Momentous Occasions On Sept. 11, 2007, the Ohio Pharmacists Association held the annual Licensure Ceremony for newly licensed pharmacists in Ohio. Many recent UT graduates were on hand to receive their wall certificates from the State Board of Pharmacy. UT was well represented with a contingent of faculty members and deans to welcome the graduates and offer congratulations on licensure. Also present were OPA trustee and UT alumnus Marilyn Black, and OPA foundation trustee, UT alumnus, and current Merck Professor of Clinical Pharmacy at UT, Dr. Curt Black.
OPA licensure ceremony in Columbus. Several students, faculty, and alumni from UT pose for a group picture.
Fall Convocation 2007. 126 students were awarded $108,000 in scholarships and awards at the 2007 College of Pharmacy Fall Convocation and Awards Ceremony. Dean Johnnie Early is pictured with the pharmacy student organization leaders for 2007-2008.
Professional Advancement Ceremony Dean Early sits front and center as P1 students receive white coats and portfolios.
s the new director of development for the University of Toledo College of Pharmacy, I look forward to connecting with our outstanding graduates, corporate partners and friends as we plan for the future. As the college has grown, so has the university campus. New expansion on our Health Science Campus has created an opportunity for the college to take the next step in educating our students and to meet our ever increasing classroom and lab needs. Expanding the college to the Health Science Campus will put our students closer to clinical patient care at the University Medical Center, our researchers on a health science campus and our faculty in a healthcare-focused environment.
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The core of our upcoming campaign will be a state-of-the-art facility located alongside our newly merged Colleges of Medicine and Nursing at our Health Science Campus. This facility, with a total cost of $15 million,
will be made possible by $10 million in state funding and $5 million in private support. We will involve our alumni, friends, corporations and community partners as we realize our goal to build the most complete and clinically advanced facility in the region. Beyond the building, we have committed to raising an additional $2 million for scholarship, technology and laboratory resources, which will complete our campaign for the future. Students from many diverse backgrounds compete for placement in our rigorous programs. Enhancement of our endowed scholarship funds will provide an additional $50,000 in yearly scholarship support, which will allow the college to compete for the best, brightest and most well-rounded individuals looking to make pharmacy their chosen profession. Pharmacy is a fastpaced and research-based industry. To supply the leaders in all fields of pharmacy, we must be able to provide our students with the latest in computer, laboratory and research equipment. Physically moving our college to the Health Science campus will require vast
additions to our teaching infrastructure, as we outfit our new facility for the current and future needs of the college. The UT College of Pharmacy is known as a “practitioner’s school” and as evidence of this, I am pleased to relay that UT pharmacy graduates are being sought at an ever increasing rate. UT supplies more than 20 percent of Ohio’s pharmacists. Since beginning a strategic growth initiative in 2000, we have nearly doubled our enrollment to 1,500 students, a growth of 76 percent in just seven years. As the demand for pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists continues, UT will rise to the challenge to provide these valuable healthcare practitioners. I look forward to speaking with our many engaged and interested alumni in the upcoming months. In the meantime, I’d welcome your suggestions, comments and critiques. Feel free to contact me directly at 419.530.5320, toll free at 866.848.0002 or e-mail me at eric.slough@utoledo.edu. I welcome visitors to my office in the Driscoll Alumni Center.
Eric Slough ’95 Director of Development