani, PharmD ’06, Target representative Dina Liswi, alumna and Targetrepresentative Jeannie Loi, PharmD ’10, students Jacob Arslanian, Van Nguyen, CastorPhan and Dr. Janice Hoffman.Phi Lambda SigmaHarnessing the Leader WithinBy Michael Trillanes, PharmD ’13Phi Lambda Sigma (PLS) is a national leadership society thathonors leaders and advocates for the career of pharmacy. InDecember 2010, the PLS Gamma Nu Chapter at WesternUinducted new members based ontheir leadership skills and activitiesthroughout the past year. The goalfor the chapter is to inspire others tobe leaders and to establish a strongfoundation to grow as a leader. InFebruary, PLS members took part inan outreach event at Cal PolyPomona where they spoke to prepharmacystudents, giving adviceand information about the path tobecoming a pharmacist.Additionally, PLS has continuedtheir collaboration with Target witha lecture module entitled, “How toSell Yourself in an Interview.” Thismodule included very important tipsfor interviews including verbal andnonverbal communication as well asskits to emulate real interviews.While spring semester was great, fall semester will prove to beeven more exciting. With the Class of 2015 starting class inAugust, PLS is hard at work creating events for the fallsemester, which are geared towards the incoming class. PLSwill continue to work towards their goal of leadershipadvocacy by encouraging the incoming class to harness theirown leadership potential early on in their careers.8 | RxBound WesternU, College of Pharmacy