university advancement 2004 highlights - Western University of ...
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STATE OF THE UNIVERSITYPharmacy students practice in clinical and laboratory classrooms.COLLEGE OF PHARMACYThe College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy continued toachieve successes by students and faculty in thepast year and is looking forward to more in theyear to come.The college increased its <strong>2004</strong>-2005 enrollmentby 40 students and launched its Mid-Career Post Baccalaureate PharmD program forAmerican and/or foreign trained pharmacistswith a bachelor’s degree who wish to earn thePharmD degree. This program currently has 19students enrolled.Pharmacy college graduates continued tovalidate the college’s curriculum and outstandingwork <strong>of</strong> the faculty with stellar scores onthe national NAPLEX licensure exam. TheCalifornia Board <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy adopted theexam in <strong>2004</strong> for the first time, and as a result,<strong>Western</strong>U graduates are now compared to allpharmacy graduates nationally, rather thanonly those from California schools.The pass rate for the college’s grads has consistentlybeen over 95 percent and in the mostrecent exam, students achieved a 100 percentpassage rate, compared to a state pass rate <strong>of</strong>92.3 percent, and a national pass rate <strong>of</strong> 84.8percent. <strong>Western</strong>U pharmacy graduates scoredconsiderably above the national average. Theaverage score <strong>of</strong> <strong>Western</strong>U graduates was 101.4,compared to a state average <strong>of</strong> 95.7,6 Spring 2005 www.westernu.eduand a national average <strong>of</strong> 91.7. Theexam is divided into three parts bysubject matter, and <strong>Western</strong>U graduatesranked the highest in thestate in all three categories in themost recent exam.College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy facultyalso had something to be pleasedabout in the past year, includingobtaining several research grants.Among them was one awarded toDr. Kabir Lutfy. Dr. Lutfy, assistantpr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> pharmaceuticalsciences, received a $510,000 grantfrom the National Institute <strong>of</strong> DrugAbuse, an NIH agency, to studycocaine addiction and treatment.Work continues toward completingthe Center for DrugDevelopment, which will facilitateresearch and development in theever-growing field <strong>of</strong> pharmacology.
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