May 1, 2010
The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy held its 2010 Awards Banquet on April 30 at the Carolina Club in Alumni Hall. Here is the list of award recipients.
- Student Academic Awards
- Student Activities Awards
- Teaching Awards
- Special Recognition
- Phi Lambda Sigma Pharmacy Leadership Society
- Rho Chi National Honor Society
STUDENT ACADEMIC AWARDS
TEVA Outstanding Student Award
Brian Murray
This award, sponsored by TEVA Pharmaceuticals, is given to the graduating student who has excelled in the study of pharmacy.
Facts and Comparisons Award for Excellence in Clinical Communications
Jamie Lin Jurkiewicz
This award, sponsored by Facts and Comparisons, is given in recognition of a graduating student who is in the top 25 percent of the class and has demonstrated superior verbal and written clinical communication skills.
Buxton Williams Hunter Award
Benyam Muluneh
This award was established in 1937 and continued by David R. Davis, BSPhar ’58, of New Bern, in honor of his great-uncle, a well-known pharmacist of New Bern. The funding is provided by the Pharmacy Foundation of North Carolina and is awarded annually to a student who excels in campus citizenship and scholarship.
T. R. Burgiss Family Award
Maurice DeAngelo Alexander
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. Funding for this award is provided by the Pharmacy Foundation of North Carolina and given in memory of T. Roy Burgiss, BSPhar ’25, by family members Patsy Burgiss Sanders, BSPhar ’48, and Thomas Reeves Burgiss, BSPhar ’53.
Ralph P. Rogers Sr. Award
Brandy Leigh Brensinger
This award is given each year to a third- or fourth- professional-year student who has expressed a keen interest in a career in community pharmacy and has performed well in relevant classes. Candidates are judged on an essay they prepare, as well as relevant coursework. Funding for this award is provided by the Pharmacy Foundation of North Carolina and is given in honor of Ralph P. Rogers Sr., BSPhar ’13, a prominent Durham area pharmacist, and is given by his family.
Ballenger-Smith Award For Excellence in the Pharmaceutical Care Laboratory
Jessica Renee Szewczyk
This award is presented for outstanding performance by a first-, second-, or third-year student in the Pharmaceutical Care Laboratory who demonstrates excellence in professionalism, written and verbal communications, pharmaceutical compounding, medication administration, and patient care. This award is funded by the Pharmacy Foundation of North Carolina and is given by E. Scott Ballenger, BSPhar ’91, and Jennifer Smith Ballenger, AB ’87, to honor William L. Ballenger’s twenty-three years of mathematics teaching at NCSU and Robert L. Smith’s twenty-six years as a lab instructor at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy.
USPHS Excellence in Public Health Pharmacy Practice Award
Sherry Yang
This award is given to a student 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.
Molecular Pharmaceutics Award
Kimberely Anne Harris
The Division of Molecular Pharmaceutics selects a graduating student whose overall performance in the divisional course sequence is judged to be superior.
Pharmacy Practice and Experiential Education Award
Whitney Nicole Chaney
Dana Noel Petri
The Division of Pharmacy Practice and Experiential Education recognizes a graduating student for outstanding performance and patient relations during his or her pharmacy practice clerkships.
Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy Award
Blake A. O’Neill
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.
Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics Award
Christopher Franklin Abernethy
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.
Jacobs Award in Medicinal Chemistry
Sherry Yang
The Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products selects a graduating pharmacy student who achieved excellence in medicinal chemistry coursework and research. This award is funded by the Pharmacy Foundation of North Carolina and is named in honor of M. L. Jacobs, a medicinal chemist who was dean of the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy from 1946 to 1950.
F. O. Bowman Award
Rebekah Howell Wrenn
The award is presented to a student in the Honors Program in recognition of the best honors paper. Funding for this award is provided by the Pharmacy Foundation of North Carolina and is given by Fred O. Bowman Jr., MD ’50, in honor of his father, who served as general counsel to the NCPhA and the N.C. Board of Pharmacy.
STUDENT ACTIVITIES AWARD
Kappa Epsilon Award
Paul Cubita Jr.
The Lambda Chapter of Kappa Epsilon recognizes a student who has demonstrated qualities of leadership, character, service, and scholarship.
Phi Lambda Sigma Leadership Award
Andria Michelle Eker
The Epsilon Chapter of Phi Lambda Sigma recognizes a student who has demonstrated great potential to become an effective leader in the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy.
Boka Hadzija Student Excellence Award
LaKia Shevan Scoggins
The student body presents this award as peer recognition for 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, a retired pharmacy faculty member, in recognition of her many contributions to the students and educational programs of the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. The award is funded by the Pharmacy Foundation of North Carolina.
Dorothy Virginia Stroud Memorial Award
Jeremy D. Moretz
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 Stroud’s character. The selected recipient must be well-rounded, trustworthy, caring, and genuine; exhibit concern for others over themselves; and demonstrate genuine concern for patients and their well-being. Funding is provided by the Pharmacy Foundation of North Carolina.
George H. Cocolas Pharmacy Student Body Award
Maurice DeAngelo Alexander
The student body recognizes 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 is given by the Student Senate and is in honor of George H. Cocolas, PhD ’56, retired associate dean of the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy.
TEACHING AWARDS
PY1 Instructor of the Year
Lisa Dinkins, PharmD ’06, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Pharmacy Practice and Experiential Education
The PY1 Class recognizes a 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.
PY2 Instructor of the Year
Scott Singleton, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products
The PY2 Class recognizes a 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.
PY3 Instructor of the Year
Christine Walko, PharmD, Assistant Professor, Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics
The PY3 Class recognizes a 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.
Overall Instructor of the Year
Ralph Raasch, PharmD, Associate Professor, Division of Pharmacy Practice and Experimental Education
The graduating class recognizes a faculty member who has demonstrated the highest qualities of instructional ability and interest in the students throughout the four years of the professional program.
AHEC Instructor of the Year
Michael Gabriel, PharmD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Pharmacy Practice and Experiential Education
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.
Preceptor of the Year
Gigi Davidson, Director of Clinical Pharmacy Services, North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine
The graduating class recognizes a preceptor for outstanding contributions to the educational development of future pharmacists. This individual has demonstrated high standards of professionalism, ethics, and clinical practice.
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Samuel Burrus Award for Community Service
Kimberly Nelva Mason, 2010 PharmD Candidate
Paul Kirkman, MD, BSPhar ’60
Phebe Kirkman, BSPhar ’60
This award is presented to members of the UNC Eshelman 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. This award is funded by the Pharmacy Foundation of North Carolina and is given by the Burrus family in memory of Samuel B. Burrus, who graduated in 1915 from the Southern College of Pharmacy in Atlanta.
UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy Distinguished Service Award
Deborah Montague, MS ’81, PharmD ’06
This award is presented to an individual who has provided distinguished service and outstanding support to the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy.
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.
Class of 2010
Maurice DeAngelo Alexander
Kimberly Fordham
Kelly Lynn Martin
Kimberly Nelva Mason
Benyam Muluneh
Dana Noel Petri
LaKia Shevan Scoggins
Megan Wheeler
Ian Richards Willoughby
Rebekah Howell Wrenn
Class of 2011
Nathan Edward Barnes
Stephanie Nicole Bass
Elizabeth Ann Connolly
Maria Carolina Cruz
Paul Cubita Jr.
Danny Ka Shing Fu
Lisa Hyunsoo Kim
Catherine Lauren Mason
Nicole Christine Nicolsen
Carson Powell Padgett
Jeffrey Reichard
Collin Woffard Runyon
Sarah Katherine Sizemore
Class of 2012
Elizabeth Lynn Alford
Ryan Jeffery Caruso
Divya Vinod Chandiramani
Cameron Leigh Jordan
Anand Bipinrai Khandoobhai
Keith Ryan Warshany
Rho Chi National Honor Society
Rho Chi’s fundamental objective is to stimulate and recogize 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.
Class of 2010
Christopher Franklin Abernethy
Carrie Young Berkley
Brandy Leigh Brensinger
Rochelle H. Carlton
Kimberly Fordham
Robin Emily Gerding
Courtenay Read Gilmore
Susanna Bowling Goodnite
Jacob Elliot Hampton
Kimberley Anne Harris
Michael Lane Hurtik
Larissa Lynn Johnson
Rebecca Jenkins Jones
Jamie Lin Jurkiewicz
Rebecca Michelle Karner
Daniel Kim
Amber Nicole Kinard
Brian Murray
Neha Mayur Patel
Sara Renee Peters
Elizabeth Hinsdale Poole
Allison Billock Riendeau
Laura Virginia Salley
Kimberly Marie Argudin Spilman
Savanna Steele
Tara Ann Verville
Constance Elliott Weld
Ian Richards Willoughby
Sherry Yang
Class of 2011
Stephanie Nicole Bass
Mei Wang Bell
Jamie Nicole Bumgarner
Carrie Ann Chew
Stephen Michael Clark
Elizabeth Ann Connolly
Amy Elizabeth Cox
Daniel Ducannon Eidson
Brianna Renee Franklin
Mary Abigail Groesser
Alyssa Jean Keating
Lisa Hyunsoo Kim
Benjamin Ross Kiser
Stephanie Z. Kujawski
Amanda Misiewicz
Elizabeth Michelle Neuffer
Phuong Trang Nguyen
Drew Stephen Parker
Jai Narendra Patel
Sheetal Patel-House
Erin Marie Roach
Tracy A. Rupp
Basharat Eneze Sanni
Pattie Lee Tennille
Allison Upalawanna
Joshua D. Valgardson
Christopher Westerfield
Brandi Michelle Whaley
Kimberly Marie Wilson
Class of 2012
Elizabeth Lynn Alford
Janet Arrazcaeta
Xuefang Bai
Robert Michael Bero
Kynlon Phillips Caruso
Divya Vinod Chandiramani
Ryon Allenc Chao
Anne Elizabeth Eudy
Stelios L. Galantis
Amanda E. Gerdts
Timothy Craig Harmon
Megan Elizabeth Hartranft
John Nathal Hedrick
Brian Vinh Hoang
Melissa R. Hunter
Sarah A. Johannes
Jessica Allegra Johnston
Suzan Nadimi Kalantar
Anand Bipinrai Khandoobhai
Chwiwon Lee
Meghan N. McComb
Thanhhoa Thi Nguyen
Kelsie Paige Ormsby
Jane Yen Revollo
Morgan B. Smith
Kathleen Anne Touloupas
Adam Vanderman
Keith Ryan Warshany
Valerie H. Yeh
Peter T. Zolas
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