UHSNPhA's 18th Annual Alumni & Pre-Pharmacy Dinner

 

SNPhA's 18th Annual Alumni Dinner & Pre-Pharmacy Reception was held on November 11, 2016 at the University of Houston Student Center Ballroom. This event is held every year to show appreciation to our alumni, faculty and pharmacy representative sponsors for continuously supporting and taking the time to help enrich our student member experience. The night would not have been as great without all of you and for that we would like to extend our appreciation.

Spotlights of the Night

The theme of the night was legacy, which was clearly seen by all of the alumni who came back on this night. Our key note speaker Dr. Sandra How added to this theme as she showed us what it truly means to make a legacy in our personal and professional life.

On this night we also recognized a couple of our members who have been doing great work within the organization.

Pictured above is our Pre-Pharmacy liaison Jennifer Pham being recognized for all the hard work she has put in throughout the semester. Over the past few months, she has been an active part of the chapter as she has taken part in almost every initiative and has helped encourage more Pre-Pharmacy students to be involved.

Pictured above are our Power to End Stroke chairs Julia Roh and Samantha Sangabi. Over the semester, these two have been working hard and were even recognized nationally as the top performing chapter of the month of September.

Pictured above are our Operation Immunization chairs Kristina Nguyen and Michael Mouton. Over the semester, they were nationally recognized as the top performing Operation Immunization initiative of the month for two months in a row.

Pictured above are our Alumni Dinner Coordinators Rica Alba and Nils Tran. Without their hard work the night would not have been as great as it was.

In closing, we all had a wonderful night and hope to see everyone again next year.

World Diabetes Day

November is Diabetes awareness month and November 14th is National Diabetes Day. In an effort to help spread diabetes awareness in our community, our chapter is participating in SNPhA's diabetes social media challenge. Each week during the month of November, our members will perform the given challenge and make a post on social media using the hashtag #diabetestwotypesonefight.  

Week 1: Our members along with APhA came together to make a blue circle which signifies the symbol of world diabetes awareness.  

Week 2: Our members shared their own personal patient interaction stories.

Week 3: Our members came together on November 14th for World Diabetes Day.

Week 4: Our diabetes initiative cleared up misconceptions about diabetes. 

Week 5: "Lets find a cure for diabetes" video

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Fourth General Meeting

Come and join us for our fourth and last general meeting of the fall semester. We will be having Dr. Rene Banzuelo come and talk to us.

Third General Meeting

Come out to our third general meeting of the semester on Thursday, October 27th. Our guest speaker will be Executive Consultant for the Student National Pharmaceutical Association and PGY2 Health System Pharmacy Administration Resident Dr. Joshua Blackwell.

We wear pink on Wednesdays

During the month of October UHSNPhA is supporting Breast Cancer Awareness Month on campus by wearing pink every Wednesday.