March 14 

One of the newest organizations at the College is the student chapter of the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA). Formed just this year, the group already has 114 members. Last weekend, twenty of those members, along with Professor Michael Kane, held a bone density screening in the Rite Aid Lounge. Using factors such as genetics, history of previous fractures, and smoking/tobacco use, the students helped assess each person's risk factor for osteoporosis. 

Members of the Vermont Chapter of the Student Society of Health-System Pharmacists organized a Health Fair last weekend at the Shaw's Supermarket in Colchester. Ten students, along with faculty members Sommer Zarbock and Kristin DeBellis, participated in the bi-annual event where they performed blood glucose screenings, blood pressure readings, and medication counseling. Looking ahead, SSHP-Vermont will be assisting with the National Drug Takeback Day in April and conducting poison prevention programs for local schoolchildren.

P3 student Nick Stark has been nominated to serve a second term on the Student Pharmacist Committee of the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP). As a national representative for the organization, one of Nick's goals for the upcoming year is to work with his colleagues from other schools of pharmacy to increase awareness among student pharmacists about the exciting and constantly changing career opportunities in managed care. The first meeting of the new Committee will take place next month at the AMCP's 25th Annual Meeting in San Diego.

The on-court success of the ACPHS basketball teams was well documented this season, but you may not know that they excelled in the classroom as well. Nine men's and women's student-athletes were named USCAA Academic All-Americans for basketball at the conclusion of the season: Michael Beyer, Steven Brown, Sarah Cope, Alyson Johnson, Kelsey Johnson, Paul Nolan, Casey Redfern, Megan Serley, and John Tremblay. Congratulations!

The amount of e-mail we receive on a daily basis can be overwhelming, and it's easy to miss things (though we know that never happens with an issue of the e-Pulse). The Student Government Association has taken steps to address this situation by installing new message boards in the Student Center, Holland Building Lobby, and Princeton Classrooms to display information about upcoming campus events and activities. Be sure to check them out, and if you would like to post your own event, just e-mail sga@acphs.edu with your information compiled on a PPT slide.