March 7

The ACPHS women's basketball team defeated Berkeley College (NJ) 60-54 to win the USCAA Division II National Championship on Saturday. In defeating No. 5-seeded Berkeley, the No. 3-seeded Panthers avenged a three point loss to the Knights earlier this year. Alyson Johnson scored a game-high 19 points for the Panthers and was named tournament MVP. The win marks the school's first ever national championship in any sport. 

Interim Provost John Denio received the Phi Lambda Sigma (PLS) Outstanding Chapter Advisor Award at the recently concluded APhA Annual Meeting and Exposition. This national award recognizes an advisor of a PLS chapter who has promoted student leadership, actively contributed to the achievements of his/her local chapter, and served as a leader and mentor. Phi Lambda Sigma is the national pharmacy leadership society; there are 104 PLS chapters throughout the U.S. and abroad.

The APhA-ASP chapter on the Vermont Campus held their annual fundraising auction last week. Assistant Professor Clayton English served as the auctioneer and, judging by the results, did a terrific job. The event wound up raising more than $2,600 (the highest single bid was $320 which was a dinner for six students with Drs. Zarbock, Biddle, and Sutton). The money raised will help fund student travel to future APhA meeting and conventions.

Associate Professor of History Dan d'Oney organized a panel discussion for the American Historical Association's (AHA) annual conference in New Orleans. Dr. d'Oney also presented a paper as part of the session which was titled "To Swim in Strange Waters: Memory, Ecology, and Landscape in the United Houma Nation of Southeastern Louisiana." Founded in 1884, the AHA is the largest historical society in the U.S. Approximately 5,000 scholars from around the world attend the organization's annual meeting. 

On Thursday, March 7, the College will be hosting a unique event called "The Science of the Meditation." The discussion will be led by two individuals with very different backgrounds: Gaelle Desbordes is a Harvard researcher who studies the effects of meditation on the brain, and Lama Karma Drodhul is a Tibetan Buddhist meditation teacher from Woodstock, NY. The event will take place at 7:00 p.m. in the ACPHS Student Center. It is being jointly sponsored by the ACPHS Contemplative Science and Health Initiative, the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and the Department of Humanities and Communication.