{"id":66146,"date":"2008-01-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/college-of-pharmacys-50th-anniversary-festivities\/"},"modified":"2008-01-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-01-09T00:00:00","slug":"college-of-pharmacys-50th-anniversary-festivities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2008\/01\/college-of-pharmacys-50th-anniversary-festivities\/","title":{"rendered":"College of Pharmacy\u2019s 50th anniversary festivities"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tFaculty, alumni, students to celebrate March 8 at Newport Marriott<\/p>\n


\n\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 January 9, 2008 \u2013 Leonard Worthen, one of the original 10 faculty members of the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s College of Pharmacy when it opened in 1957, is convinced the College\u2019s future will be even brighter than its storied past.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cThe College has always been a leader in research and its students have always been among the University\u2019s best,\u201d said Worthen, a Wakefield resident. \u201cStudents today gain a much broader, more sophisticated education, which encompasses patient care, cross-disciplinary education with other health professions, and they are exposed to a much wider range of opportunities. There is no reason why the College can\u2019t maintain its prominence for many years to come, especially as the College is about to break ground on a new $75 million home.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nWorthen will join current faculty and students, as well as alumni and former professors to celebrate the College\u2019s contributions over the past 50 years during festivities Saturday, March 8 at 6 p.m. at the Newport Marriott.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cThis will be a celebration of our past and future as we look back to our great history and look ahead to a new building, increased enrollment and exciting new challenges,\u201d said Ronald P. Jordan, interim dean. \u201cWe have 3,600 graduates, and they have had an incredibly positive influence on health care in so many ways in our state, nation and indeed our world.\u201d

\n\tCocktail hour for the black tie optional event begins at 6 p.m., followed by dinner and dancing until midnight with the popular band, Brass Attack. The Newport Marriott is located at 25 America\u2019s Cup Ave. Tickets are $100 per person. Please call Jane Giorgi in the College of Pharmacy for ticket information at 401-874-2734.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThis is the biggest event of our anniversary year,\u201d said Celia MacDonnell, clinical associate professor and chair of the anniversary celebration. \u201cWe have so many success stories to share.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tWhile most of the College\u2019s graduates have gone on to careers as community or hospital pharmacists, many have become dentists, lawyers who deal with health policy, doctors, researchers and entrepreneurs who are developing some of the most promising medicines for the treatment of such killers as cancer and heart disease.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cFor a college of our size, we are not a Big Ten school or of the same size and scope of other pharmacy schools at public and private institutions with medical schools, but we have incredible influence internationally,\u201d Jordan said. \u201cIncluding our alumni and faculty, we are leaders in retail pharmacy, drug delivery systems, patient outreach programs, natural products research, including a leading drugs-from-the sea research operation, toxicology, and disaster response.\u201d

\nJordan said the College is also a national leader in pharmaceutics\u2014developing drug dosage protocols– and pharmacoepidemiology and pharmacoeconomics. In addition, the College has expertise in infectious diseases and the hazards related to over-the-counter cold and pain medication.<\/p>\n


\nJordan said the College\u2019s own Norman Campbell, now professor emeritus and member of the 50th Anniversary Committee, has been a leader in pharmacy law and ethics. \u201cHis influence is nationwide,\u201d Jordan said.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cBut I guess the most important thing about our faculty is they have had a special talent for developing leaders,\u201d Jordan said. \u201cThat may be the reason that our graduates stand out once they earn their degrees. We consistently earn more national leadership awards from pharmacy organizations each year than do our larger counterparts. Our faculty not only develop excellent clinicians, they develop students who can lead in this tumultuous health care environment and most importantly, they develop young leaders who have a strong sense of ethics.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nPharmacy is a highly clinical, highly focused discipline, but what makes 溏心vlog免费B站 unique is its focus on student-faculty connections, Jordan said. \u201cAnd this is not just unique to our College. Our faculty and others throughout the University are here because there is something unique here at 溏心vlog免费B站\u2014call it a family dynamic if you\u2019d like. That will be one of the major themes of our celebration in March.\u201d <\/p>\n


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\nPHARMACY ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEE: Members of the 50th Anniversary committee for the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s College of Pharmacy gather recently to plan for the March 8 festivities. From left in the first row are: Nancy Tortolani, of Wyoming, R.I., Class of 1981; Jane Giorgi of Johnston, College of Pharmacy administrative assistant; Kathy Fisher of Wakefield, Class of 1971; second row, (Kathy\u2019s husband) Douglas Fisher, co-chair, Class of 1971; Celia MacDonnell of Newport, committee chair, Class of 1975; Ronald Jordan of East Greenwich, dean of the College, Class of 1976; Henry Pedro of East Greenwich, Class of 1976 and Timothy Baker of Jamestown, Class of 1976. 溏心vlog免费B站 Department of Communications and Marketing photo by Michael Salerno Photography.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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