The Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) recently announced that Stephanie F. Gardner, Pharm.D., Ed.D., dean of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Pharmacy, was elected vice president of ACPE. She will serve as a member of the ACPE Executive Committee for the 2013-2014 term.

Dean Gardner, who formerly served as a member of the Editorial Advisory Board Member for the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, was appointed to the ACPE Board of Directors by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP).

ACPE is the national agency for the accreditation of professional degree programs in pharmacy and providers of continuing pharmacy education. ACPE also offers evaluation and certification of professional degree programs internationally. The mission of the organization is to assure and advance excellence in education for the profession of pharmacy.

ACPE is an autonomous and independent agency whose Board of Directors is derived through the AACP, the American Pharmacists Association (APhA), the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP), and the American Council on Education (ACE). To learn more about ACPE visit www.acpe-accredit.org.

Congratulations to our faculty member Nicki Hilliard & our P3 student Brandi Hamilton! Dr. Hilliard was sworn in as president of the American Pharmacists Association (APhA)– Academy of Pharmacy Practice and Management and Ms. Hamilton was installed as president of the APhA-Academy of Student Pharmacists during the 2013 national convention in Los Angeles, CA. They join our UAMS alum Tery Baskin, who serves as the Association’s Treasurer.

March 4, 2013 | Congratulations to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) student pharmacists! They won the prestigious national champion award of APhA-ASP Chapter of the year. This is the fourth time the College has received the award since it was started in 2000. This award was for work done during 2011-12 under the leadership of Allison Hollis (P4). Dr. Eddie Dunn and Dr. Melanie Claborn are the ASP advisors.  Dr. Charles Born also served as an advisor during this year. Andy Roller (P3) is the current APhA-ASP president. In addition, students also won the National Patient Care Award-Operation Heart, as well as Region 6 awards for Operation Diabetes and Operation Heartburn. The APhA 2013 Conference was held March 1-4, 2013 in Los Angeles, CA.

Brandi Hamilton (P3) was installed as national president of the APhA-ASP and Dr. Nicki Hilliard was installed as president of the American Pharmacists Association (APhA)-Academy of Pharmacy Practice and Management, both for 2013-14.

Other honors included Bri Morris (P4), who is national project coordinator for the International Pharmaceutical Students Federation (IPSF), Kevin Barton (P4), who served on the standing committee for communications, and  Amy Hilliard (P2) who serves as the Region 6 representative on the National New Business Review Committee. In addition,  Brooks Tune (P2) represented UAMS in the National Patient Counseling Competition,  Bobby Glaze (P3) was awarded the National Association of Nuclear Pharmacies scholarship and Amanda Stolarz (P4) received the 2013 Rho Chi American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education First Year Graduate Fellowship.

The offerings continue to evolve four years after the first students set foot on the Northwest Arkansas satellite campus of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. The campus also hopes to begin a program in physical therapy and a residency program for internal medicine in 2014.

LITTLE ROCK – Students and faculty at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) today cut the ribbon and dedicated the 12th Street Health and Wellness Center, which will provide free health screenings and information to the minority community where the clinic is located.

Oct. 17, 2012 | A team of five University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) student pharmacists won the prestigious National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) Business Plan Competition during the organization’s annual convention on Oct. 14 in San Diego.

The College of Pharmacy received a  Million Hearts Team Up, Pressure Down public education grant of $5,000 from the National Association of Chain Drug Stores Foundation. The College is one of 15 recipients selected from nearly 70 applicant schools and colleges of pharmacy.

LITTLE ROCK – Steve Bryant, owner of Bryant’s Pharmacy and Health Care Center in Batesville, received the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy Dean’s Award for Service to the College during the Senior Honors Convocation on May 18.

Bryant received the award, given to a pharmacist, for giving his time, talent and resources to benefit and advance the UAMS College of Pharmacy and for his example of professionalism to students.