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The best and the brightest APhA-ASP wins top honors at annual meeting In the hallowed halls of the College, it’s no secret that UIC students strive for excellence. But this past March, at the 2011 American Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting and Exposition, UIC’s APhA-ASP (Academy of Student Pharmacists) won not only the most prestigious award for its organization in COP history, but garnered the highest number of honors as well. Competing against all colleges of pharmacy in the United States, UIC-COP was awarded the 2009–10 National APhA Patient Care Chapter Achievement Award, signifying that the APhA patientcare projects, including Operation Heart, Smoking Cessation, and Project Chance, among others, set the highest standard.
In October, APhA-ASP members Amanda Seddon, left, and Shannon Pace, right, with Illinois Pharmacist Association representative Jessica Kerr, won second and first place, respectively, at the IPhA Annual Conference.
Juhae Lee
Dan Wojenski
“This could not have been accomplished without countless hours of volunteering by the APhA e-board and our 447 members,” says Sami Keca, chapter president. “Helping thousands of people in the city, state, and even internationally is no easy task, but our chapter did it. Congratulations to all!”
Juhae Lee
Additionally, the Generation Rx project, an educational program designed to increase public awareness of prescription medication abuse, placed fourth in the nation for 2010. APhA-ASP also merited regional awards for Operation Diabetes, Operation Heart, and Operation Immunization. Incidentally, UIC’s region is the largest in the United States, consisting of more than 20 colleges of pharmacy.
During the trip, Alice Lee, Ginnie Kim, Nicole Sinsabaugh, and Cassidy McDonald paid a visit to the Market Theater Gum Wall landmark in downtown Seattle.
Chapter members and advisors show off their hard-earned honor: Jan Engle, Marlowe DjuricKachlic, Prachi Shah, Amit Patel, Cassandra Clement, Amanda Seddon, Katie McCool, Samantha Keca, Daniel Wojenski, Samuel Paik, Laurie Kania, Rebecca Zaworski, Suchi Gandhi.
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