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College of PharmacyStudent CouncilEnd of the Year Report

2009-2010

Preface

Students, Faculty Advisors, and Staff,

Thank you for dedicating your time and hard work toward another successful year for the College of Pharmacy. The success of our numerous Student Organizations would not be possible without you. Although this report does not cover every event we have done as a College this year, it highlights many of our accomplishments that make us so proud to be a part of the College of Pharmacy at the University of Florida. As you review this year’s report, remember that none of these events would be possible without your involvement and passion to serve your college and the community. I hope you enjoy this year in review.

Sincerely,Ellen CvejanovichStudent Council Historian-2010

UF College of Pharmacy


Mortar and Pestle Awards

• This event was held at Kanapaha Botanical Gardens.

• Awards were presented to outstanding students and faculty for their achievements throughout the year.


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COP Formal

• The Casino Royale Spring Formal was held March 20, 2010. It was a great night filled with food, entertainment, music and a Blackjack Tournament!

• The event raised $600 which was split between the 1PD and 2PD classes


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Altrusa House

• ASCP continued its tradition of celebrating Valentine's Day with Altrusa house, a daytime senior health care facility in Gainesville.

• They made individual Valentine's Day cards for the Altrusa patients, and the ASCP officers baked and decorated cupcakes.


Osteoporosis Awareness

• Supporting the National Osteoporosis Foundation and spreading the word about osteoporosis prevention with free milk and cookies!



Great Gator Health Fest

• November 21, 2009• Great Gator Health Fest continues to be one of ASP’s largest events.• This year, many booths provided vital health information and patient

counseling.• Booths included: Operation Diabetes, Operation Immunization, Heartburn

Awareness, Cholesterol Screening, What Can Your Pharmacist Do For You?, Antibiotic Resistance (FSHP), Breast Cancer Awareness (KE), Senior Living (ASCP)



Cultural Dinner

• Students and faculty enjoyed an evening of delicious food and talent, organized by ASP-IPSF members. All proceeds raised from the evening, benefited College of Pharmacy students traveling on Medical Mission Trips.




APhA Annual Meeting 2010

• March 12-15, 2010• 60 members attended the APhA-ASP

Annual Meeting in Washington, DC • UF APhA-ASP Chapter won the Region

3 Award for Operation Diabetes! • Annual Meeting attendees enjoyed

events including:▫ Networking opportunities▫ Educational sessions▫ Policy discussions▫ Guest Speakers


Legislative Days

• March 23rd - March 25th 2010 in the state capital, Tallahassee• 57 Pharmacy students had the opportunity to travel to our

state capital to promote the profession of pharmacy to state representatives and senators.

• They also participated in a health fair to screen and inform legislators about various health conditions such as diabetes, high cholesterol, and osteoporosis.




Operation Diabetes• Health Literacy Series: Operation Diabetes: Pharmacy student volunteers set up

an informational table inside the Alachua County Headquarters Library in downtown Gainesville.

• Operation Diabetes Training Session: Held a class to provide students with a hands-on educational experience with insulin testing and monitoring.

• Diabetes Screening: Screened people as they walked through the Reitz Union colonnade and Shands Atrium and provided education and counseling to patients.


IPSF

• Sponsored many health outreach trips to countries such as Haiti, Dominican Republic, and Nicaragua.

• Students traveled to these countries and provided health care and medications to many underserved communities.

• Some of the trips set up mobile clinics and traveled to different sites and other trips worked with local clinics and helped with pharmacy services, such as triage, drug selection, counseling, and dispensing. Pharmacy students fundraised and collected donations for vitamins, OTCs, and prescription drugs.




Tobacco Awareness and Operation Diabetes at the Minority Association of Pre-Medical Students (MAPS) Health Fair

• Tobacco Awareness provided information about smoking cessation.

• Operation Diabetes and ASP members provided free blood glucose screening and educational materials to the patients.


Other ASP Events• Operation Immunization: Hilton Employee

Health Fair: gave information about vaccines and handed out hand-outs concerning swine flu.

• 15th Annual Senior Health Forum - Geriatrics Awareness Project and Operation Diabetes: gave out about 60 Vial of Life Packets that seniors could keep on their fridge and help improve continuity of care. Operation Diabetes provided blood sugar screenings


• American Pharmacists Month: Luncheon with proclamation by Gainesville Mayor Hanrahan, WUFT-FM radio interview, and other events

• Heartburn Awareness: Heart of Florida Asian Festival: counseled patients about Heartburn Awareness

Other ASP Events

• Tobacco Awareness: at Walgreens on Waldo road, distributed educational material

• Vial of Life for Gainesville Fire Rescue Poison Prevention Week: A Booth for Vial of Life was set up Monday-Saturday each night, and a Brown Bag was also done on Saturday.


• Career Fair : at the Reitz Union Grand Ballroom, many students attended and held interviews with companies in attendance

Other ASP Events

• Eastside High School Alcohol Awareness: the Alcohol Awareness committee promoted safe alcohol use during the students’ lunch period.

• Smooth Transitions: program to showcase the benefits of professional organizations and what to expect when beginning a career

• Geriatrics Awareness Project Brown Bag: at Shands Eastside Clinic as part of their weekly lecture series with the SHINE program



Food For Thought

• Every semester, CPFI provides free brain food, in the form of both spiritual and physical enrichment, to help students cope with the stress of final exams.





Light the Night Walk

• On October 15, 2009 FSHP volunteered to participate in this charity event to bring hope to those individuals and families battling leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma.

• Our NCFSHP & FSHP-SC GNV Team raised a grand total of $1,211.80!


Mentor Night

• November 10, 2009

• A roundtable dinner event where fifteen enthusiastic pharmacist mentors from diverse pharmacy specialties were invited to assist pharmacy students with their professional and leadership development.


Antibiotic Resistance Project

• Students had the opportunity to educate the Gainesville community about the growing public health issue of antibiotic resistance.

• FSHP raised awareness at the Great Gator Health Fest, Littlewood Elementary Health Family Night, and the Martin Luther King Center health fair.


Leadership Speakers Bureau

• FSHP received a grant which allowed them to host Michele Weizer, PharmD, BCPS.

• She discussed the importance of leadership and presented personal stories of her own leadership development to about 50 pharmacy students.


Faces of Pharmacy- Speaker Series

• FSHP invites local health-system pharmacists and residents to speak about the unique aspects of their career paths and specializations. Some speakers FSHP hosted this year were:▫ Dr. Anthony Menezes, Compounding Pharmacist and

part-owner of Westlab Compouding Pharmacy in Gainesville

▫ David M. Angaran, MS, FCCP, FASHP, Clinical Professor of Pharmacy and Assistant Director of Experiential Programs at the UF College of Pharmacy

▫ Dr. Katie Vogel-Anderson, Clinical Pharmacist at the Malcolm Randall VA Hospital

▫ And many more!




KE Convention

• KE members went to the National Convention in Indianapolis this summer.

• Our Kappa chapter won the award for Best Chapter.


Bowling for a Cure

• In the Fall semester, students gathered at Alley Gators for a fun night of bowling. The proceeds from this event were donated to the Susan G. Komen Foundation for breast cancer awareness and research.




Relay for Life

• KE members participated in this 24 hour event at Santa Fe Community College benefitting the American Cancer Society.


Founder’s Week

• April 12 – 18, 2010

• Members of Kappa Epsilon celebrated their Founder’s Week with many events, including a Barbeque Pool Party, Skate Station social, and the Kaleidoscope Banquet at the Hilton.

• The Kaleidoscope Banquet had a huge turnout with members from all four classes attending!




Kappa Psi Events

• Kappa Psi held many fun-filled events and fundraisers this year including

▫ Halloween fundraiser for Sebastian Ferrero Foundation

▫ Kappa Psi Winter Conclave

▫ Valentine's Day fundraiser for the American Heart Association

▫ Special Olympics Volunteering

▫ Luau fundraiser for Jimmy V. Cancer Research Foundation

▫ Annual Golf Tournament for the Children's Miracle

Network.



Kappa Psi Events

• Kappa Psi at their Winter Conclave


• Kappa Psi Volunteering at the Special Olympics



Phi Lambda Sigma Events

• Phi Lambda Sigma held its annual OTC medication counseling competition on April 9, 2010.

• They also held their annual team building ropes course at Lake Wauberg on February 21, 2010.




Induction Ceremony

• This Honor Society inducted new members based on outstanding academic performance.

• The ceremony included faculty speakers and was followed by a lunch.




Minority Health Fair

• April 17, 2010

• Members volunteered at the 5th Avenue Arts and Cultural Fest Minority Health Fair

• Following the health fair, they held an end-of-year picnic at Lake Wauburg.


Children’s Home Society of Florida

• March 25, 2010

• Members volunteered at the Children's Home Society of Florida.



Residency Forum

• November 20, 2009 KE and FSHP teamed up to host this event.

• This event allows students to interact with residency directors and residents to learn about the variety of post-graduate training programs available to them.


March for Babies

• March 27, 2010

• FSHP and KE raised $1,083 for the March of Dimes. Funds raised are donated to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality.


Generation Rx• First and Second year students went to

middle and high schools to give the Generation Rx presentation.

• Students discussed the dangers of inappropriate prescription drug use using an interactive presentation. Approximately 3,000 students in middle and high school were reached.

• Chipotle sponsored a free dinner for the presenters.


KE and Kappa Psi Kickball tournament

• KE and Kappa Psi joined together to participate in a charity kickball tournament.

• The proceeds benefitted the winner’s charity of choice.




Special Thanks To:

• Jenna Rhoades, Student Council President

• Jessica Parra, Student Council Secretary

• Abigail Plummer, ASP President

• Kristina Chen-Yin, ASP Historian

• Justin Roth, Kappa Psi Student Council Representative

• Natalie Wilson, FSHP President

• All of the UF COP students, faculty, and staff!


Contact Information• President: Jenna Rhoades ([email protected])

• President-Elect: Andrew Hendrickson ([email protected])

• Treasurer: Travis Allen ([email protected])

• Secretary: Jessica Parra ([email protected])

• BOCC Rep: Chris Schell ([email protected])

• GSC Rep: Analise Pavlisin ([email protected])

• Historian: Ellen Cvejanovich ([email protected])

• Homecoming Rep: Zina Butkevich ([email protected])

• Parliamentarian: Lauren Ritenbaugh([email protected])


AMCP Kim Hoang ([email protected])

ASCP Jennifer Raquipo ([email protected])

ASP Ryan Haumschild ([email protected])

CPFI George Addicott ([email protected])

FSHP Jennifer Raquipo ([email protected])

Kappa Epsilon Rebecca Freese ([email protected])

Kappa Psi Justin Roth ([email protected])

Phi Lambda Sigma Victoria Montoya([email protected])

Rho Chi Caitlin Dickens ([email protected])

SNPhA Jerrod Williams ([email protected])

Senate Rep Nicholas Carris ([email protected])

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