UT Plans Pharmacy Week Activities

Guest speakers, community service projects, and social activities are all scheduled to draw focus to the work and contributions of pharmacists as UT students celebrate the profession through Pharmacy Week 2004. The UT observance coincides with the national Pharmacy Week Observance. Campus activities begin on Monday, Oct.25 with a presentation on "Advances in Community Pharmacy Practice" presented by Nathan Pope and continued throughout the week, concluding with a Friday evening dance, "Let's Get Phunky". Kim Penn is student chair of Pharmacy Week activities.

"Your Pharmacist: A Healthy Link to a Healthy Lifestyle."
Pharmacy Week 2004

Monday, October 25, 2004

• Noon- 1pm
  • Speaker: Nathan Pope
    • Title: "Advances in Community Pharmacy Practice"
    • Location: PHR 2.108
    • Sponsor: Walgreen's
• 3pm-6pm
  • Operation Diabetes/Blood Pressure Screening
    • Location: Walgreen's at Manchaca and Slaughter Roads
    • Sponsor: UT-ASP

Tuesday, October 26, 2004

• 12:30pm-2pm
  • Student/Faculty Professionalism Discussion on Codes of Conduct
    • Moderator: Diane Ginsberg
    • Location: PHR 2.108
    • Sponsor: Studnet Issues Committee, UT-ASP, UT-SSHP, Rho Chi, PLS, NCPA, PDC, College of Pharmacy Pharmaceutical Foundation

Wednesday, October 27, 2004

• 11am-3pm
  • Tables/Displays by Pharmacy Student Organizations on the UT West Mall
    • Booth sponsors- UT-ASP, UT-SSHP, Rho-Chi, SPRN, APSA, SNPhA, PDC, KE, MAAPS

Thursday, October 27, 2004

• 12:15pm-1:15pm
  • "I Scream, You Scream, the Deans Serve Us Ice Cream!"
    • The Deans serve Ben and Jerry's
    • Location: 2nd Floor Lobby
    • Sponsor: College of Pharmacy Pharmaceuticals Foundation

Friday, October 29, 2004

• Let's Get Phunky....Dance the Night Away!
  • Free Dance Lessons, Light Refreshments, and Fun Memoried
  • DJ Sponsored by MAAPS
  • Location: Texas Union Showroom
  • Free Admission. Dance partners welcome!
  • Sponsors: Walgreen's, MAAPS, UT-ASP/TPA, College of Pharmacy Pharmaceutical Foundation