| | LEGACY OF LEADERSHIP | A love of the profession and lifelong lessons learned from her mother have led Gail Jensen, Ph.D., PT, FAPTA, dean of the Graduate School and University College, professor of physical therapy, and associate vice president of academic affairs, to fund an endowed scholarship for women in physical therapy. (Pictured above are Dean Chris Bradberry, Jensen, scholarship recipient Michelle Farrage and Acting Dean Victoria Roche.)
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| | New Program Launched | The Creighton School of Pharmacy and Health Professions Alumni Advisory Board has launched "Tomorrow’s Alumni" - a program that will offer incentives to alumni who refer individuals interested in pharmacy, occupational therapy or physical therapy clinical doctorate programs.
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| | Preserving the Past | It is reassuring, when visiting modern pharmacies, to note the ease and speed with which medications are assembled, dispensed and paid for with a swipe of a card. It is equally easy to forget that things weren’t always that way. To ensure the past is preserved, the School has plans for a pharmacy museum on campus. A Pharmacy Antiques Roadshow will be held Saturday, Sept. 22, during Alumni Weekend to raise awareness for the museum initiative.
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| | Spirit of Creighton Honoree | Pharmacy graduate Edward Saito of Honolulu received the prestigious Spirit of Creighton Award at the University's commencement ceremonies on May 12. The Spirit of Creighton Award is given annually to graduates who exemplify the best qualities of the University’s founders. Saito is pictured above with John Cernech, Ph.D., vice president for Student Life, and Creighton President Timothy R. Lannon, S.J.
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| | First Alaska OTD cohort | A group of five occupational therapy students earned their professional doctoral degrees December 2011 after completing a joint program between Creighton University and the University of Alaska Anchorage. (Four of the five graduates are pictured above with Creighton President Timothy R. Lannon, S.J.)
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| | Preceptors' Work Recognized | Douglas Pick, BSPha'83, (pictured above) co-founder of Pharmaceutical Technologies, Inc., (PTI) received the 2011 Alumni Merit Award, the School’s highest alumni honor, in September. Read more | Watch video
In addition, assistant professor Jennifer Tilleman, PharmD'02, and clinical instructors Lauren Sheehan, OTD'07, and Andreia Nebel, DPT'02, received 2011 Young Alumni Achievement Awards. Read more | Watch video
All were recognized during Alumni Weekend for their professionalism, service and work in preparing the next generation of pharmacy, PT and OT practitioners as clinical preceptors. Pick's company, PTI, takes several Creighton students each year for Drug Information (PHA 515) and Pharmacoeconomics (PHA 536) clerkships.
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| | Meet our may 2011 graduates | The world is a better place by more than 200 health professionals after the Creighton University School of Pharmacy and Health Professions held graduation ceremonies May 13-14, for the class of 2011. “We feel we provide our students not only with knowledge and skills from a professional perspective," said Dean J. Chris Bradberry, Pharm.D., "but, by virtue of the educational process, we feel the students have an extra sense of community engagement.” (Above, pharmacy graduate Natalie Van Heek of Crofton, Neb., receives her hood from Drs. Carla Christensen, left, and Karen O'Brien.)
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| | plunging into service | Whether it's diving into frigid waters as part of a "polar plunge" to benefit Special Olympics, like these brave Creighton students in the OT program in Alaska did; raising funds for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital; or engaging in community partnerships through the School's award-winning Office of Interprofessional Scholarship, Service and Education, Creighton students and faculty are very involved in service to others.
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| | Celebrating a strong bond | As members of the Creighton Pharmacy Class of 1960 returned to campus for Alumni Weekend 2010 to celebrate their 50-year reunion, they reminisced about their time at Creighton, the friendships forged, and how their education prepared them for their careers ... and for life.
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| | Graduation a family affair | Margaret Manion sat quietly, celebrating the present and reflecting on the past, as her granddaughter, Margaret (Maggie) Sleigh, walked across the stage to accept her Doctor of Pharmacy degree at Creighton University’s May 2010 commencement ceremony. Maggie had the distinction of being part of the largest graduating doctoral degree class in the history of the School of Pharmacy and Health Professions. But that’s not all that made her unique.
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