OXFORD, Miss. – The School of Pharmacy is encouraging all its graduates to register for Pharmacy Alumni Weekend, to be held April 4-5 in Oxford. “I am greatly looking forward to reconnecting with our alumni during Pharmacy Weekend,” said David D. Allen, the school’s dean. “It’s always a wonderful time of fun and fellowship.” CelebratingRead the story …
Pharmacy Alumni Weekend Scheduled for April 4-5
Classes of 1954, '64, '74, '84, '89, '94 and 2004 celebrating reunions
March 11, 2014 by
Planned Gift Honors Pharmacy Alumnus
Gladys Garrett pledges $100,000 to support scholarships, renovations
March 6, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Setting foot on the University of Mississippi campus brings back countless memories for Nashville native Gladys Garrett. “In the ’40s, Ole Miss was nothing like it is now, and neither was Oxford,” Garrett said. “We didn’t even have a hotel. When my husband graduated, the neighbors put his family up so theyRead the story …
UM Participates in Pharmacist Day at the Capitol
More than 60 students help raise awareness of the profession
March 6, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Students at the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy recently visited the Mississippi State Capitol to raise awareness of their chosen profession. “Pharmacist Day at the Capitol is a chance to meet with legislators and speak about pharmacy, serve the community through health screenings and to see our beautiful capitol building,” saidRead the story …
Scholarship Benefits Pharmacy Students, Honors Classmate
Car tag sales raise money for Amie Ewing Memorial Scholarship Endowment
February 27, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Nearly 10 years after University of Mississippi pharmacy student Amie Ewing was killed in a tragic accident, a memorial scholarship is honoring her legacy by supporting students. The Amie Ewing Memorial Scholarship Endowment awards $1,000 per academic year to pharmacy students exhibiting traits she exemplified while enrolled in UM’s School of Pharmacy.Read the story …
Professor Aims to Advance Education, Health Care via Leadership Group
Ashley Ellis selected as member of Leadership DeSoto Class of 2014
February 6, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Ashley Ellis, clinical assistant professor of pharmacy practice at the University of Mississippi, is serving her community in a unique way as a member of the Leadership DeSoto Class of 2014. Leadership DeSoto helps develop residents as potential leaders by enabling them to learn more about the county and its communities, saidRead the story …
West-Strum Named a Fellow of APhA
UM professor honored for exemplary service and achievements in pharmacy administration
February 4, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The American Pharmacists Association Academy of Pharmaceutical Research and Science has named University of Mississippi pharmacy professor Donna West-Strum a 2014 APhA Fellow. The designation, which is awarded to only 20 individuals annually, honors APhA members who have demonstrated exemplary service and achievements in their professional area. “I was thrilled and humbledRead the story …
A Chronic Case of the Blues
Alumni turn campus business into a music industry icon
January 7, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – In the early 1960s, some of the hottest groups booked for parties at the Pi Kappa Alpha house at Ole Miss were black rhythm and blues bands. They were brought in by the fraternity’s social chairman, Tommy Couch Sr., and Gerald “Wolf” Stephenson, then partners in Campus Attractions, a band-booking business. TheRead the story …
Pharmacy Students Organize Vitamin Angels Fundraiser
Donations will provide vitamin A to more than 4,500 children worldwide
December 21, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi pharmacy students are doing their part to help combat global malnutrition by raising funds for Vitamin Angels, a charitable organization that helps at-risk populations gain access to micronutrients. The organization’s mission is to mobilize and deploy private resources to increase availability, access to and use of these micronutrients, particularlyRead the story …
Pharmacy Students Advance to National Competition
ASHP national clinical skills competition set for Dec. 7-8
November 21, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Two University of Mississippi pharmacy students have been selected to compete in a national clinical skills competition at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists‘ Midyear Clinical Meeting, coming up Dec. 7-8 in Orlando, Fla. “Words cannot describe how excited we are,” said Jennifer Hockings, an Olive Branch native and student in herRead the story …
UM, USDA and DOD Join Forces to Protect Troops Deployed Abroad
Their mission: Neutralize threats posed by blood-feeding, disease-carrying insects
November 12, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Wherever U.S. troops are deployed, they must guard not only against their country’s human foes but also whatever Mother Nature throws at them from her well-stocked arsenal. Her weapons include a barrage of blood-feeding arthropods – mosquitoes, lice, sand flies, ticks, mites, stable flies and bed bugs – and the diseases theyRead the story …