Winter 2016

I’ve been asked what the best part of my job is. While I enjoy interacting with our College of Pharmacy alums and our stakeholders across many health disciplines, I truly cherish my interaction with our students. Their early professional successes, academic adventures, and leadership initiatives serve as a wonderful example to all of us.

For example, in October, three of our Pharm.D. students progressed all the way to the Elite Eight of the nationwide ACCP Clinical Pharmacy Challenge. At the ASHP Mid-Year meeting in Las Vegas, dozens of our soon-to-be graduate students will successfully interview for placement in the highly competitive post-doctoral residency program. In the spring, many of our BSPS students will embark on pharmaceutical industry internships to advance their nascent scientific careers.

Thanks to the generosity of our alumni supporters, many of our students take advantage of travel stipends to attend professional meetings nationally. In these venues, our students enhance the reputation of your College of Pharmacy as they display exceptional leadership skills, present salient information at research and clinical forums, or network successfully with colleagues. Providing and encouraging participation in these professional opportunities is a priority for us.

I encourage all of our alums to get better acquainted with our students. I am confident that you will be duly impressed!

Best wishes for the coming holiday season,

E. Paul Larrat
Dean of the URI College of Pharmacy

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