March 22, 2011
Adam Persky, PhD, has been named director of the Center for Educational Excellence in Pharmacy at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy.
Persky, a clinical associate professor in the Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics, has been the center’s associate director. As director, he will continue to work with various people and committees at the School to help faculty members become more effective teachers and mentors by identifying innovative teaching practices and advocating for their integration into the curriculum.
“Adam is a terrific teacher with a passion for the craft who never stops looking for new, innovative ways to engage students and help them become life-long learners,” says Russ Mumper, PhD, vice dean of the School. “Those attributes, combined with the fact that he has played a key role in the Center for Educational Excellence in Pharmacy since its creation, make him an excellent choice for this position.”
Persky came to the School as a postdoctoral fellow in 2002 and became a member of the faculty in 2004. He was named Teacher of the Year by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy in 2008 and 2009 and is one the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s three ACC Teaching Scholars. He also received honorable mention for the AACP Innovative Teaching Award in 2007 and has received a number of annual teaching awards that are voted on by students at the School.
Persky has been invited to present on teaching and learning at venues such as the closing plenary session of the 2010 Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching, at Duke University, at the South Carolina College of Pharmacy’s 2010 faculty retreat, at a special session at the 2009 national meeting of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, and at the 2009 national meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine.
The center was created in March 2008 as part of the School’s plan to transform the educational process to better prepare professional and graduate students for entering their professions and continuing to develop throughout their careers.
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