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Pharmacy Students Receive SNPhA Scholarships
Sep 05, 2008
Five students from the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy were awarded scholarships at the Student National Pharmaceutical Association Convention in Fort Launderdale, Florida, this year.
The students, each of whom is in the third year of the doctor of pharmacy program, received awards ranging from $1,000 to $2,500.
- Maurice Alexander of New Bern, North Carolina, received the $1,000 Walgreens/SNPhA Student Pharmacist Excellence Award.
- Benyam Muluneh of Lorton, Virginia, received the $1,000 Kroger Scholarship.
- Portia Overton of Raleigh, North Carolina, received the $2,500 Rite Aid/SNPhA Foundation Scholarship.
- Lakia Scoggins of Durham, North Carolina, received the $1,000 James Bricky Hills Endowed Scholarship,
- Shalonda Williams of Queens, New York, received the $1,000 Wal-Mart/SNPhA Leader in Pharmacy Scholarship.
SNPhA is an educational service association of pharmacy students who are concerned about pharmacy and healthcare related issues, and the poor minority representation in pharmacy and other health-related professions.