January 25, 2010: Patient Counseling Competition

Seventeen student pharmacists participated in this years patient counseling competition. The case was written by a faculty member. A third year student won the competition and competed at APhA Annual in Washington D.C.

January 15, 2010: Winter Mingle

This year's winter mingle was planned by UPPOW's own Annea Bodding-Long and hosted at Talaris. The theme was hollywood and the place was decked out - it even had a red carpet! The evening was a huge success and was filled with great music, food & friends. If you missed out this year - come next year and see what UPPOW has in store for you at this annual event.

January 20, 2010: Independent Pharmacy Panel Dinner

Speakers Steve Singer, Beverly Schaefer, Bill Corriston and Mike Donohue spoke to around 35 student in regards to private pharmacy ownership. The event was a huge success with a Q&A session that lasted for an hour after the speakers finished. If you have interest in pharmacy ownership stay tuned for next years event.

January 08, 2010: Pharmabridge Textbooks to Ethiopia

Speakers Peggy Odegard & Don Downing gave a presentation to chapter members about their experience delivering textbooks donated by IPSF to students at the Jimma School of pharmacy in Ethiopia. They showed pictures from their trip and recounted the lessons learned there. They also conveyed appreciation from the Jimma students to the student pharmacists at UWSOP.