May 4, 2009
The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy held its 2009 awards banquet on May 1 at the Carolina Club.
Student Academic Awards
TEVA Outstanding Student Award
Caroline Anne Howard
The faculty recognize a graduating student who has excelled in the study of pharmacy.
GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceutical Care Award
Lisa Deeren
The faculty recognize 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.
Roche Pharmacy Communications Award
Ginny Diana Schaffer
The faculty recognize a graduating student who has excelled in the area of communications, both in the classroom and the practice environment.
Facts and Comparisons Award for Excellence in Clinical Communications
Laura Elizabeth Yoder
This award 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
Jacob Douglas Spangler
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
Emily Pappas Graham
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
Laura Katherine Bayliss
This award is given each year to a third- or fourthprofessional-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
Rebecca Michelle Karner
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
LaQuoia Yvette Johnson
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.
Jacobs Award in Medicinal Chemistry
Amber Dianne Frick
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.
Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy Award
Ryan King Owenby
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
Holly Elizabeth Barrier
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.
Kappa Epsilon Award
Benyam Muluneh
The Lambda Chapter of Kappa Epsilon recognizes a student who has demonstrated qualities of leadership, character, service, and scholarship.
Phi Lambda Sigma Leadership Award
Carla Gwyn Martin Jardin
Portia Denise Overton
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
Emily Ann McCrary
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 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.
The Dorothy Virginia Stroud Memorial Scholarship
Natalie Christin Orlando
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 wellbeing. Funding is provided by the Pharmacy Foundation of North Carolina.
George H. Cocolas Pharmacy Student Body Award
Ryan King Owenby
The student body presents this award 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 is funded by the Pharmacy Foundation of North Carolina and is in honor of George H. Cocolas, PhD ’56, retired associate dean of the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy.
Student Activities Awards
Molecular Pharmaceutics Award
Rebecca H. Grandy
The Division of Molecular Pharmaceutics selects a graduating student whose overall performance in the divisional course sequence is judged to be superior.
F. O. Bowman Award
Allison Laurel Pecha
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.
Teaching Awards
PY1 Instructor of the Year Award
Lisa Dinkins, PharmD ’06, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Pharmacy Practice and Experiential Education
Awarded to 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 Award
Scott Singleton, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products
Awarded to 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 Award
Jack Campbell, IV, JD, RPh, Executive Director, North Carolina Board of Pharmacy
Awarded to 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
Adam Persky, PhD, Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics
Awarded 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.
AHEC Instructor of the Year
Susan Miller, PharmD, MBA, Clinical Associate 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
James Wilson, PharmD ’04, Dees Drug Store
Vickie Ripley, PharmD ’99, Coastal Plain Hospital
The graduating class recognizes preceptors for outstanding contributions to the educational development of future pharmacists. These preceptors have demonstrated high standards of professionalism, ethics, and clinical practice.
Special Recognition
Samuel Burrus Award for Community Service
Holly Elizabeth Barrier, 2009 PharmD Candidate; Kader R. Ramsey Jr., BSPhar ’62; and Margaret Patterson Ramsey, BSPhar ’62
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, BSPhar ’83, who was a community pharmacist in western North Carolina.
UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy Distinguished Service Award
Rebecca Chater, BSPhar ’85, MPH ’99
Presented to an individual who has provided distinguished service and outstanding support to the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy.
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.
Phi Lambda Sigma Pharmacy Leadership Society
Class of 2009
Laura Katherine Bayliss
Sara Anne Dawson
Emily Lauren Heil
LaQuoia Yvette Johnson
Emily Ann McCrary
Ryan King Owenby
Jacob Douglas Spangler
Kyra Lynn Walgos
Laura Michele Yarbro
Laura Elizabeth Yoder
Class of 2010
Kelly Lynn Martin
Kimberly Nelva Mason
Dana Noel Petri
Class of 2011
Paul Smith Cubita Jr.
Lisa Hyunsoo Kim
Jeffrey Scott Reichard
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 2009
Angela Susan Alston
Sola Anagho
Adam Wesley Boles
Erin Woodall Duff
Mary Woelfel Duffy
Ashley Pell East
Lindsey Morgan Fierer
Carolyn Theresa Fleck
Karl Peter Frederiksen
Ramonna Irene Ghitea
Rebecca H. Grandy
Tyler Chase Greenwood
Travis Scott Heath
Emily Lauren Heil
Lindsay Erin Hoffman
William Horton
Caroline Anne Howard
Josie Looney
William Mang
Ali Mehrizi
Colleen Skeuse Moore
Namrata Bakul Patel
Kathryn Marie Pruden
Kristen Elizabeth Smith
Daniel Francis Stinehelfer
Hillary Baker Thomas
Rachel Elisabeth Townson
Jacqueline Vitello
Amy Kathryn Wiglesworth
Class of 2010
Christopher Franklin Abernethy
Kimberly M. Argudin
Carrie Berkley
Allison M. Billock
Susanna L. Bowling
Brandy Leigh Brensinger
Rochelle Hiawatha Carlton
Kimberly Susan Fordham
Robin Emily Gerding
Courtenay Read Gilmore
Jacob E. Hampton
Kimberley Anne Harris
Michael L. Hurtik
Larissa Lynn Johnson
Rebecca Jenkins Jones
Jamie Lin Jurkiewicz
Rebecca Michelle Karner
Daniel Ho Kim
Amber Nicole Kinard
Brian Patrick Murray
Neha Patel
Sara Renee Peters
Elizabeth Hinsdale Poole
Laura Virginia Salley
Savanna Steele
Tara Verville
Constance Elliott Weld
Ian R. Willoughby
Tsu-Hsuan 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
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
Mary Abigail Pennington
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
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