CALLING ALL ALUMNI
Preceptors Wanted The Office of Experiential Education is seeking introductory and advanced clinical placement for students, and they want to hear from you. “While we are always looking for preceptors across all pharmacy pathways in the United States and internationally, clinical or hospital placement is our biggest need,” says Laurie Briceland ’83, Assistant Dean for Pharmacy Admissions and Experiential Education. David Coriale, class of 1997, is the clinical pharmacy coordinator at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Utica, NY, and has been a preceptor for almost 15 years. “I like teaching, and I like learning,” David says. “And as a preceptor I can do both. It’s a rewarding experience and a valuable networking opportunity for the student and me.”
Help shape a student’s future and launch a professional career by becoming a preceptor today.
Some worry that precepting can be too time consuming, but David says it’s quite the contrary. “If you plan ahead, it will actually save you time,” he shares. “Most students help you in your professional practice and keep things running more efficiently.” As a preceptor, ACPHS provides you with credit vouchers which can be applied to ACPHS continuing education programs, tuition for college courses, professional licensing fees, ACPHS college bookstore purchased text books and reference guides, medical supplies and much more. Think about the guidance your preceptor afforded you as a student. This is an opportunity to be part of that tradition and pay it forward. Volunteer your time and expertise. Give back to the profession. Help train the next generation of pharmacists and stay connected to the College.
FO R M O RE INFO RM ATIO N OR TO GE T STA RTED A S A PRECEP TO R C O NTAC T Laurie Briceland laurie.briceland@acphs.edu
Michael Bette, Trustee April 11, 2013 Born in the Bronx and raised on Long Island, Michael Bette started working construction in 1959 and moved to the Capital Region in 1965 to co-manage the upstate operations of D. Fortunato, a Long Island-based contractor. Over the past 50 years, Michael Bette successfully delivered more than $8 billion worth of construction projects in New York,
Six of Bette’s seven children followed their father into the business. Like their father, all five of his sons are civil engineers. Mr. Bette served on the board of trustees at Manhattan College and Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. His son
Texas, Florida and elsewhere, including bridges, schools, luxury condos, office buildings, and health care facilities. His projects included major work at The New York World’s Fair, Empire State Plaza and numerous colleges including Siena, University at Albany and ACPHS; and many hospitals, including St. Peter’s, Ellis and Albany Medical Center.
Matthew is now a member of the ACPHS Board of Trustees. Mr. Bette was also a philanthropist, having served on the boards of Hope House and Twin Rivers Council of Boy Scouts of America. Mr. Bette is survived by his wife of 54 years, Mary Ann; seven children and 16 grandchildren. He was a dear friend of the College.
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