April 21, 2006
Faculty Awards
Teva Outstanding Pharmacy Student Award
The faculty recognizes the graduating student who has attained the highest measure of scholastic achievement in the professional program.
Dale Nepert Butterfoss
Jill Aglaia Fowler
Andrea L. Fumi
GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceutical Care Award
The faculty recognizes an outstanding student for excellent performance during his or her pharmacy clerkships with special emphasis on patient relations in both health-system and community practice.
Benjamin Smith
Roche Pharmacy Communications Award
The faculty recognizes the graduating student who has excelled in the area of communications, both in the classroom and in the practice environment.
Angelynn Nicol Fox
Lilly Achievement Award
The faculty recognizes the graduating student who demonstrates superior scholastic and professional achievement.
Lauren Elizabeth Keyser
Merck Awards
The faculty recognizes three graduating students for their scholastic achievements in pharmacy studies and noteworthy achievements in pharmacy practice.
Bradley LeVar Burton
Michael Willard Teaster
Aimee Lynn Kushner-Weiner
Facts and Comparisons Award for Excellence in Clinical Communications
This award is given in recognition of the graduating student who is in the top 25 percent of the class and has demonstrated superior verbal and written clinical communication skills.
Kathryn Louveda Kiser
Mylan Award for Excellence in Pharmacy
The faculty recognizes the graduating student who is in the top 25 percent of the class, has high professional motivation, and has superior proficiency in the provision of drug information services.
Emily Steinweg Heritage
T.R. Burgiss Family Award
This award is based on a student’s personal involvement in an intervention case that best illustrates the profession of pharmacy in action. Candidates submit a paper describing their professional involvement with a patient in the area of health promotion and disease prevention.
Hazel Richardson
Ralph P. Rogers Sr. Pharmacy Administration Award
This award is given each year to a third- or fourth-year professional student who has expressed a keen interest in a career in community pharmacy and who has performed well in relevant classes. Candidates are judged on an essay they prepare, as well as relevent coursework. The award is made in honor of Ralph P. Rogers, Sr., a prominent Durham area pharmacist, and is given by his family.
Jessica Marie Nonnemacher
George H. Cocolas Pharmacy Student Body Award
The student body presents this award is to a member of the graduating class who has demonstrated the highest qualities of character, deportment, scholarship, participation in extracurricular activities, and promise of future distinction in the profession of pharmacy. This award was renamed in 1998 in honor of George H. Cocolas, RPh, PhD, retired associate dean of the School of Pharmacy.
Susan Herndon
Boka Hadzija Student Excellence Award
The student body presents this award as peer recognition of all-around service and dedication to the profession of pharmacy. The award was established in 1998 by the Student Senate and named in honor of Boka W. Hadzija, PhD, in recognition of her many contributions to the students and educational programs of the School of Pharmacy.
John Scott Kimbrough
Student Body Past President Award
The student body recognizes the leadership and contributions of the graduating past president of the Student Body Senate.
Katrina L. Jamison
Ballenger-Smith Award for Excellence in the Pharmaceutical Care Laboratory
Presented for outstanding performance by a first-, second-, or third-year professional student in the Pharmaceutical Care Laboratory who demonstrates excellence in professionalism, written and verbal communications, pharmaceutical compounding, medication administration, and patient care.
Matthew Ransom
USPHS Excellence in Public Health Pharmacy Practice Award
This award is given annually to a student at each school of pharmacy who has demonstrated the development and implementation of programs that advance the goals stated in “Healthy People 2010,” and who participates in programs that support the philosophy and goals of the U.S. Public Health Service.
Kristen Edwards Proulx
AFPE Gateway to Research Scholarship
Awarded by the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education to encourage promising professional students to consider advanced graduate education and careers in research by supporting faculty-mentored research. Selection is based on the quality of the research proposal, academic achievement, and relevance to the student’s career plans.
Leandra Miko
Division Awards
Jacobs Award in Medicinal Chemistry
The Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products selects a graduating student who achieved excellence in medicinal chemistry coursework and research. The award is named in honor of M. L. Jacobs, dean of the School of Pharmacy from 1946 to 1950, and a medicinal chemist.
Jill Aglaia Fowler
Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy Award
The Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy selects a graduating student whose overall performance in relevant coursework, research, and other activities related to pharmaceutical outcomes is judged to be superior.
Amica Simmons Yon
Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics Award
The Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics selects a graduating student who has demonstrated a high degree of professional motivation and concern about the role of the pharmacist in the delivery of health care.
Andrea L. Fumi
Molecular Pharmaceutics Graduate Scholar
The Division of Molecular Pharmaceutics presents this award to a graduate student in the division who has excelled in research and scholarly activities.
John Cory Kalvass
Molecular Pharmaceutics Achievement Award
The Division of Molecular Pharmaceutics selects a graduating student whose overall performance in the divisional course sequence is judged to be superior.
Karl David Ruch
Katheryne A. Brewington Graduate Research Award
The award is presented in honor of Katheryne A. Brewington to facilitate the research of a senior graduate student in the Division of Molecular Pharmaceutics.
Venita Elizabeth Gresham
F.O. Bowman Award
This award is presented to a student in the Honors Program in recognition of the best honors paper. The award is accompanied by an honorarium provided by the Bowman Family and the Pharmacy Foundation of North Carolina.
Amica Simmons Yon
Infectious Disease Research Training Program Certificate of Completion
Awarded to the first graduate of the Training Program in Infectious Disease Research. Students are chosen in their first professional year to complete a challenging curriculum of courses, seminars, and hands-on research experience in parallel with their doctor of pharmacy training.
Carolina Molina Lowe
Outstanding Faculty Awards
PY1 Instructor of the Year Award
Awarded to the faculty member who teaches coursework in the first year of the professional curriculum in recognition of high qualities of instructional ability and interest in the students and the educational programs of the School.
Virginia Shea, PhD
Lecturer
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology
PY2 Instructor of the Year Award
Awarded to the faculty member who teaches coursework in the second year of the professional curriculum in recognition of high qualities of instructional ability and interest in the students and the educational programs of the School.
Scott Singleton, PhD
Associate Professor
Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products
PY3 Instructor of the Year Award
Awarded to the faculty member who teaches coursework in the third year of the professional curriculum in recognition of high qualities of instructional ability and interest in the students and the educational programs of the School.
Ralph Raasch, PharmD
Associate Professor
Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics
Chris Walko, PharmD
Academic Fellow
Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics
Overall Instructor of the Year
The graduating class presents an award to the faculty member who has demonstrated the highest qualities of instructional ability and interest in the students throughout the four years of the professional program.
Raymond Booth, PhD
Associate Professor
University of Florida College of Pharmacy
AHEC Instructor of the Year
The graduating class recognizes an AHEC pharmacy faculty member for outstanding contributions to the educational development of future pharmacists. This individual has demonstrated high standards of professionalism, leadership, ethics, and clinical practice.
S. Dee Melnyk, PharmD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics
V.A. Medical Center
Durham
Preceptor of the Year
The graduating class recognizes a preceptor for outstanding contributions to the educational development of future pharmacists. This preceptor has demonstrated high standards of professionalism, ethics, and clinical practice.
Randall K. Absher, PharmD
Wesley Long Community Hospital
Greensboro
Lori W. Cahall, PharmD
Walgreens
Wilson
Student Organization Awards
Kappa Epsilon Award
Lambda Chapter of Kappa Epsilon recognizes a student who has demonstrated qualities of leadership, character, service, and scholarship.
Chinedum “Chichi” Uzoma Okafor
ASP Mortar and Pestle Professionalism Award
The American Pharmacists Association recognizes a graduating student in each school of pharmacy who exhibits the ideals of professionalism and excellence in patient care in all aspects of his or her academic pharmacy career and has demonstrated exceptional service and commitment to the profession of pharmacy through involvement in professional organizations and other extracurricular learning opportunities.
Victoria Lee Jackson
ASP Recognition Certificate
The American Pharmacists Association recognizes a student in each of the schools of pharmacy who is in good academic standing, has leadership experience in professional pharmacy organizations, and has shown the greatest involvement with APhA.
Lana Borno
CAPS-ASHP Leadership Award
Awarded to a student with interest in pharmacy practice in health systems who has shown academic excellence and leadership ability.
Lisa Marie Bendz
Phi Lambda Sigma Award
Epsilon Chapter of Phi Lambda Sigma recognizes a student who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in the School of Pharmacy.
Katherine Heather McCall
Phi Lambda Sigma Leadership Award
Epsilon Chapter of Phi Lambda Sigma recognizes one student each year who has demonstrated great potential to become an effective leader in the School of Pharmacy.
Michelle Leigh Bond
The Dorothy Virginia Stroud Memorial Scholarship
This award is given in memory of Ginny Stroud, class of 2001, to a second-year pharmacy student who exhibits the qualities that were representative of Ginny’s character. The selected recipient must be well-rounded, trustworthy, caring, genuine, exhibit concern for others over themselves, and demonstrate genuine concern for patients and their well-being.
Nicholas A. Conte
Special Recognition
Samuel Burrus Award for Community Service
Presented to members of the UNC School of Pharmacy family who exhibit outstanding and unselfish civic, community, or church volunteer service provided outside the scope of regular pharmacy practice. One award is presented to a student currently enrolled in the School. The second is awarded to an alumnus of the School or to a husband and wife team, at least one of whom is an alumnus.
Susan Herndon, 2006 PharmD Candidate
Cliff Butler, ‘70 BSPhar
Linda Lynch Butler, ‘68 BSPhar
School of Pharmacy Distinguished Service Award
Presented to a member of the UNC School of Pharmacy family who provides distinguished service and outstanding support to the School of Pharmacy.
Robert N. Shelton, PhD
Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Rho Chi National Honor Society
Rho Chi has as its fundamental objective the stimulation and recognition of academic excellence. Those elected to membership have displayed a capacity for achievement in the science and art of pharmacy and the allied sciences and a strength of character, personality, and leadership.
PharmD Class of 2008
Brian C. Alexander
Shazia Yusaf Ali
Marcy Jill Anderson
Seth Joseph Axford
George William Bliss
Lauren Ashley Brogdon
Vi Thuy Do
Heather Isley Edmonds
Kristen A. Engelen
Janet Ashley Jacobs Gunter
Alexander Thomas Jenkins
Akram Khaksari
Ninh My La
Anissa L. Litwin
Margaret Mccarley Lowe
Wesley Andrew McCall
Leandra Rose Miko
Jenna A. Minton
Stacie Mock
Derek M. Phillips
Veena Rajanna
Amber Kathryn Ratliff
Wendy Ann Rycek
Jessica Mollie Sheppard
Bridgette Louise Therriault
Jennifer L. Warren
PharmD Class of 2007
Denise Chiu Agnew
Lisa Marie Bendz
Kevin Christopher Brown
Jaya Rajesh Daswani
Travis B. Dick
Ann Marie Grady
Christina Ann Gunn
Lisa Karen Gurdin
Erica Pernia Hugo
Rena Elizabeth Johnson
Melissa N. D. Kirkton
Amy K. Lindstrom
Anne Chiu Hwa Liu
Yite John Lu
Vincci Ying-Ying Ma
Natasha Dawn Matheny
Jenny Marie McGuire
Russell Austin Moore
Katie Marie Muzevich
Sonal Pravin Patel
Leslie Kay Pritchard
Hilary Gail Reavis
Jennifer Mia Sarda
Glenda Dawn Shell
Allison Jennifer Tuell
Lindsay Allison Walker
Tukeisha Ann Williams
PharmD Class of 2006
Leigh Allison Beatty
Christina Brizendine
Dale Nepert Butterfoss
Laura Naomi Cockrell
Meredith Leigh Coone
Jill Aglaia Fowler
Andrea L. Fumi
Nicole Marie Gasbarro
Susan Herndon
Lauren Elizabeth Keyser
Kathryn Johnson Kiser
Justine Maher
Allison Bryan Moore
Jason Alan Mull
Kristin Usner Norton
Jessica Edeen Poirier
Kristen Edwards Proulx
Karl David Ruch
Amanda Kaye Salisbury
Huaying Su
Tran Hai Tran
External PharmD Students
Jane Jennelle Arey
Nancy Melin Hall
Deborah Montague
Luisa Andrade Spivey
Graduate Students
Giulia Ghibellini
Phi Lambda Sigma Pharmacy Leadership Society
The goal of Phi Lambda Sigma is to recognize outstanding leaders in the profession of pharmacy. Phi Lambda Sigma members are expected to uphold the high standards of the society and of the profession, and to dedicate themselves to further the advancement of pharmacy through exemplary leadership, character, and achievement.
Shazia Ali
Rebecca Barnes
Lisa Marie Bendz
Lana Borno
William Bryan III
Bradley Burton
Chrissy Davis
Andrea Fumi
Stephen Gilmore
Christina Gunn
Ashley Gunter
Sara Hammer
Ted Hancock
Susan Herndon
Jordan Hinkle
Rebecca Irving
Victoria Lee Jackson
Katrina L. Jamison
Jennifer Kacmarcik
Lauren Elizabeth Keyser
John Scott Kimbrough
Aimee Kushner-Weiner
Harry Marcelin
James Charles McAllister IV
Katherine McCall
Mary Katherine Morgan
Casey Morris
Chi Chi Okafor
Adaora Oraefo
Sara Peterson
Kristin Schmidt
Ben Smith
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