{"id":5536,"date":"2009-05-20T17:02:08","date_gmt":"2009-05-20T17:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/?p=5536"},"modified":"2009-05-20T17:02:08","modified_gmt":"2009-05-20T17:02:08","slug":"uri-double-major-makes-getting-an-education-a-global-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/2009\/05\/20\/uri-double-major-makes-getting-an-education-a-global-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"URI double major makes getting an education a global experience"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New URI graduate Mei Ka Fong of Huntington Station, N.Y. URI Department of Communications and Marketing photo by Nora Lewis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Huntington Station, N.Y. resident earned degrees May 17 from URI<\/h3>\n

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 May 20, 2009 \u2013 University of Rhode Island pharmacy graduate and French major Mei Ka Fong has seen the world during her time at URI.
\nFong is a resident of Huntington Station, N.Y. but was born in Macau, a region of southern China that was a Portuguese colony until 1999. She has been a globetrotter much of her life, spending time as a pharmacy intern in France, volunteering at a medical clinic in the Dominican Republic, and teaching English to children in Panama.
\nAside from the clinical experience she gained in France, much of Fong\u2019s traveling has been an offshoot of her church involvement. Fong is a member of the Long Island Alliance Church in Dix Hills, N.Y.
\nThe pharmacy program at URI is very demanding and Fong said practicing her skills helped keep her motivated. She said a January church trip to the Dominican Republic strengthened her love of pharmacy. The group included a medical outreach team, which she was able to be a part of.
\n\u201cI was able to help people and counsel them, all because I knew the medications. Doctors were asking me for my input and I really felt like part of the team,\u201d said Fong. \u201cIt showed me what I was studying for. It was an eye-opening experience.\u201d
\nFong said that her greatest accomplishment at URI will be graduating May 17 with a double major, as she will leave URI with a doctor of pharmacy degree, a bachelor\u2019s degree in French, and a 3.7 grade point average.
\nShe is a member of Rho Chi, the pharmacy honor society<\/a>, Phi Beta Kappa, a liberal arts honor society, and Pi Delta Phi, the national French honor society. She has also received the Excellence in French Studies Award from the URI Language Department. Fong was awarded numerous scholarships as well, including a Centennial Scholarship from URI, a CVS scholarship, and a URI College of Pharmacy scholarship.<\/p>\n

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