University of Tennessee APhA-ASP http://www.utasp.org Fri, 18 May 2012 23:44:47 +0000 en hourly 1 Summer Newsletter Released! http://www.utasp.org/2012/05/summer-newsletter-released/ http://www.utasp.org/2012/05/summer-newsletter-released/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 19:10:22 +0000 utaspexec http://www.utasp.org/?p=1029 School is out for the summer, and so is the Summer edition of The Syringe! Read about our chapter’s involvement in the APhA Annual Meeting in New Orleans, our annual Casino Night & Awards Banquet, our first annual Volleyball Tournament, as well as pictures from spring semester! Read it here!

Past newsletters can be viewed here.

]]> http://www.utasp.org/2012/05/summer-newsletter-released/feed/ 0 Jan/Feb Newsletter hot off the press! http://www.utasp.org/2012/02/janfeb-newsletter-hot-off-the-press/ http://www.utasp.org/2012/02/janfeb-newsletter-hot-off-the-press/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:36:09 +0000 utaspexec http://www.utasp.org/?p=1018 We have just released our next newsletter containing insights from our Knoxville Vice President of Public Relations, Nathan Cope, as well as highlighting our Pre-pharmacy club, and our new bus ads promoting pharmacy! Take a look!

Past newsletters can be viewed here.

]]> http://www.utasp.org/2012/02/janfeb-newsletter-hot-off-the-press/feed/ 0 Nov/Dec Newsletter Released! http://www.utasp.org/2011/12/novdec-newsletter-released/ http://www.utasp.org/2011/12/novdec-newsletter-released/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:45:27 +0000 utaspexec http://www.utasp.org/?p=1005 Our final newsletter of the Fall 2011 semester is now available for your reading pleasure! It features news from our chapter’s participation in Region 3′s Midyear Regional Meeting, pictures from events held during the semester, and, as always, upcoming major events for both campuses. Read it here.

Take a look at all our past newsletters here.

]]> http://www.utasp.org/2011/12/novdec-newsletter-released/feed/ 0 October Newsletter Now Available http://www.utasp.org/2011/10/october-newsletter-now-available/ http://www.utasp.org/2011/10/october-newsletter-now-available/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 05:19:41 +0000 utaspexec http://www.utasp.org/?p=959 Our October newsletter is hot off the press! Take a look! Its features include: Celebrating American Pharmacists Month, Building Your Peripheral Brain, Tournaments and Competitions, as well as major upcoming events for both campuses.

Take a look at all our past newsletters here.

]]> http://www.utasp.org/2011/10/october-newsletter-now-available/feed/ 0 UTHSC Flu Shot Event Featured in the Commercial Appeal! http://www.utasp.org/2011/10/uthsc-flu-shot-event-featured-in-the-commercial-appeal/ http://www.utasp.org/2011/10/uthsc-flu-shot-event-featured-in-the-commercial-appeal/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 05:15:37 +0000 utaspexec http://www.utasp.org/?p=957 This past Thursday, September 29, 2011, our APhA-ASP chapter, partnering with UTHSC Health Services and the Nursing School, held a campus-wide Flu Shot Event where all current students, faculty, and staff could come and get a free flu shot. Our chapter members manned shifts that spanned from 9 am to 3 pm. By the end of the last shift, we had administered 1561 total flu shots! This was truly an exceptional opportunity to not only impact the UTHSC community, but also increase the awareness of the pharmacy profession.

The Commercial Appeal, the major newspaper distributed in Memphis, featured a picture and small description of the event in the next day’s paper! Take a look through this link.

]]> http://www.utasp.org/2011/10/uthsc-flu-shot-event-featured-in-the-commercial-appeal/feed/ 0 2011 Committee Showcase http://www.utasp.org/2011/09/2011-committee-showcase/ http://www.utasp.org/2011/09/2011-committee-showcase/#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2011 02:08:25 +0000 utaspexec http://www.utasp.org/?p=811 Every fall semester, our chapter holds its annual Committee Showcase to give the new students a chance to meet all of our committee chairs and vice chairs. This year’s Showcase was held in the new multipurpose room across from the main lecture halls in the new pharmacy building. All our committees set up their boards and displays, introduced themselves to the first year students, and shared their vision and mission with them. This year’s showcase was one of the most successful we have had! The first year students were very interested and excited about partnering with our committees!

We also had a membership table set up where first year students could join AphA and our chapter. Approximately 45 students joined for the first time, making our total first year student enrollment at over 100 new members!

If this Committee Showcase is any indication of the year to come, it is going to be a great one! Let’s keep this excitement going throughout the year!

]]> http://www.utasp.org/2011/09/2011-committee-showcase/feed/ 0 First Newsletter of the 2011-2012 School Year! http://www.utasp.org/2011/08/first-newsletter-of-the-2011-2012-school-year/ http://www.utasp.org/2011/08/first-newsletter-of-the-2011-2012-school-year/#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2011 22:31:40 +0000 utaspexec http://www.utasp.org/?p=843 Our first chapter newsletter of the school year is here! It looks great – thanks to the hard work of Nathan Cope, our Vice President of Public Relations in Knoxville. We plan to send out a newsletter each month with highlights from our events, news from our chapter, and featured articles written by our staff.

In this issue: Becoming an active chapter member, events for August and September and a special introduction to our chapter’s Executive Committee.

Grab your copy here: Vol 1, Issue 1 – Aug/Sept 2011

 

 

]]> http://www.utasp.org/2011/08/first-newsletter-of-the-2011-2012-school-year/feed/ 0 New Pharmacy Building Dedication http://www.utasp.org/2011/08/new-pharmacy-building-dedication/ http://www.utasp.org/2011/08/new-pharmacy-building-dedication/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 03:03:29 +0000 utaspexec http://www.utasp.org/?p=556 About 45 years ago, a dream for a new, state of the art pharmacy building was conceived. On August 25, 2011, the University of Tennessee community celebrated the official dedication of that pharmacy building. Pharmacists, practitioners, students, contributors, and even Mayor Wharton came out to celebrate the opening of this building.

Our chapter is really excited about the avenues that this building will open, not only for the education of our students, but for the impact on our community. It has been a long time coming, but it will make an even longer impact in the future.

For more information about the new building, including a floor-by-floor layout with pictures, visit the UT College of Pharmacy’s News Page.

]]> http://www.utasp.org/2011/08/new-pharmacy-building-dedication/feed/ 0 Packing up the old office http://www.utasp.org/2011/08/packing-up-the-old-office/ http://www.utasp.org/2011/08/packing-up-the-old-office/#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2011 02:40:07 +0000 utaspexec http://localhost:8888/wordpress/?p=287 Some members of the executive team recently packed up the old ASP office in preparation for its move into the new pharmacy building! How exciting!

]]> http://www.utasp.org/2011/08/packing-up-the-old-office/feed/ 0 Chapter Awards @ 2011 APhA Annual http://www.utasp.org/2011/06/chapter-awards-2011-apha-annual/ http://www.utasp.org/2011/06/chapter-awards-2011-apha-annual/#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2011 02:08:33 +0000 utaspexec http://www.utasp.org/?p=883

Our student chapter won the award for 2009-2010 Chapter Achievement in Division A at the 2011 APhA Meeting in Seattle, WA, held in March 2011! Divisions are determined by the total enrollment of the college, with Division A consisting of schools that have more than 500 student pharmacists currently enrolled. This marks the second time that our chapter has won the Division A Award in the past 5 years. We have also won the Chapter of the Year Award, the highest honor a chapter can receive, three times since the year 2000.

Additionally, our chapter was recognized as a five star chapter by APhA-ASP, one of only four national chapters to receive this honor! This five star rating is based on individual scores in the following areas:

  • Chapter Structure
  • Chapter Programming in the Areas of:
    • Patient Care
    • Policy and Advocacy
    • Professionalism and Leadership
  • Continuous Quality Improvement over the Past 3-5 Years
  • Maintaining Minimum Requirements as Defined in the Chapter Affiliation Agreement
  • Membership Activity
  • Participation at Regional and National Meetings

UT APhA-ASP’s Operation Immunization Committee was also awarded the Region 3 Award for being great leaders in promoting and advancing pharmacy-based immunizations. Finally, our Operation Immunization, Operation Diabetes, and Heartburn Awareness committees all received Certificates of Recognition for excellent service in their respective areas.

See our feature in the UT College of Pharmacy’s May 2011 Newsletter!

What a great year for our chapter and UT pharmacy!

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