Class of 2015 Welcome to the Profession Ceremony

Over 300 people including School of Pharmacy students, faculty, staff, family, and friends gathered in Hogness Auditorium on Monday, September 26th 2011 for the annual Welcome to the Profession Ceremony. New pharmacy students donned their white coats and recited their class pledge. 

Welcome Class of 2015!

The Journey Begins for the Class of 2015

The UWSOP Class of 2015 started their four year journey at their week long orientation on Monday, September 19^th. During this orientation students meet the each other and the faculty, learn more about the profession of pharmacy and have the opportunity hear about different experiences the UWSOP has in store for them.  At the Pharmers Market on Wednesday, September 21^st at the Center of Urban Horticulture, the class of 2015 met upperclassmen who are leaders in the many professional organizations offered at our school. There they discussed the importance of getting involved in professional organizations and how participation in these organizations helps shape you to become a better practitioner. 

Here are some pictures from the Pharmers Market

UPPOW IPSF Chapter Welcomes Exchange Student: Maria Lineth Perez Rodriguez

Crystal Jensen, UPPOW’s APhA-ASP/IPSF Jr. Liaison wrote submitted this article for our APhA-ASP Region 7 Newsletter:

As we have for some time now we were able to have an IPSF exchange student in Seattle for a month; a little off of tradition which is during spring quarter, we had her here from mid-July to mid-August. Her name is Lineth and she comes from the University of Costa Rica, San Jose. She came to us very knowledgeable as she was in her last semester of study and was well prepared for her time here. Over the course of the 4 weeks she was here she spent fairly equal amounts of time at University of Washington Medical Center, SeaMar Community Pharmacy, and Swedish Medical Center with a little stint at a Fred Meyer Pharmacy. All in all, she got an experience in American style pharmacy that even I am a little envious of and she said she learned a great deal while doing these mini rotations; she also said she felt a tad bit more prepared for her hospital rotations, which she started 2 days after she got home!

Aside from all the work she did she was able to get out and have some fun too. We had a little welcoming get together with a group of UWSOP students, she had a couple days here and there to explore the city herself, I was able to take her out for a few Seattle style meals and out to see the whales off Orcas Island, she spent a couple days with other IPSF members getting up to Mt. Rainer and out on the water at Lake Washington, and she said she had a great time with her housing host who took her out to the Space Needle. According to her she had a great time and according to me it was a pleasure having her here. I look forward to next year’s exchange student, or two, and hope someone from here can enjoy one of these experiences somewhere as well.