Summer of Service
The summer is normally a quiet time for students, but not ours. Rockford students spent a good deal of time hopping from county fair to county fair doing blood pressure screenings. Specifically:
76 36 29
TOTAL
24
STEPHENSON COUNTY FAIR
Jonathan Nazari, P3, attended the IPSF World Congress in Taipei. Nazari had an opportunity to meet with UIC pharmacist/professor Dr. James Lee and UIC alum Dr. Hsiang-Wen (Margaret) Lin after they both gave talks at the conference. Dr. Lin received her PhD from the PSOP department with Dr. Simon Pickard before returning to work in Taiwan.
BOONE COUNTY FAIR TOTAL
WINNEBAGO COUNTY FAIR TOTAL
Kamila Sibiga (P4) and Joanna Kozien (P2) both won scholarships from the Knights of Dabrowski Crusade for Education. Eligibility is based on documented financial need, academic performance, and community involvement.
Kappa Psi Epsilon Rho Chapter (Rockford) This past August, brothers from the Kappa Psi Epsilon Rho Chapter traveled to Naples, Florida for the 58th Grand Council Convention where they attended meetings and workshops with collegiate and graduate brothers from all over the country. It gave members a number of ideas to bring back to the Rockford chapter. They also participated in the Medication Collection Drive with Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful, Blood Pressure Screenings at County Fairs, and the Walk to Defeat ALS!
GRAND TOTAL
patient BPs taken student hours faculty hours hours spent at the fair
329 patient BPs taken 90 student hours 51 faculty hours 47 147 54 29 24 552 180 109 95
hours spent at the fair
BPs taken student hours faculty hours hours spent at the fair
BPs taken student hours spent faculty hours spent hours spent at all three fairs
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