The mission of the Office of Professional Education is to serve students by creating an environment supportive of personal and academic growth, while maintaining records of students’ accomplishments. This office includes the Office of Student Services and the UNC/ECSU PharmD Partnership Program. Located in the same building, these divisions are managed by executive associate dean Pamela U. Joyner, EdD.

Office of Student Services

The Office of Student Services serves as the primary information resource for both prospective and current doctor of pharmacy students. The Office serves prospective students through admissions information sessions and application management, while providing services to more than five hundred current students. The Office has an in-school registrar who oversees the registration of professional students, course scheduling, verifications of enrollment and degrees, residency-for-tuition-purposes, criminal history checks, and academic progressions. This office is responsible for event planning that includes Orientation, Career Day, White Coat Ceremony, Awards Day, Family Day, and Graduation. Career counseling, tutoring, and advising are also responsibilities of this office.

For more information, please e-mail pharmacystudentservices@unc.edu or call 919-966-9429.

UNC/ECSU Doctor of Pharmacy Partnership Program

The UNC/ECSU Doctor of Pharmacy Partnership Program was established by the North Carolina legislature with three goals in mind.

• To increase the number of pharmacy graduates from the University of North Carolina system
• To increase the number of pharmacists practicing in underserved areas of the state, particularly in northeastern North Carolina
• To develop a workforce of pharmacy practitioners and educators that reflects the ethnic and cultural diversity of the citizens of the state

These goals are being pursued through an interinstitutional collaboration between the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and Elizabeth City State University. Students are admitted into a single accredited degree program through a single admission process with the participation of faculty representing both campuses. Upon completion of degree requirements, students receive a doctor of pharmacy from UNC-Chapel Hill with acknowlegement of the partnership with ECSU. 

For more information contact Carla White Harris, director of UNC-Chapel Hill/ECSU PharmD Partnership Program, at carla_whiteharris@unc.edu or 919-966-7571.

Faculty

Wendy Cox, PharmD, Assistant Dean for Professional Education

Pamela Joyner, EdD, MS Pharm, Executive Associate Dean for Professional Education, Clinical Associate Professor