Career Fair on Feburary 24th

As you've been informed, the Pharmacy Career Fair is being held February 24th from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Several companies, representing Hospitals and Chains will be conduting on-campus interviews on that day as well. If you are interested in participating in on-campus interviews, please e-mail Patrick Campbell at Patrick.Campbell@liu.edu BY FRIDAY,JANUARY 30th, and indicate the kinds of companies you are interested in meeting with and your year in the program. We will be putting together the interview schedule and will inform you in the next week.

Please note you should wear business attire to the fair - and to your interview - and have copies of a professional CV with you to present to employers. Please contact our office if you have questions or would like to make an appointment with a counselor: 718.488.1039.We look forward to seeing you soon.

Warm regards,
Stephanie Steinberg
Director, Office of Career Services
LIU-Brooklyn Campus
718.488.3311
stephanie.steinberg@liu.edu

Spring 2009 Exam Schedule

Spring 2009 Schedule of Events

Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges

The campus committee for Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges will soon meet to review nominations.

I would like to nominate you this year and ask that you fill out the attached application and email it back to me. In addition, I would ask you to write a paragraph or two explaining what you have done that is deserving of recognition. I will use your paragraph as part of my letter of recommendation to accompany your application. If you have any questions, please email me or drop by my office.

I would ask you to return this as soon as possible and no later than Friday, January 30.

I look forward to receiving your application.

Patrick

Albany Day on March 31st

ATTN: NYS Pharmacists & Pharmacy Students!
Join us in Albany on March 31st and support your chosen profession! Pharmacists and Pharmacy Students from across the state will once again converge in Albany to meet with our Representatives and discuss current issues affecting the pharmacy profession. More information to come including PSSNY's 2009 Bills of Interest!

This message is from the Pharmacists Society of the State of New York PSSNY. Class officers will be talking to you about signing up for the bus to Albany in the coming weeks.

NCPA Scholarship Application Deadline 3/16

The National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) Foundation is pleased to announce the following scholarships for the 2009-2010 academic year:
- J.C. and Rheba Cobb Memorial Scholarship for Excellence in Government Affairs
- Neil Pruitt Sr. Memorial Scholarship for Entrepreneurism
- Presidential Scholarship for Academic and Leadership Excellence
- Willard B. Simmons Sr. Memorial Scholarship for Excellence in Pharmacy Management
- Partners in Pharmacy Scholarship
Student members of NCPA are eligible to apply for ONE of the NCPA Foundation Scholarships per academic year. The student must be enrolled in an accredited U.S. school or college of pharmacy on a full-time basis during the current academic year.

Each applicant must complete an NCPA Foundation and/or Partners in Pharmacy (PIP) scholarship application form. In addition, the following materials must be provided with the completed application:
- Official transcript reflecting coursework from the student's most recent professional semester
- Letter from a school official familiar with the student's activities
- Letter from an independent community pharmacy owner or manager, preferably an NCPA member
- Letter from the applicant to the NCPA Foundation or PIP Scholarship Awards Committee
- Resume or curriculum vitae describing the student's work and professional experience
Please visit or contact the NCPA Foundation at 800-544-7447 if you have any questions.

The NCPA Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization established in 1953 to honor former NARD Executive Secretary John W. Dargavel. Contributions to the NCPA Foundation are tax-deductible to the extent permitted under federal tax law. The Foundation supports the growth and advancement of independent community pharmacy through low-interest educational loans and scholarships to pharmacy students in need, critical research and programs to improve the success of independent pharmacy, and financial assistance to community pharmacy owners for their recovery in the event of disaster, accidents, illness, or adverse circumstances.

Spring Networking Night

P3 – P6 students are encouraged to join accomplished AMS alumni for an evening of networking, Monday, April 20th. Networking night is a fabulous opportunity to meet leaders in the profession and explore new career opportunities. For more information please contact Laurel Schumacher at (718) 488-1250.
Please continue to check this site for detailed information about the upcoming event.

APhA Offier Responsibilities

Hi Everyone,

APhA-ASP elections will be on Monday, February 2nd at 11 am in HS107.
Below is the list of positions (and responsibilities) you can run for.
In order to run for a position you must be an APhA member.
Applications will be in Dean’s Office and the deadline to submit them is Thursday 1/29/09 in the Dean’s Office or to any of the officers.
If you have any questions you can contact me at:
Jonathan.Horvath@my.liu.edu

Thank you,

Jonathan Horvath, Class of 2010
President, American Pharmacists Association-Academy of Student

APhA OFFICER POSITIONS

President-elect (MUST BE A 3rd YEAR)
-is responsible for internal affairs.
-closely assists president and other officers in carrying out all events.
-prepares house warming to welcome old and new members in the beginning of the Fall and Spring semesters.
-reserves rooms and media for chapter meetings.
-orders food and drinks, and make any other preparations for meetings.
-orders prizes for active members, patient counseling competition and other events.
-is required to attend Mid-year Regional Meeting (mid-Oct, 2009), 2009 APhA Annual Meeting & Exposition (April 3-6 San Antonio), and Summer Leadership Institute in Washington DC (July, 2009).
-Will be President sometime in the Spring of 2010

VP of Professional Affairs (3 positions)
. organizes and implements health care programs to promote pharmacy professionalism, such as
. promote American Pharmacists Month in Oct
. Writes and Organizes the:
- Operation Immunization report (due by Jan.5th to HQ)
-Operation Diabetes (due by Jan.5th)
-Heartburn Awareness (report to HQ by Jan.5th)
. Plans community events focused on the disease states mentioned above or others such as Hypertension, Hyperlipidemia, Smoking Cessation, Poison Control.
*Note each VP of Professional Affairs should focus on one main project and can work with other officers and or develop committees that can help implement the project.
There are a total of 3 VP of Professional Affairs
1) VP for Operation Immunization
2) VP for Operation Diabetes
3) VP for Heartburn Awareness

VP of IPSF (International Pharmaceutical Students Federation)
. represents student pharmacists worldwide.
. gathers information and events in IPSF by visiting the IPSF website
at http://www.blogger.com/Documents%20and%20Settings/j-horvath/Local%20Settings/Temporary%20Internet%20Files/Content.IE5/01-08/www.ipsf.org.
-Organizes WORLD AIDS DAY fundraiser and community event.
. promotes professional activities including the Neema Project, Tobacco
Alert(Smoking Cessation), Poison Control, Brook Appeal.
. promotes International Student Exchange Program (summer student exchange application due Dec 15th).
. posts stories that students have experienced with the IPSF program to inspire students to explore their life experience.

VP of Academics
. encourages scholarship application in the beginning of Fall semester.
. posts new FDA approved drug or recalled drug to students (ex: information of recent headline from pharmacist.com-Focus).
. gathers study material for distribution to members.
. works with Rho Chi to organize tutoring hours for officers and members.
. contacts company, hospital, or other specialists to provide career related seminars to students
. organizes annual patient counseling competition
. posts APhA foundation student scholarship information (application due Dec 1st).
. posts APhA Career Opportunities, such as internship and externship at HQ (application due Jan 1st).

VP of Public Relations
. works with the president to handle external affair.
. looks for sources of funding and sponsorship to bring more benefits to members.
. writes thank you letters to speakers and sponsors.
. creates and put up posters for all chapter events.
. makes class announcements to promote chapter events.
. prepares press release of major events to Doses & Notices, campus newspaper, and Student Pharmacists magazine.
. Download logos for APhA from:
. http://www.aphanet.org/AM/Template.cfm?section=APhA_Logo_Guidelines

VP of Membership
. main coordinator of Fall Membership Campaign.
. prepares and submits membership applications by last week of September.
. continually recruits members throughout the year.
. recruits new chapter officers for the academic year.
. resolves membership status problem.
. informs students of their membership benefits.
. updates members in e-mail contact and e-mail members about all chapter events.
. documents Member Participation Point System: records and maintains attendee list of all events to award the active members at the end of the academic year.

Fundraising Coordinator (2 positions)
. Coordinator for fundraising projects. The goal is to have at least two fund raising events in the coming year.
. collaborates with VP of Public Relations to look for funding and sponsors to ensure enough funds are available to support all chapter events.

Treasurer
. prepares budget kit to SGA in the beginning of the Fall semester.
. works with the Chapter President to prepare a budget proposal to Dean Brown by the end of the summer.
. maintains budget balance in the SGA account, and requests account statement from student activities office after every transaction.
. follows up with SGA on chapter funding after budget kit is submitted, to ensure that the chapter is appropriately funded.
. deposits fund from sponsors to the club account.
. handles reimbursement of all expenses.
. works with the President-elect to order food and refreshments for events.

Secretary
. attends SGA meetings on the second Thursday of every month from 5-6 p.m. in M208.
. picks up mail from the SGA office in M208
. prepares meeting minutes and the write-ups are e-mailed to officers no later than 2 weeks after a meeting.
. prepares reports of all chapter events as records.
. prepares Immunization Operation, Diabetes Operation, and Heartburn Awareness reports with VP of Professional for submission before the deadline (January 1st).
. updates documentation of all activities in a binder, including event reports, materials, and pictures.
. orders necessary stationary for office use.

Spin Coordinator
- Albany Day
- Have a proposal meeting (with all APhA members) before Mid-Year and discuss proposals that they want to be presented during Mid-Year.
- Write up proposals for Mid-Year and serve as Delegate
- Before Annual meeting discuss proposals that have been voted on during Mid-Year and see what members feel about them (put this all together and express our schools view on these proposals during annual meeting).
- Sent out emails to all APhA members on important legislative issues (summarize the ones you receive from APhA because members will not read these long emails).
- Keep a record of all the legislative activities done by APhA during the year and submit summary to national!

WEBSITE COORDINATOR
- keeps the website up to date on current chapter events
- works with officers and members to post any new information on the website
- communicates with the class webmasters on our chapters upcoming events

*All officers are recommended to attend the MRM and Annual meeting; meeting expenses are sponsored based on the budget given by the college of pharmacy.
**Although each position has specific roles, all officers are required to work together for all chapter events.

Important APhA Meeting 1/26

The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) will hold a Chapter Meeting on Monday, Jan 26th, 2009 in HS 121 at 11 a.m.
· We will review our recent activities, discuss upcoming events and fundraisers for the spring semester and how students can get more involved.
· Students interested in running for chapter officer positions will have a chance to learn about the responsibilities of each position and how they can prepare for upcoming elections.
· Food and refreshments will be served afterward.
I look forward to seeing you there!

Jonathan Horvath’10
APhA-ASP President

NACDS Internship & Scholarship Program

Due to a loss of our primary preceptor and limited staff resources, NACDS will be suspending all rotations and the NACDS Executive Residency program for the 2009-10 school year. All students who have already applied will be notified. Please assist us by updating the NACDS rotation availability in your systems.

The NACDS Foundation will continue to offer its Pharmacy Student Scholarship Program and the Howard Sternheim Summer Internship Program. Visit NACDS Foundation Howard Sternheim Internship for more information or contact Sarah Sneeringer at https://webmail.my.liu.edu/horde/imp/message.php?mailbox=INBOX&index=224# or 703-837-4278. Visit Pharmacy Student Scholarship Program for application information or contact Jennifer Sargeant at https://webmail.my.liu.edu/horde/imp/message.php?mailbox=INBOX&index=224# or 703-837-4224.

NACDS is also continuing to support the new Student Pharmacist Advocacy Competition. For more details and application information, click here or contact Sarah Sneeringer at https://webmail.my.liu.edu/horde/imp/message.php?mailbox=INBOX&index=224# or 703-837-4278.

Thank you in advance for sharing these opportunities and changes with your students!

Carolyn Steinberg
Executive Assistant
Pharmacy Affairs and Foundation
National Association of Chain Drug Stores
413 North Lee Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
703.837.4132
703.683.3587 (fax)