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Summer 2017 College of Pharmacy AND ALLIED

College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions

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OUTSTANDING QUALITY

I think you will agree with me, the College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions is rich in people doing amazing things.

As you read through the magazine, you will be struck by the remarkable achievements of our students such as Rakesh Dachineni, who was chosen as the graduate student of the year, and Mackenzie Klinkhammer, who was recognized as our distinguished Pharm.D. graduate. Our students’ success is fostered by the dedicated work of our outstanding faculty and preceptors. This includes mentors like Jay Gunaje, teacher of the year; Dave Helgeland who provided the White Coat speech this spring to the P1 students; students who have become teachers like MLS graduate Abbey Langstraat and Pharm.D. graduates Emily Van Klompenburg, Joe Berendse and Nicole Hepper; our endowed faculty members and pharmaceutical science researchers who bring exciting new ideas to our students and campus; and our pharmacy practice faculty leading innovative practices across the state.

In addition, the insight provided by experts visiting campus helps stimulate our innovative thoughts and energize our work long after they have returned home. For example, this spring we heard from Thomas Gajewski, who described exciting innovations in cancer treatment, and Joe Moose, who shared his creative new approaches to community pharmacy practice.

We also recognize the retirement of three outstanding faculty and staff members—Deb Farver, Dave Helgeland and Teresa Delfinis. Together these members have nearly 100 years of teaching and advising experience. Their expertise has produced so many outstanding outcomes, I can’t begin to enumerate them. Their leadership will be truly missed. However, we proceed with great energy as we seek to optimize our steps forward and continue their outstanding work. To that end, we are searching for their replacements with the Hoch Family Professorship in Community Pharmacy Practice, a new position and recently hired professional academic advisors.

I also want to take this opportunity to thank Dennis Hedge for his years of service to the college as an excellent teacher, a dedicated department head and an outstanding dean. His many achievements include facilitating the initiation of three endowed positions, construction of the Avera Health and Science Building and many outstanding student achievements. While he will be missed within the college, his leadership will be a great asset to the university as a whole.

In closing, we are committed to the excellence demonstrated by our history and illustrated throughout this magazine. Thank you for your interest and support of the College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions.

Warm regards,

Jane Mort, Pharm.D. Interim Dean and Professor SDSU College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions d-Pharmacy Newsletter Sum 17.qxp_P1-11 Pharmacy F02 7/6/17 9:51 AM Page 1

About the cover Summer 2017 Issue No. 2 College of Phar macy AND ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONS

Contents 2 Thomas Gajewski University of Chicago researcher shares treatment’s progress in the fight against cancer at Francis Miller Lecture. 4 Endowed positions The college will soon have three endowed posts on its faculty. Two are in the area of cancer. The other is in community pharmacy. All are considered transformational. 6 White Coat A familiar face, Dave Helgeland, one of the class’s professors, delivered a message on expectations to this year’s group of P1 students. 8 Spring convocation The 2015 Independent of Year visits to teach about enhanced value to payers. 10 MLS clinicals Shelby Nelson and Brittany Rustad, graduating seniors in the medical laboratory A late summer sunset illuminates Dennis science program, share their experience with 12-week rotations at Avera. Hedge while posing atop the Dana J. 12 Jayarama Gunaje Passion and commitment to students make the associate professor the Dykhouse Stadium in 2016. The head of students’ choice for Teacher of the Year for the second time in five years. the College of Pharmacy and Allied Health 13 A first for South Dakota Associate Professor Surachat Ngorsuraches becomes the first Professions has climbed even higher on researcher in South Dakota to get an award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research the academic ladder as he is now State’s Institute (PCORI). provost and vice president for academic 14 Faculty honors affairs. See story on page 22. 15 Deb Farver Retiring professor known for engaging classroom discussion. 16 Dave Helgeland professor steps down after 31 years at State. 17 Teresa Delfinis Retiring student services coordinator has heart for students. 18 New faculty/staff Joe Berendse, Emily Van Klompenburg, Nathan Bylander and Asha Hertler. 20 Rakesh Dachineni Graduate Student of the Year works with Jayarama Gunaje on chemoprevention with aspirin. 21 Phonathon Four pharmacy students spend almost 20 nights making nearly 4,000 calls— and enjoy it. College of Pharmacy and Allied 22 Dennis Hedge After 24 years with the college, the former dean is now following the route Health Professions of Harold Bailey as State’s top academic officer. Development Council 23 Now they’re teaching Andrew Straw and Emily Van Klompenburg both took the community Steve Aamot Barry Markl pharmacy residency position at Milbank after graduation, and it spurred them to go into James Bregel Dave Mentele education. Larry Christensen Jane Mort 24 Class of 2017 graduates Dennis Dobesh Daniel Remund Steven Flora Tim Schut 27 Mackenzie Klinkhammer Success in the classroom and extraordinary involvement outside Cathie Hegg Don Stark the classroom to the Elk Point native’s selection as Distinguished Graduate. Bernard Hietbrink Dale Vander Hamm 28 Nicole Hepper Avera McKennan rotation coordinator named Preceptor of the Year. Nancy Hildebrand Gary Van Riper 29 Assessment report Revision of Pharm.D. Curriculum changes underway. Cindy Huether Kevin Wurtz 30 Department of Pharmacy Practice James Clem reports. Galen Jordre Margaret Zard Susan Lahr Roger Zobel 31 Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Omathanu Perumal reports. J. Bruce Laughrey 34 Calendar 37 Development director Mike Birgen reports. College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions Advisory Council Steve Aamot Curt Rising Jeff DeRouchey Sue Schaefer ® Ashley Hansen Garret Schramm South Dakota State University Suzanne Hansen Chad Sherard Veronica Lesselyoung Chris Sonnenschein Interim Dean: Jane Mort Writers and photographers: Dave Graves, Heidi Kronaizl, Megan Maddox Else Umbreit Assistant Dean: Dan Hansen Matt Schmidt and Emily Weber. Karen Munger Assistant Dean: Xiangming Guan Publications Editor: Andrea Kieckhefer Lenny Petrik Head of Pharmacy Practice: James Clem Head of Pharmaceutical Sciences: Om Perumal The College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions is Pharmacy Academic Sponsors Co-editor: Dan Hansen published by South Dakota State University, College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions, Avera Health CVS Health Co-editor: Matt Schmidt Cigna Home Delivery Lewis Design: Virginia Coudron Box 2202C, Brookings, S.D. 57007-0099. Pharmacy Sanford 4,425 copies of this document were printed by the College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions with the support of alumni and friends. PH016 6/17

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COLLEGE FRANCIS MILLER LECTURE Thomas Gajewski Immunology researcher shares treatment’s progress

f the first use of immunotherapy was development of computers and software “It took decades to nearly 125 years ago, how could this capable of calculating vast amounts of Iprocedure be considered the cutting- data. Science magazine called cancer understand how the edge method of fighting cancer? immunotherapy the breakthrough of the immune system The answer is a bit like explaining why year for 2013. Vincent van Gogh wasn’t a popular artist In simplest terms, immunotherapy could be used in in his time. The work of William Coley means activating the body’s own defense in 1893 is credited as the first use of to fight cancer, just as it does for a sinus the therapeutic immunotherapy to fight cancer. The use or a cold virus. of bacterial toxins by the Memorial Sloan But if it was that simple, the targeting of cancer Kettering surgeon in New York City to immunology and cancer research team at stimulate the body’s immune system the University of Chicago wouldn’t need a cells.” wouldn’t be fully appreciated until decades team of 22 investigators. Part of the reason after his death. that immunotherapy isn’t simple is Thomas Gajewski, professor in Coley died in 1936 and during his years because the immune system is created to of practice, little was known about how attack cells foreign to the body. Cancer the Department of at the immune system functioned and few cells are not foreign, but naturally the Ben May Cancer Institute, carried on his work. occurring cells in mutated form. and the Department of “It took decades to understand how the at the University of Chicago, and immune system could be used in the Vaccinate against cancer? director of the immunology and therapeutic targeting of cancer cells,” “In the beginning, the thinking was we cancer program at the University according to Thomas Gajewski, who is could vaccinate against cancer.… Use a of Chicago Medicine continuing that work now as a professor small amount of the tumor to cause the in the Department of Pathology at the Ben immune system to attack the cancer,” May Cancer Institute and the Department Gajewski said. of Medicine at the University of Chicago, While that worked well in the petri dish, and as the director of the immunology it didn’t transfer to the patient. When and cancer program at the University of immunology was used on people with Chicago Medicine. melanoma, the success rate was only 10 to Gajewski delivered the fifth-annual 15 percent. It had been near 100 percent Francis Miller Lecture for the College of with rapid cell death in laboratory models. Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions at “Researchers tried to figure out why some the South Dakota Art Museum April 24. had success, but most didn’t. What else has to happen when you vaccinate someone? Other advances open way for Is it enough to have T cells swimming in immunology the blood or does something have to Immunotherapy has become a fast- happen downstream?” Gajewski shared rising hope as science advanced through while addressing a mix of faculty members, sequencing of DNA, understanding how to pharmacy students and the general public. turn gene expression off and on, and the

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“For melanoma patients, immunotherapy now has become first-line treatment, replacing chemotherapy.”

Thomas Gajewski

Red light-green light and Drug Administration gave its blessing in Cheaper a future goal what changes the light 2014. Finding the answers requires It was found that the answer was “For melanoma patients, collaboration with a lot of scientists and trafficking signals for those cancer-fighting immunotherapy now has become first-line mathematicians to process the big data T cells, which “have to know where to go,” treatment, replacing chemotherapy,” and look for patterns, he said. said Gajewski, who has been working in Gajewski said. Now every patient who enters trials at the field for 20 years. the University of Chicago hospital, before Citing fundamental, building-block Immunotherapy: Results hinged beginning treatment, has a sample drawn developments, Gajewski said scientists on type of cancer for genome sequencing and to look for have now discovered that one-third of What about other cancers? patterns, Gajewski said. Researchers also study populations were unknowingly “Through cancer genome cataloguing, are sequencing gut bacteria. “We’re using already seeing their immune system gain data have been analyzed and stored at the machine-learning algorithms to learn victory against cancer cells. For another University of Chicago for public access for patterns. Tumor- and germ-line third, the T cells were attacking, but not registered scientists. Ten thousand tumors sequencing also is in the future,” he said. winning. The other third aimlessly from 30 different types of cancers have One hurdle still needed to overcome is traveled the body’s highways, moving been analyzed. The biologic principles are cost. about but not knowing where to turn. constant. And we continue to ask why do “Antibody-based therapies are hugely “The T cells couldn’t traffic; they couldn’t some patients never let T cells in? Why do expensive—$30,000 per dose,” Gajewski find their way to the tumor site,” said some patients let T cells in but aren’t able said. “What if there is a cheap probiotic Gajewski, who has both a of to defeat the cancer?” Gajewski shared. that could be developed, or other cheaper medicine degree and a Ph.D. in Some types of cancer are more drug molecules? The government- immunology. susceptible to immunotherapy than others. academic-industry partnership is critical. The discoveries caused scientists to ask Immunological are now the first- Cancer immunotherapy is a rising field why some T cells could defeat cancer cells line treatment for lung and bladder cancer because all three arms are working and others couldn’t. “We found that tumor as well, he said. together on this issue. cells were blocking the function of the T Part of the reason the answer to the “I don’t know of another point in cells,” he said. In the search for answers, scientists’ questions is so elusive is that where all three fields have scientists turned to gene expression inasmuch as we’re all alike, we’re also so been so well aligned together.” profiling. “It allows one to find out if different. Dave Graves immune genes are turned on or not. One “Why is one patient different from sample can produce 20,000 gene another? No two tumors are alike. Genetic expressions,” Gajewski said. predisposition is part of the answer. There Pharmacy science faculty members pose with Thomas When scientists learned how to regulate are environmental differences. There are Gajewski, who delivered the fifth-annual Francis Miller gene expression, success rates rose quickly. somatic differences at the level of the Lecture April 24 in the auditorium of the South Dakota Art One-third had tumor shrinkage and 50 tumor cells—the mutational landscape Museum. Pictured, front row, from left, are Gajewski, with the University of Chicago; Distinguished Professor percent had the tumor contained, while and antigenic repertoire are different. Emeritus Chandradhar Dwivedi, Assistant Dean for there was no success in the remaining 15 Distinct oncogene pathways are activated Research Xiangming Guan and Teresa Seefeldt. to 20 percent, he said. Nonetheless, the in different patients,” Gajewski said. Back row, Surachat Ngorsuraches, Joshua Reineke, procedure was an exact flip of success rates Department Head Omathanu Perumal and Interim Dean from 20 years earlier and the Food and Jane Mort.

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COLLEGE

reat faculty are the heart of the who have deep roots with SDSU. They’ve university. They fuel the learning kept SDSU in their philanthropic interests Endowed Gand research that take place daily and have created these large gifts,” said at South Dakota State University. Mike Birgen, development director for the An excellent way to attract and retain college within the SDSU Foundation. top-notch faculty is through endowed An endowed professorship requires a Positions professorships, according to Jane Mort, $1 million gift. An endowed chair requires interim dean for the College of Pharmacy a $2 million gift. The foundation projects and Allied Health Professions. The college a 4-percent return, which creates an has been blessed with three alumni who annual income of $40,000 and $80,000, raise tide of have made the financial commitment to respectively. that principle. One endowed professorship Earnings from the endowment may is already in place. Two more soon will be. fund a stipend to the faculty member’s college, To put that in perspective, at the end salary or pay for graduate assistants, lab of 2016, the entire university had six equipment and expenses, costs to attend ‘whole endowed faculty positions. conferences and other discretionary The Markl Faculty Scholar in Cancer expenses associated with the research. Research was filled when Wenfeng An An said, “The generosity of the Markls university’ joined the Department of Pharmaceutical makes it possible for my lab to hire the Sciences Nov. 3, 2014. He was officially right personnel and test new and recognized at an investiture Oct. 23, 2015, potentially revolutionary ideas in cancer in a ceremony that included benefactors research. It allows us to acquire critical Barry and Sharon Markl, 1968 graduates proof-of-principle data in order to whose mothers survived cancer. compete for external funding and further The next endowed position to be filled develop these projects.” will be the Haarberg Chair of . Recruiting is well underway, and a new Markls move up giving timeframe hire is expected yet this summer. The Markls made a decision in 2009 to The other endowed professorship is create an endowed professorship to benefit the Hoch Professorship in Community oncology research. The Phoenix Valley, Benefactors Barry and Sharon Markl, left, pose with Pharmacy, for which recruitment is , couple planned to use a Wenfeng An and his wife, Pine Ye, at An's investiture underway. charitable remainder , but realized as the Markl Faculty Scholar in Cancer Research they would be “pushing up daisies” before Oct. 23, 2015. An, also pictured in his lab coat, is Endowments spring from their gift went to work. So in 2013, they the college's first endowed professor, but two more respect for State began making annual contributions to are in the works. “It’s special that funding for these match the anticipated endowment endowed positions comes from alumni earnings.

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Barry Markl began his career as a for a number of years with Lorie serving as “Creating a professorship in community pharmacist with and was vice the president of the Woodland Healthcare pharmacy seemed to be a most befitting president of store operations when he Auxiliary and myself as chair of the way to honor my grandfather, father and retired in March 2007. Woodland Healthcare Foundation. brother who all graduated from the SDSU Understanding the college’s financial “It was an easy transition to start focusing and who together served needs spurred him to co-chair the College on what we could do with respect to giving the community of Tyndall with great of Pharmacy Committee as part of the back to the SDSU College of Pharmacy, dedication for almost 100 years,” Hoch said. universitywide “The Future is Now” especially with Lorie losing her parents to fundraising campaign in 2002-04 and cancer while only in their 50s. The chair Endowments attract ‘best of the best’ serve on the SDSU Foundation’s Phoenix in cancer research will provide a strong At the An investiture, Hedge called the Regional Campaign Committee for the “It foundation for SDSU being in the creation of the college’s first endowed Starts with STATE” campaign that raised forefront of finding a cure for this terrible scholar a “transformational” move for the $255.7 million from Jan. 1, 2007, to April disease.” college. 24, 2013. “Endowed faculty positions are very Birgen said, “These relationships (with Gift keeps Hoch name alive at State important to the success of academic the college) started a long time ago. The Hoch Professorship is being funded programs at South Dakota State University They’re all based on trust and by the estate of longtime Tyndall and all of academia. They are important commitment to the university.” pharmacist Bill Hoch. Hoch Drug dated to because they allow us to do things that we 1914, when 1908 State graduate Joseph otherwise would not be able to do in our Haarberg Chair builds on past gifts Hoch, Bill’s father, purchased the Tyndall quest for academic and research excellence. For the Haarbergs, Kevin was a 1979 pharmacy. Bill Hoch joined the firm after “They are also important symbolically pharmacy graduate who went into graduating from State in 1947. because they attest to the stature of the pharmaceutical sales for a couple of years Greg Hoch, the son of Vera and William university and the quality of its faculty,” after graduation and then decided to Hoch, graduated magna cum laude from Hedge said. become an investment adviser. He has State in 1970, and also returned to the Mort said applicants for these positions been with Edward Jones in Woodland, family business. “are candidates who we would not have California, for 33 years and found great The pair worked together full time until been able to attract without having these success. But he continues to remember his 1986, when Bill Hoch retired and reduced endowed positions. We will see the benefit, college of origin. his hours at the pharmacy. Greg Hoch not only through the work of the endowed His gift toward the Avera Health and endured a five-year battle with melanoma, faculty themselves, but they will also Science Center project in 2010 resulted in which ultimately manifested itself in a positively impact other faculty members the naming of the cancer research radio brain tumor. As the illness progressed, Bill through collaboration, mentorship and isotope lab, cell culture room and an Hoch went back to work full time. Greg national recognition.” imaging lab there. died Jan. 10, 2005, just 28 days short of his She also noted the importance of The Haarbergs also sponsor an endowed 58th birthday. teamwork between the college and the scholarship in the college. Bill Hoch continued to work full time SDSU Foundation. Birgen notes that the SDSU Foundation, until 2010, when the 89-year-old chose “Mike Birgen and the folks at the as a fundraising partner with the university, to auction merchandise, inventory and foundation provide a tremendous level of seeks to “build relationships and gain for fixtures and turned the prescription service in this process. It really doesn’t our to benefit the greater business over to Avera-owned Tyndall happen without their outstanding work good—students, research, the university as . Hoch died May 4, 2015, two supporting the process.” a whole. Our role includes the whole cycle months before his 94th birthday. Birgen simply noted, “We aspire to be a of philanthropy—introduction, His surviving child, Jeanne Hoch, foundation of best practices. I would think solicitation and stewardship of that gift. debated about how to honor the family people would want to look at this college “We like to recognize these donors— through the college. as a college of best practices from bring them to campus for donor In response, Mort designed multiple leadership to endowed faculty positions. celebrations and go out and see them. We funding opportunities, including “The College of Pharmacy and Allied continue to foster that relationship over scholarships, academic programs and an Health Professions is nationally known. time.” endowed position focused on community It’s been around for 127 years. It ranks The Haarbergs are a good case in point. pharmacy practice and research. She said, No. 1 nationally in NAPLEX scores based Birgen and Dennis Hedge, pharmacy “It is extremely important to offer a variety on first-time pass rates over the last three dean at the time, met the Haarbergs in of tailored options to find the exact fit for years. These endowed professorships their Woodland home in July 2014 and put such a major investment.” continue to raise the tide of the entire together a giving proposal. In April 2016, Hoch, whose career has been in college.” almost two years later, the Haarbergs called academia (the German professor is Dave Graves to say they were on board with creating the coordinator of foreign languages at Berea Haarberg Chair of Oncology. College in Kentucky), said she understands Haarberg said, “Lorie and I have been the value of endowed professorships. involved in the health-care industry locally

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COLLEGE WHITE coat

o Jane Mort, interim dean of the Whether it be an inappropriate drug or College of Pharmacy and Allied dosing recommendation, a calculations THealth Professions, the annual error, a measuring error or a dispensing White Coat Ceremony isn’t just about error, a 99-percent completion rate is just putting on a garment; it’s about not good enough.” committing to excellence. The 79 Among those students who received a students who received the white coats white coat was Holly Polak, who is this year experienced this firsthand. majoring in pharmacy and history. “It really emphasizes your commitment Through her work for Lewis Drug in to professionalism,” Mort said. “It’s about Sioux Falls as a , the committing to shouldering responsibility Sioux Falls native has begun to realize the of care.” importance of the white coat. Professor of Pharmacy Practice Dave “The white coat is such a recognizable Helgeland gave the keynote address, sign of the pharmacy . When speaking about not just pharmacy but I received one, it proved that I am ready also personal values to a packed Volstorff and able to begin fulfilling the role of a Ballroom in the University Student pharmacist within the community,” she Union. Helgeland, who retired from said. SDSU following the academic year, gave During the last academic year as a P1, advice he learned since graduating from Polak had to complete experiential pharmacy school 43 years ago. learning requirements. The completion “Make sure that your definition of of patient hours, histories, success is one of substance and not sizzle drug card exams and other tasks helped ... this is a way to live out our personal Polak earn her white coat. She said time and professional lives to the fullest,” management is a necessity for pharmacy Helgeland said. students. The P1 students who were taught by “Make sure to focus on time Helgeland listened to his perspective on management and create a good balance the pharmacy field, and what the white between coursework, and coat means. To him, it is a symbol of work,” she said. “Make connections with and excellence. your classmates and you will all support “When you put on a white coat, it each other, and that is key in helping you doesn’t make you a pharmacist. It doesn’t become a true professional who is worthy make you a good pharmacist. It doesn’t of their white coat.” make you a professional. But there will be Mort said while other universities with expectations of you,” he said. pharmacy programs give out white coats Helgeland made points of the ever- at different times, SDSU awards the coats changing industry and how being an in the spring. accurate pharmacist is essential. “I don’t think we have any other “As , you’re going to have to ceremony that’s like it,” said Mort, noting chase perfection. What error rate will you the Volstorff Ballroom is traditionally be willing to settle for as a pharmacist? If filled with friends and family. “I think a quarterback completed 99 percent of that the white coat is really a his passes, or a kicker was successful in commitment to behaving professionally ... 99 percent of his field-goal attempts, it Going the extra mile is key.” would be amazing. They would be very, Heidi Kronaizl very well paid,” he said. “Ninety-nine percent isn’t good enough for us.

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“Make sure that your definition of success is one of substance and not sizzle ... this is a way to live out our personal and professional lives to the fullest.” Professor of Pharmacy Practice Dave Helgeland

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“Being in retail pharmacy, you are one of the most accessible medical professions in the community. People are starting to realize we aren’t just counting pills back there ... Pharmacists really affect patients’ health.”

onathan Feist, a 2018 Pharm.D. “We used those funds to bring Dr. SPRING candidate, looks to lessen costs Moose to campus to talk about his Jand enhance values to patients innovative practices,” said Jane Mort, who walk through the doors of Lewis interim dean for the College of CONVOCATION Drug. Pharmacy and Allied Health Thanks to a speech and workshop Professions. by Joe Moose, Feist’s perspectives on In his presentation, Moose a pharmacist’s role with patient care overviewed the payment model for and cost have changed. health care. He pointed out that Joe Moose Moose, the keynote speaker for pharmacy services (prescriptions, Spring Convocation, didn’t just pharmacists, facilities, costs, etc.) present to pharmacy students about account for approximately 10 percent helps cut health-care retail pharmacy, but also conducted of health-care costs. He spoke about exercises with them to demonstrate how retail can work to costs and improve care how they could help cut health-care help impact the other 90 percent of costs and improve care for patients. health-care costs. In this area lies the for patients Moose is co-owner of six Moose opportunity to dramatically impact Pharmacy locations in North health-care costs through improved Carolina. He also is a preceptor with patient outcomes. the University of North Carolina “That approach focuses on a Eshelman School of Pharmacy different funding model than what Community Residency Program. In community pharmacists have had in 2015, he was named the National the past where payment is based on Community Pharmacists Association reimbursement for drug costs plus a Willard B. Simmons Independent dispensing fee,” Mort said. Pharmacist of the Year. He came to Students in years P1 through P3 South Dakota State thanks to a gift attended Spring Convocation to from Cardinal Health. listen to Moose. After the

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Spring convocation speaker Joe Moose, the 2015 Independent Pharmacist of the Year, poses with Interim Dean Jane Mort and Madicen Fanslau, student coordinator for the April 19 event.

presentation, a group of these students clinical services, giving more value to the some of the practices Moose presented. and P4 students traveled to Sioux Falls for patient. As North Carolina’s lead One of the practices Feist felt is helpful to a workshop focused on how to create community pharmacy coordinator for customers and what drew him to the innovative services. About 44 students community care, he created a network of pharmacy field is being easily accessible to interested in retail pharmacy took part. more than 200 pharmacies that strive to patients and directly dealing with patients. Preceptors, who work with pharmacy improve patient outcomes and He said customers can benefit from the students throughout the state, were also demonstrate the value of these services changing field of pharmacy. in attendance and served as leaders in the to payers. “Pharmacy is changing a lot ... it’s team activities. Feist enjoyed working with Moose, providing disease management to the “He took them through innovative students and preceptors from Rapid City, patients in your community,” he said. practices, such as how the practice model Sioux Falls and Madison. What resonated Feist feels by being a community of creating services would impact most with Feist from Moose’s workshop pharmacist, patients see you on a much payment,” Mort said. “The pharmacy was the approach that needs to be taken in more frequent basis. In the end, that builds would then negotiate with the payers to order to develop a successful service model. trust with the patients. offer this service package, and the The process and approach is not the “Being in retail pharmacy, you are one of pharmacy would be accountable to the approach the profession has historically the most accessible medical professions in payer for impacting the outcomes from thought about or taken to develop the community,” Moose said. “People are that service.” pharmacy services. starting to realize we aren’t just counting Teams brainstormed ideas for services “You have to think as a pharmacist what pills back there ... pharmacists really affect they as pharmacists could provide to your patients are looking for to benefit patients’ health.” impact the other 90 percent of the cost. them and their care,” Feist said. He enjoys Heidi Kronaizl The teams then picked the best ideas to working as a retail pharmacy intern. work on with their preceptors this summer. “I’ve always had a mindset of retail,” Feist Moose collaborates with ’ said. After speaking with Moose, he said offices to include more community pharmacists can really make their store pharmacists in their work. Through his unique compared to their competitors. pharmacies, he helped create diabetes and Feist hopes to continue working for the disease management programs to enhance Lewis Drug system and to implement

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COLLEGE MLS Students treated like entry-level employees

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hile South Dakota State I try to be a resource for them that they at the bench when their shift starts. They University’s medical laboratory can be comfortable using. It’s reminded are expected to read and follow all of the Wscience program seems to be one me of how much I learned in my clinicals standard operating procedures for the of its hidden gems, the program provides as well as in my first year of working.” laboratory. The students work alongside approximately 20 graduates each year to Rustad will enter her first year of another MLS tech for that day. They are the region’s workforce. working in the field after graduating and allowed to perform most of the testing It took a fellow student to get Abbey passing the certification exam. She started under the supervision of the trainer who Langstraat ’16 interested in MLS. That talk, at State in 2002 and then returned to then assists the student with the reporting along with her interest in the medical field, campus to work on a degree in MLS. of results.” brought her to strike up a conversation “I knew I wanted to be in health care “I have really enjoyed my clinical with one of the program’s instructors. but didn’t know where would be a good experience at Avera McKennan,” Shelby “My time at SDSU can definitely be split fit,” Rustad said. “Fast forward a little over Nelson said. “It’s confirmed my decision in into two periods—before the MLS 10 years and I have a husband, two kids, a becoming a medical laboratory scientist. program and after I entered the MLS business management degree, and a small Everyone I’ve encountered has been so program,” said Langstraat, who now works business ... but wasn’t feeling fulfilled in friendly and helpful, and I couldn’t be at Avera in its medical science laboratory. my career. I knew that the time was right more grateful. I have learned so much “My experiences at State before the MLS to figure it out, so I did some research— since I started clinicals a few short months program fed my love for the medical field. and more self-reflection—and concluded ago.” I thought and that MLS is a great fit for me and my Like Brittany Rustad, Nelson has were fascinating and very difficult ... at career goals. accepted a position as a medical least I thought they were difficult at the “My clinical experience has been filled laboratory scientist, provided she receives time. with applying and testing my knowledge, her bachelor’s degree and passes the “After two years in the MLS program which is both gratifying and terrifying at certification exam. Nelson has come a long , I realize those courses were light,” she the same time,” she continued. “I like way since first hearing about the MLS continued. “The MLS program will associating with people who have the same program. challenge pretty much any student, but it interests and have been where I’ve been. I “I was talking to one of my friends in a is all so interesting you really want to learn also enjoy the challenge and encountering class we had together, and she was telling it. The MLS program prepared me well for something new almost every day. I have me how one of her friends was in the MLS my work in a hospital laboratory, and I learned that the lab has a lot of great program and they had three tests a week think my time at SDSU was invaluable.” minds and hard workers, and it takes and drew blood,” said Nelson, who is from That same feeling came to Shelby everyone working together for the patient Brookings. “After I heard that I thought to Nelson and Brittany Rustad, who spent to achieve success.” myself, ‘Yeah right, I could never do that!’ 12 weeks at Avera this spring and will Well, a few months later I found myself graduated this summer. Treated like employees looking into the program and realized that The MLS students do clinicals at various it had all of my interests—, Dealing with challenges locations, including the VA in Sioux Falls and even a little math—so Langstraat is one of Avera’s medical and Avera McKennan. The 12-week I went ahead and applied for the program. laboratory scientists who works with the clinical rotation gives them experience in To this day, I know it was the best decision MLS program’s seniors during their various areas, such as microbiology, that I made. I love how hands-on clinical rotation assignments. , chemistry and coagulation everything is and how you’re always trying “I really like working with the students as well as a specialty area. to challenge yourself to learn more.” because I was just like them a year ago,” “For the most part, the students are Matt Schmidt Langstraat said. “I know what concepts treated as entry-level employees,” said Sara Opposite: Brittany Rustad is one of several students who can be challenging to grasp, and I try to Steffen, an education technical specialist at worked at Avera’s medical science laboratory this spring. explain these concepts to them in ways the Avera McKennan laboratory. “They are Below, left, Shelby Nelson looks at a blood sample under that are easy to understand and remember. expected to show up on time and be ready the watch of Avera’s Sara Steffen. At right, Lisa Sittig and Avera’s Cory Gunderson discuss a recent finding.

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Jayarama Gunaje Teacher of the year ayarama Gunaje’s outgoing and “If you met Dr. Gunaje outside the class said. “It is a privilege to be counted among enthusiastic personality was one of hour, he is still the same passionate teacher many accomplished teachers, and it is a Jthe reasons cited for his selection for who is eager to help and accommodate us,” good feeling. This award will motivate and the 2016-17 College of Pharmacy and Amadou said. “Every time I meet him inspire me to live up to the high standards Allied Health Professions’ Teacher of the outside the class he always wants to make in teaching at SDSU. Year Award. sure the material is understood. He is very “I go to the classroom with a sense of “Dr. Gunaje is very outgoing and accessible and friendly.” responsibility and a positive attitude,” he enthusiastic about his subjects,” Ashraf Amadou is not the only student to continued. “I bring a lot of enthusiasm Amadou, a P1 student from Worthington, notice Gunaje’s student-focused approach. and passion to learn new things each Minnesota, said. “This drive helps him “The characteristic I enjoy the most morning. I try to get to know each student explain complicated concepts in the about Dr. J’s biomed class is how he by name and engage them in the class by simplest form. It also allows him to engage teaches biological mechanisms and relates asking questions. I believe that personal the students by asking multiple questions them to pharmacy practice in as many interactions with students both inside and to draw the students’ attention to relevant ways possible,” said Katelyn Norton, a P1 outside the classroom helps generate a concepts. student from Cottage Grove, Minnesota. positive learning environment.” “He deserved this award because of his “For example, he taught about the different That’s just part of why Gunaje received constant passion and love of teaching to receptors on cancer cells and then talked the Teacher of the Year Award at the make sure the student comprehends the about how different target Spring Convocation, according to Amadou material,” Amadou continued. “It is quite these receptors and help treat cancer. and Norton. invigorating to see such an amazing “I believe Dr. J was chosen as the college’s “I like how he passionately explains his passion to help students.” Teacher of the Year because he is dedicated material in the simplest term that can be Nomination forms state “Dr. Gunaje is to the success of his students,” she understood by the students,” Amadou said. an incredibly outgoing and upbeat continued. “He puts in extra time and “I like his eagerness to make sure students professor who makes his commitment to work to make sure his students are understand the concepts by relating some his students so obvious. His passion about prepared for the exams and genuinely of the topic to the clinical aspect. It is , immunology and cancer research cares about each student’s success.” always amazing or exhilarating to be in is infectious and he helps us make exciting Gunaje, who also won the 2012-13 his class because you’ll always learn connections to our careers as future award, said the honor has him thinking something new and interesting that is pharmacists during every lecture.” on how to keep getting better in the applicable to life.” That passion carries over to office hours classroom. Matt Schmidt or meetings in the hallway. “I am honored to have been chosen as the Teacher of the Year by the students,” he 12 South Dakota State University d-Pharmacy Newsletter Sum 17.qxp_P1-11 Pharmacy F02 7/6/17 9:52 AM Page 13

A first for South Dakota Persistence lands Ngorsuraches the first PCORI grant in S.D.

urachat Ngorsuraches’ Dakota State University.” The state was rather than being someone’s guinea pigs, determination merited him a place among just a handful that hadn’t received Hawkins-Taylor said. Sin grant-making history when he a previous PCORI award, he said. received an award of $262,422 earlier Also, South Dakota and the Upper Also has MS Society grant this year. Midwest states are unique. “Patient- The first step in reaching that platform It isn’t the amount of the award that is centered research elsewhere may not be is a needs assessment with focus groups particularly notable, but the agency that applicable here. In addition, SDSU has a helping to reveal in what areas training is awarded the funds does merit note. The favorable research environment. It is the needed. Patient-Centered Outcomes Research place where colleagues and administrators Then Ngorsuraches will work with the Institute (PCORI) is an independent at every level fully support you and make Wisconsin neurologist, Natasha Frost, to nonprofit, nongovernmental organization things possible for your research projects,” create workshops for patients and families located in Washington, D.C., that was he said. that would share not only information on authorized by Congress in 2010 as part the disabling disease of the central nervous of the Affordable Care Act. Collaboration the key system but also discuss research methods, As of December 2016, it has awarded When a previous PCORI proposal was how to provide input and how to collect $1.6 billion for 570 research-related rejected, Ngorsuraches told the agency, data. “We want them to work side-by-side projects in 41 states. “I’m not going to give up until somebody in researchers,” he said. However, not a dime has gone to a South Dakota gets a grant from you.” That The final phase would produce a South Dakota researcher. That changed somebody was Ngorsuraches, who said his “research map—goals we would like to when Ngorsuraches received his two-year approved proposal was stronger because of achieve and what type of questions we award (Jan.1, 2017, to Dec. 31, 2018). the degree of collaboration, particularly need to ask to achieve those goals,” Ngorsuraches, a Thailand native who is with the MS Society. Ngorsuraches said. in his third year at SDSU, said he had “He was just so diligent in getting all the This is his second award for multiple unsuccessfully applied several times with collaborators in the project,” Hawkins- sclerosis research. In October 2016, different projects for PCORI funds. So, Taylor said. Ngorsuraches received a one-year award what made the difference this time? PCORI was created with a mandate from the National MS Society to conduct Three things, according to the associate “to improve the quality and relevance of an electronic survey to determine how professor. evidence available to help patients, much patients would be willing to pay for No. 1—“MS (multiple sclerosis) is a caregivers, clinicians, employers, insurers MS treatments. That $117, 878 award was hot area in the grant agency’s eyes. There and policy makers make informed health the first from the National MS Society to is a big research gap in MS. The current decisions.” go to an SDSU researcher. treatment cannot cure the disease.” With a name like Patient-Center He is juggling this research with a No. 2—“Collaboration and patient Outcomes Research Institute, it’s clear that teaching load of one to two classes per engagement.” Ngorsuraches is working patient engagement needs to be part of its semester. He also works as a principal with Chamika Hawkins-Taylor, an awarded project. Ngorsuraches said the investigator with other SDSU researchers assistant professor whose research interests simple summary of his project is on a big secondary data project from include the social determinants of health; “strengthening patients and family Sanford Data Collaborative and helps with the Upper Midwest MS Society; and a members to work with MS researchers.” undergraduate and pharmacy residency University of Wisconsin neurologist who Hawkins-Taylor added, “It will empower projects. But Ngorsuraches looks forward also directs the Multiple Sclerosis Program them to have a better understanding of to the challenge. at University Hospital, Madison. MS.” “I have a will to win, and as an SDSU “This project will highly engage MS Ngorsuraches and his team will work researcher, I want to make an impact,” patients and family members,” with 30 patients in five Upper Midwest he said. Ngorsuraches said. states to create a platform in which future Dave Graves No. 3—“Another reason is because patients and their families will feel like we are South Dakota, and we are South they’re actually involved in MS research 13 d-Pharmacy Newsletter Sum 17.qxp_P1-11 Pharmacy F02 7/6/17 9:52 AM Page 14

FACULTY NEWS Faculty honors

Surachat Ngorsuraches, an associate During the last five years, he has received grants totaling close professor in pharmacy practice, was to $1 million and authored or co-authored 15 manuscripts. His named the Outstanding Scholar for the research focuses on developing new compounds for modulating college at the university’s Celebration of glutathione oxidative pathway in the cells. One of the Faculty Excellence held in February. compounds developed by Guan’s group is marketed by Sigma- In 2016, he received two grants for Aldrich for studying thiol oxidative stress in cells. multiple sclerosis research. In October, he received a $118,000 award from the Dan Hansen, assistant dean, was one of National MS Society, becoming the first three faculty members initiated into Phi SDSU researcher to receive an award Kappa Phi at SDSU April from the organization. 20. The three were introduced by Provost In December, he received a $262,400 award from the Patient- Dennis Hedge, former college dean. Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), an Earlier in the month (April 11), he was independent nonprofit, nongovernmental organization located re-elected to the Brookings City Council. in Washington, D.C., that was authorized by Congress in 2010 as He was the top votegetter, claiming 1,553 part of the Affordable Care Act. Ngorsuraches, a Thailand native votes in a four-way race for two three- who is in his third year at SDSU, became the first South Dakota year positions. researcher to receive PCORI funding.

Debra Farver, professor of pharmacy practice, received an Edward Patrick The following were presented April 7 at the South Hogan Award for Teaching Excellence Dakota Society of Health-System Pharmacists annual meeting award. in Sioux Falls. Colleagues and students alike note her professionalism and genuine desire to Brad Laible, a professor of pharmacy make a difference. She is known for her practice, was named South Dakota dedication to student engagement and Society of Health-System Pharmacist of interprofessional education. the Year. The Hogan Award is named and The Marion native instructs students in endowed in honor of Ed Hogan, who their infectious disease rotations at Avera served many different roles during his 36-year career at SDSU McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls. Laible including professor and head of the Department of Geography, has been with SDSU since August 2004. associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, assistant vice His primary academic interests include president for academic affairs and chief information and stewardship. officer. He serves as the lead pharmacist for Avera ’s Antimicrobial Stewardship Program and has Xiangming Guan, the college’s assistant published on antimicrobial topics and other pharmaceutical dean for research, received the F.O. Butler treatments. Award for Excellence in Research. During the last 20 years, Guan has been Debra Farver, also a professor of pharmacy practice, received one of the most active researchers in the the Gary W. Karel Lecture Award, a lifetime achievement award. college and has received continuous The Karel Award is named after the longtime director of funding from the National Institutes of pharmacy at Sanford Health. Farver, of Yankton, is known for Health since 1999. her passionate and engaged teaching. Interim Dean Jane Mort said Guan is Farver, who retired June 21 after 31 years at SDSU, also one of the very few faculty at SDSU with practiced clinical pharmacy at the South Dakota Human such an outstanding grant success rate. Services Center and Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton. His research has significant implications for developing new therapeutic approaches for cancer and other diseases.

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FACULTY RETIREMENTS Deb Farver Connecting culture with • Retiring professor known for engaging classroom discussion

randma Emma, “Jailhouse Rock,” “Where would medicinal marijuana fit in that they can medical marijuana. ” is another topic that be effective G has generated good classroom discussion, and involved Those three seemingly incongruent the professor said. practitioners subjects are all part of the curriculum Jade Kutzke, who graduated in May, said, for the future. taught by Debra Farver, professor of “I always looked forward to class periods I’m very pharmacy practice. Farver, who retired when Dr. Farver was lecturing. Her tying passionate for the students’ education so June 21, has made creative teaching lecture material in with current or historic they can learn concepts and actually apply methods her trademark in 31 years on the events keeps our classes upbeat and them to the practice. When they leave the SDSU faculty. Her areas of instruction engages us to apply what we are learning Program, they have range from interprofessional education through open discussions that might have the skills to be engaged and improve to pharmacotherapeutics. more than just one answer. patient care.” Emma is an 87-year-old with early stage “Personally, learning in this way makes The Yankton resident did her teaching of Alzheimer’s, macular degeneration and the material stick better since I can relate it Advanced Pharmacy Practices Experiences lingering effects from a stroke 10 years ago. back to the event and our discussion on at the S.D. Human Services Center and Farver knows her well. She has portrayed the topic.” Avera Sacred Heart Hospital. Emma numerous times during Farver’s ability to draw out the best in interprofessional education sessions with Teaching style changes through the years all levels of students can be shown in a SDSU pharmacy students and health Farver, who first taught at SDSU in call she received a few years ago from profession students from the USD School 1983-86 and then continuously since 1989, then-Department Head Dennis Hedge of Health Sciences. admits that her teaching style in her early concerning an at-risk P4 student. Hedge Emma is part of Farver’s efforts to years was just like what she experienced asked her to consider taking the student engage students in learning, making table- when she was at the University of during an “off block,” five weeks when talk discussions more than theoretical by Nebraska Medical Center, from which the she wasn’t scheduled to be precepting a role playing realistic situations. Pierce, Nebraska, farm girl graduated with student. When students “in the whole cell block” a Pharm.D. in 1983. Farver was uncertain about taking on a are dancing to the “Jailhouse Rock,” they “My teaching style has changed from just student during time she usually used to know a discussion on the death of Elvis giving them standard information to recharge and reorganize. Presley will follow. Farver asks, “How did having active learning numerous times “I told my husband about my concerns, he die? On Google, you can find 12 within the 50-minute class period. The but my husband said, ‘Dennis wouldn’t theories about how he died. Some theorize application is much, much more have asked you if he didn’t think you could it was codeine and ultrarapid metabolism. important. Not just the facts, but the help.’ I called Dennis the next day and said Others theorize it was a benzodiazepine application of those facts to make good yes. The student was very successful. The overdose. The answer is unknown, but we clinical decisions,” Farver said of her mid- student had the capabilities. I was just the can postulate how pain medications could 1990s transition. means to make it happen. It was most have contributed to his death. She recalls one of her first lessons in impactful for me that my department head “In these controversial areas, where there making sure students connect with the knew I could help,” Farver said. are active debates, I always bring them topic. back to evidence-based decisions.” “I taught a lot of the chemotherapy for Students become colleagues The April 21, 2016, death of music icon oncology. It’s very complex. ‘This type of That confidence can be heard from Prince from a overdose also chemotherapy causes to the heart, countless students and colleagues, provided Farver with a topical subject to this chemotherapy causes toxicity to the including some students who are now teach on both drug toxicity and . kidneys.’ On an old-fashioned chalkboard, colleagues. One of them is Joe Strain. Fentanyl is a cancer-treatment opioid. I drew a picture of a person. Students later Strain, a 2002 grad who now is a clinical “How would Prince obtain that? How told me that this weird-looking faculty member at Rapid City Regional much would he have to take to produce chemotherapy man helped them connect Hospital, said, “I recall the first time a lethal overdose?” Farver said she asked the various types of toxicity when they I met Dr. Farver. It was during my P1 her students. took their national board exam,” Farver orientation at SDSU and was struck by her She challenged her students to think “If said. professionalism. She was welcoming and you as a pharmacy manager knew a movie inspiring, and I left that encounter excited star came to your pharmacy with the Brings out best in students to begin my educational career as a intent of abuse, what would you do?” Farver said her motivation as a teacher pharmacy student. is “to provide education to the student so (article continues on page 16) 15 d-Pharmacy Newsletter Sum 17.qxp_P1-11 Pharmacy F02 7/6/17 9:52 AM Page 16

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“Two years later, Dr. Farver served as one • Edward Patrick Hogan Award for Retirement plans of my therapeutics professors. Her Teaching Excellence, one of two given “I’ve truly enjoyed my career. I had no engaging lecture style commanded the universitywide, 2017; idea this would be my career pathway, but attention of the class. She explained • Gary W. Karel Award, a lifetime I wouldn’t have changed it at all. SDSU complex concepts and facilitated student achievement honor given by the South and the College of Pharmacy and Allied engagement by asking questions to Dakota Society of Health-System Health Professions has been very individuals throughout the classroom. Pharmacists, 2017; supportive and encouraging.” said Farver, “While it was a bit unnerving to be • Teacher of the Year for the College of who has served under seven deans. called on in front of your peers, Dr. Pharmacy in spring 2015 as voted on by In retirement, Farver plans to spend Farver’s nonintimidating style quickly the students; lots of time with her husband (Max), eased everyone’s anxiety and the class • Scholar of the Year for the College of children (Jason and Aaron) daughter-in- soon realized how this teaching method Pharmacy, presented at the 2014 SDSU law (Amanda) and grandchildren facilitated our understanding. She is truly Faculty Celebration of Excellence; (Katrina and Isaac). one of my favorite professors I had • Anton Hyden Memorial Award from She also plans to spend more time in throughout my educational career.” University of South Dakota medical her flower garden, which also should students to the professor who has benefit from Farver’s passion. Continues to reap rewards inspired them the most, 2001; and Dave Graves As Farver closes her career, she has been • Individualized Teaching for the the recipient of several awards: College of Pharmacy, 1991 and 1998. Dave Helgeland Professor steps down after 31 years Program—South Dakota’s Medicaid’s program. In 2001, Helgeland and six others, including 1973 SDSU College of Pharmacy grad Elgene Jacobs of the University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy, formed the American Drug Utilization Review Society. He served on its board for a number of years. Helgeland also served as the adviser for the college’s chapter of Phi Lambda Sigma, the pharmacy leadership society, since its inception in 1990. In 2000, Helgeland received a in education in adult and /educational administration from USD. Helgeland is known for his dry, self- fter nearly 31 years of service to the that time, there were nine faculty members, deprecating humor. As an example, college and 41 years to the state of including the dean. Helgeland lists on his SDSU webpage, ASouth Dakota, professor Dave He left the college for 10 years to be a under the honors category, “some.” Helgeland retired May 21. pharmacist at the S.D. Human Services He could have mentioned that in 2006 Helgeland, a native of Mitchell and a Center in Yankton. During that time, he he received the Honorary Member Award graduate of Yankton High School, earned a also earned a Master of Business from the South Dakota Association of bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from the Administration degree from the University Pharmacy Technicians and in 2009, he SDSU College of Pharmacy in 1974. He of South Dakota. received the South Dakota Pharmacist’s worked as a community pharmacist for In 1989, Helgeland returned to college Association Hustead Award as Pharmacist nearly 2 ½ years. faculty, teaching courses in law, of the Year. In October 1976, he returned to the management, ethics, health-care systems, In retirement, Helgeland plans to pray college as a clinical instructor, introduction to pharmacy, and drug more, exercise more, stop lying about coordinating the college’s externship and utilization and quality assurance. exercising more and see if it is possible to continuing education programs as well as Since 1990, he also directed the South relax from August through May. helping with some courses and labs. At Dakota Drug Evaluation and Education Dave Graves 16 South Dakota State University d-Pharmacy Newsletter Sum 17.qxp_P1-11 Pharmacy F02 7/6/17 9:52 AM Page 17

Teresa Delfinis Retiring coordinator has a heart for students

eresa Delfinis called her job a them interested in health care all the way graduated perfect fit, but after 15 years with through going out to practice pharmacy. from the Tthe college and nearly 35 years of “It’s been a great fit for me. My program employment at SDSU, she is ready to see personality is really about just trying to and told how retirement will fit. help individuals to be the best they can be me ‘you’re Delfinis, coordinator of student services and to meet the goals they’ve set for the one in the College of Pharmacy and Allied themselves. My background is in who said I could do it.’ It is emotional Health Professions, stepped down June 21, counseling and human resource because I know in my heart that I have following 10 years in the position. For the development, so that’s been a really good made a difference,” Delfinis said. five years prior to that, the Elkton native fit.” Judging from the Christmas cards and was an academic development assistant in Her master’s degree in counseling and notes about jobs, marriages and babies the college. She also has 12 years of human resource development was earned that the students send her, Delfinis’ impact experience in the Admissions Office, three in 2004 from State. She completed a is heartfelt on the other side as well. in what is now University College and five years in Residential Life. “It’s working with students Follows footsteps of Houglum She arrived at the college during the across that span, from getting Delfinis also had kind words for her final year of Danny Lattin’s deanship predecessor and mentor, Assistant Dean and has served through the tenures of them interested in health care Joel Houglum, and Hansen, who “will give Brian Kaatz (2003-08) and Dennis Hedge all the way through going out you a project and let you run with it. He’s (2008-16). not micromanaging, but he’s also very Interim Dean Jane Mort said, “Teresa to practice pharmacy.” willing to listen to ideas to make things has been a tremendous leader and Teresa Delfinis on her better. I’ve had very supportive people ambassador for student services within contacts with students along the way.” the college. Her skill in working with Houglum served as the college’s students, knowledge of the program and bachelor’s in sociology with minors in coordinator of undergraduate studies for commitment to outstanding service have psychology and human development and nearly 20 years before retiring in 2006. provided a strong foundation for all of our family studies in 1997, also from State. All Delfinis said, “I was one of the first student service activities.” of her classes were taken while she also was professional advisers. Before, it was faculty As coordinator of student services, working full time at SDSU. members. It’s difficult for faculty members Delfinis works with an advising staff of None of those were in pharmacy, but to be teaching and doing research and five, including Assistant Dean for Student she has gained an extensive informal have that advising load” and even more so Services Dan Hansen. education in the field. now with advisers working with early “I make sure things run smoothly with grade alerts and using several different the advising staff as we work on retention, Remains in contact with students web programs to keep tabs on students. recruitment and advising approximately “When I started with pharmacy, I actually Delfinis is thankful she made the time to 600 prepharmacy, premedical laboratory went out and did some shadowing so I get to know students’ names and “really science and professional program students. could speak knowledgeably about things. listen to them. Helping them achieve their I advise about half of the students and the When we attend career fairs, we usually dreams is very rewarding.” other adviser (Asha Hertler) advises the have some of the P4 students on academic Her next reward is spending time with other half,” Delfinis explained. rotation go with us. But Asha and I have her husband, Koss, traveling, doing Her replacement, Nathan Bylander, is done the activity so many volunteer work and connecting with her coming from the TRiO office on campus. times we can wing that on our own. family. Delfinis’ parents live in Brookings Hertler, a former grad assistant in the “The P4 students also demonstrate blood and her daughter, Brandy, and college, joined full time in February. pressure reading, product sterilization and granddaughter, Mischa, 11, are in Aurora. how to make IV solutions; showing the The Delfinises live in the country Trained as a counselor work of pharmacists,” Delfinis said. outskirts of Brookings, where she can be Delfinis has enjoyed the opportunity to In dealing with college students, her job found walking, photographing nature and interact with students, “whether it is is often that of a cheerleader. Her favorite reading. students already at SDSU or students memories are of students visiting her Dave Graves looking to come to SDSU. We do a lot of office. She recalls one in particular. hands-on activities with students at Scrubs “It was a nontraditional prepharmacy Camps throughout the state and at other major doubting if she could do it. recruitment events. It’s working with I encouraged her and five years later the students across that span, from getting student came back after she had just 17 d-Pharmacy Newsletter Sum 17.qxp_P1-11 Pharmacy F02 7/6/17 9:52 AM Page 18

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Van Klompenburg earned her pharmacy Dakota. “Houston is hot!” She is also degrees from SDSU in 2013 (bachelor’s) looking forward to establishing her own and 2015 (Pharm.D.). clinic and working closely with pharmacy After pharmacy school, she completed students while being able to reconnect the SDSU/Lewis Drug Community with family and friends, as well as SDSU Pharmacy PGY-1 Residency in Milbank. football. This summer she is completing an The Van Klompenburgs, of Montevideo, residency at the Michael Minnesota, are an SDSU family. Her E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical brother and sister-in-law, D.J. and Lacey, Center in Houston. are 2015 graduates in ag systems In her new position, she will be technology and animal science, precepting fourth-year pharmacy students respectively. Her sister, Mallory, will on their advanced pharmacy practice graduate in 2019 with a degree in human experiences and teaching third-year . pharmacy students. 1st Lt. Van Klompenburg also serves as a Emily Van Klompenburg Her research interests are in chronic medical service corps officer with the Emily Van Klompenburg joins the obstructive pulmonary disease (inhaler 196th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade faculty Aug. 14 as an assistant professor in optimization, pharmacist-led COPD with the South Dakota Army National pharmacy practice and an ambulatory care ), diabetes management and Guard in Sioux Falls. clinical pharmacy specialist at the Sioux pharmacy education. At home, Van Klompenburg has a 3- Falls VA Medical Center, after completing “I have always enjoyed working with year-old Saint Bernard named Clarabelle. two years of postgraduate training. students and am also very excited to Dave Graves She fills a position previously held by continue working with the veteran Tarryn Jansen. population,” said Van Klompenburg, who is anticipating cooler weather in South

on July 31. Since graduation he completed He said he was drawn to this position two residencies at the Boise (Idaho) VA because of the opportunity to reconnect Medical Center with a specialization in with his alma mater by working with and ambulatory care during his second year. teaching students on a daily basis in the In his new position, half his time will be Black Hills. spent giving lectures, doing committee Berendse’s parents, Fred and Linda, still work and conducting research for SDSU, live in Rapid City as do two of his four while his work as a clinical pharmacist at siblings, as well as nieces and nephews. the Black Hills VA will include precepting After graduating from Rapid City fourth-year pharmacy students on their Central, Berendse earned a bachelor’s advanced pharmacy practice experiences. degree in human services and psychology His research interests are in quality from Friends University, located in improvement as it relates to the delivery of Wichita, Kansas, in 2010 and his bachelor’s care in an interdisciplinary in pharmaceutical sciences from SDSU in setting, interdisciplinary trainee learning 2013. Joe Berendse and curriculum, and pharmacy leadership His outside interests include board Joe Berendse, a Rapid City native, and advocacy. games (favorite-Suburbia), playing violin returns to the Black Hills as an assistant “I am excited to have two new sets of (the former all-state orchestra musician professor in ambulatory care with the colleagues through this new position: both has been playing since he was 9), animals College of Pharmacy and Allied Health SDSU colleagues and Black Hills VA (he has a 2-year old cat named Dipper), Professions as well as a clinical pharmacist colleagues,” Berendse said. “I am looking hiking (another reason to be excited to with Black Hills VA Health Care System in forward to a rewarding career working return to the Black Hills) and cooking (his Fort Meade. together with them. I am also looking favorite TV show is “Top Chef”). He replaces Bill Hayes, who transferred forward to meeting the students at the Dave Graves to an SDSU ambulatory care position at College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Rapid City Regional. Professions and contributing to their Berendse, a 2015 SDSU Pharm.D. professional training.” graduate, begins work with his alma mater

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2009 and a master’s in counseling and really incredible. Whether it’s academic or human resource development (student career support, the college really makes an affairs specialization) in 2015. While effort to set our students up for a completing his master’s, he was a graduate successful and positive experience,” assistant at Wintrode Tutoring Center Bylander said. (2013-15) and a program intern with New A Thief River Falls, Minnesota, native, Student Orientation (2014-15). Bylander’s father lives in Stillwater, In his new position, Bylander’s duties Minnesota, and his brother is in New York. include conducting degree audits and Extended family members are scattered transcript evaluations, facilitating New across Minnesota as well as parts of Student Orientation advising sessions, Wisconsin and Illinois. overseeing Pharmacy Recruitment Days Outside interests include yoga, tennis, career fair, representing the college at the swimming, jogging, visiting Dakota SDSU Health Professions Career Camp Nature Park and watching movies, and recruiting future students through especially Marvel movies. He also Nathan Bylander outreach initiatives. volunteers as a coach for LeadState, a Nathan Bylander, a professional “I’m looking forward to meeting all of leadership development program for academic advisor, comes to the college the awesome students I’ll get to call my sophomores, and is an adviser to the from the TRiO Student Support Services advisees and welcoming back returning Sigma Phi Epsilon, a social fraternity with office on campus, where he served as a students after summer break. an emphasis on community service. retention officer since August 2015. “Even before I took on this role, I was “Any opportunity to grow student He replaces Teresa Delfinis, who retired. constantly impressed by the students leaders at South Dakota State, I’m there,” (See separate story, page 17.) coming out of the various academic Bylander said. Bylander earned a bachelor’s degree in programs offered here. The breadth and Dave Graves recreation administration from SDSU in depth of services offered to our students is

She also served as a graduate intern in “This position not only allows me to University College from August 2015 to work with energetic and hopeful scholars, May 2016 and was a secretary/accounting but it also gives academic advisors the assistant in human resources at SDSU opportunity to make an even greater from October 2013 to July 2014. impact each year. As we approach the fall Hertler, who received a master’s in semester, I look forward to inspiring new counseling and human resource students to strive for academic excellence. development (student affairs What brings meaning to my career is specialization) from SDSU in 2016, said, helping students realize their dreams,” “Being a graduate assistant with the College Hertler said. of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions Hertler’s bachelor’s degree was in and a graduate intern with University communications – mass media from College opened a window of opportunity Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota, to teaching, advising, recruitment and in 2009. retention. In her personal time, Hertler and her Asha Hertler “Throughout my pursuit in higher husband, Gabriel, of Brookings, like to Asha Hertler is new to the position of education, I obtained a vast amount of explore the outdoors with their West professional academic advisor, but she’s knowledge in many aspects of student Highland terrier, Baxter. Hertler also not new to the college. services. From my very first advising enjoys yoga, leisure reading, music, the Hertler, a native of Rush City, appointment to my last lecture in arts and spending time with family and Minnesota, began her current position in Pharmacy 109, I am overjoyed to continue friends. February. For 10 months previous to that, working where it all began.” Dave Graves she was a student services support As with Bylander, the position involves specialist for the college and was a recruiting students to the college, guiding graduate teaching assistant in the college them through the door and auditing their from August 2014 to May 2016. progress as well as assisting in the admissions process.

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Rakesh Dachineni Grad Student of the Year

n recent times, there is an important doing work with oral tablets. But, he had research can help in preventing cancer question that is being discussed in the desired to do cancer research since he through an understanding of how aspirin, Imedia—“Will an aspirin a day keep one started his master’s degree work at ‘the wonder drug,’ works, I will be happy.” free from cancer?” Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, In April 2016, the U.S. Preventative The health benefits of aspirin were first New Jersey, in 2010. He earned the degree Services Task Force issued a observed since its introduction as a drug and spent 13 months at Chantilly recommendation of taking one baby in the 1890s to relieve pain. Aspirin’s Biopharma before learning of the aspirin daily (typically 81 milligrams) for benefits in preventing heart attacks was opportunity with Gunaje. people between age groups 50-59 for the first observed 80 years later, and in the prevention of heart attack as well as 1990s, it was found to have the ability to Recipient praises Gunaje colorectal cancer. decrease cancers, particularly colon cancer. In scouting the opportunity, Gunaje’s This age group was cited because, aging What makes this most common of all then graduate student called him helpful is a big factor in both heart disease and medications so useful? and praised his availability in working cancer. It also noted that to observe the Aspirin’s blood-thinning properties have with students, which prompted Rakesh benefits people should take the low dose been understood for decades. How aspirin to join Dr. Gunaje’s lab. aspirin for a longer period of time, usually prevents colon cancer, the second-leading Dachineni, a native of , took the 5 to 10 years. cause of cancer deaths, is not so well- leap, starting here in August 2013. He said Research in Gunaje’s laboratory focuses known. he has not been disappointed. “My first on understanding how salicylic acid, the Jayarama Gunaje started researching the year I learned a lot of things. He (Gunaje) primary metabolite aspirin, acts to prevent pathways of cancer prevention in 2006, showed me how to design and conduct an cancer. His research suggests that the while employed at Texas Tech. More than a experiment, and how to analyze the results. metabolites of salicylic acid target proteins decade later that research continues now Gunaje works with us in the lab all the involved in cell division, preventing cancer here at SDSU, most recently with the help time. When we get stuck, he comes up cell growth, Gunaje explained. of doctoral student Rakesh Dachineni, with another idea to troubleshoot and For the remainder of the year, Dachineni who was named Graduate Student of the move forward.” will continue working in Gunaje’s secured Year for the College of Pharmacy and Gunaje praised the intellect of lab in the Avera Health and Science Center, Allied Health Professions in 2017. Dachineni and interest in learning and defend his thesis in fall 2017 and receive “He taught me everything I know,” said discovering new knowledge. his doctorate from SDSU. Dachineni Dachineni, who joined Gunaje’s laboratory Rakesh said his academic pursuit has aspires to become a researcher. when he arrived at SDSU from New Jersey been motivated by his grandfather, a high Dave Graves in 2013. school teacher in India who passed away Dachineni had been working as a two years ago. “He never asked me to do research and development associate with research, but he always motivated me to Chantilly Biopharma in Chantilly, Virginia, do something in life to help people. If our

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aving four college students make with the college. You start nearly 4,000 calls has proven to be on a low, because it can be Ha success for the College of tough to get them to engage, Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions. but you end on a high.” Khia Warzecha, Sioux Falls; Kaya Borg, Hearing the alumni stories phonathon Clarkfield, Minnesota; Analisa Buysse, was a common theme. Taunton, Minnesota; and Jenna Lund, St. “I always hear their Bonifacius, Minnesota, spent nearly 20 memories about student nights making those calls. organizations,” Warzecha said. Despite dialing a lot of numbers for “I get asked which ones I’m in. several hours each night, they admit it When I tell them I’m in Kappa and has been fun and they’ve learned a few live at the house right now, they say ‘I love things. lived at the house. Are there still bats?’ interacting with “It’s been fun talking to the alumni, “I like being able to talk to anybody,” she patients and helping them manage that, hearing about their stories,” said Borg, continued. “There are times when I need learning more about the medications and who worked at an facility to work up the courage to just say hello as seeing how we can optimize their health.” while in high school and became there have been times when they don’t Like the others, Lund’s interest in interested in medications and their want to talk to you because they know health care started before arriving at State. impact on patients. “I really liked why you’re calling. It definitely puts you She enjoys making the calls because it working with the patients and getting to outside of your comfort zone. I’m hoping gives her experience on how to talk to know them. I do like communicating to better my communication skills and individuals. with people as well. I figured pharmacy learn how to make small talk with people. “In high school, I took a health-care was a good career path for me as it There are times when they’re not giving investigations course where I could learn involved a lot of the subjects I enjoyed in you much to go off of.” and shadow what it was like to be in school and allowed me to talk to people Buysse sometimes with the different settings,” she said. “I knew I and work in health care.” retirement of a professor as a way to didn’t want to be a nurse because I didn’t Borg likes how the calls are scheduled. break the ice. want to be sticking people. I started doing The students typically start by calling “(Dave Helgeland’s) retirement always projects in the next class based on a job alumni who have not previously donated gets a response,” she said, adding she we chose. I chose pharmacy because it or there has been some time since their wanted to be a pharmacist since junior sounded like it was a good fit for me and last donation. high. “I got a job at a local pharmacy at here I am.” “It’s sometimes really hard to get them the end of my junior year in high school to have a conversation with you or to and really enjoyed it. I was kind of Individuals can also contribute at: donate but at the end of the night you’re amazed at how all of the pharmacists https://www.sdstatefoundation.org/ give-now. calling people who donated last year or knew what the hundreds of meds in the Matt Schmidt donated large amounts of money— pharmacy can do. I’m kind of amazed they’re the fun conversations,” Borg said. and fascinated at the common disease From left, Analisa Buysse, Kaya Borg, Khia Warzecha “They want to talk to you and hear about states we have and that’s what we deal and Jenna Lund made approximately 4,000 calls for your experiences and what’s all going on with on a daily basis as pharmacists. I this year’s phonathon. 21 d-Pharmacy Newsletter Sum 17.qxp_P1-11 Pharmacy F02 7/6/17 9:52 AM Page 22

Provost Dennis Hedge Former dean one of few pharmacists to serve in higher ed’s top tier

ennis Hedge stepped outside the academic excellence and overall program and sphere of pharmacy in May 2016 to success. Working closely with department Shepard Danswer the university’s call as heads to foster faculty success,” Hedge said. Hall. That interim provost and vice president for Of course, the difference is perspective. work was academic affairs. “In the provost office, you establish completed He decided it was a good fit and applied priorities and allocate resources with in 2010. to fill the position on a permanent basis. consideration of the entire university After a national search, Hedge’s selection landscape and the broader mission of the was officially announced by South Dakota university. Efforts to recruit, retain, Naturally, that facility, which “helped take State University March 1. He began with encourage and support an outstanding and our teaching and research to a new level,” is the college in 1992 as an assistant professor diverse faculty involves multiple disciplines,” among Hedge’s highlights as dean. in clinical pharmacy and spent the last eight he said. He also cites two successful accreditation years as dean. visits for pharmacy and one for medical The route Hedge has taken has been trod College transforms under Hedge laboratory science as well as “the privilege by few others. Hedge, who turned 50 in December, had of interaction with students; the growth For whatever reason, top administrative spent less than a year as associate dean and strength of our faculty, including positions in higher education have rarely when he became acting dean July 1, 2008, addition of endowed professorships; been filled from colleges of pharmacy. following Brian Kaatz’s departure. expansion of our research program; and the SDSU has precedence for this when Harold He inherited a college with a solid track continued excellence of our students on Bailey moved from head of pharmaceutical record that was poised to make big national exams, as well as the chemistry to become the university’s first advances. numerous reports from employers dean of academic affairs. He served as Omathanu Perumal, head of regarding the high quality of our graduates. State’s chief academic official for 24 years, pharmaceutical sciences, said, “During Dr. “The college is a shining star and serving which was longer than anyone in the nation Hedge’s tenure as dean, the Department of as its dean is a great job. It is a wonderful at that time. Pharmaceutical Sciences saw significant college with amazing people. That’s why it An SDSU pharmacy grad, Craig Schnell growth in research and graduate education. was a difficult decision to move on to this ’65, served in that role at North Dakota Dr. Hedge’s fundraising efforts were next chapter in my professional life.” State University. The current University of instrumental in remodeling the Kentucky provost also came from a pharmaceutical sciences research Search committee in place pharmacy background. laboratories and enhancing the research As provost, he will be dealing with “It’s a pretty small number, however,” infrastructure of the college. completion of the university’s strategic plan, Hedge acknowledged. “His leadership was transformational in recruiting deans and, in the long term, establishing two endowed faculty positions “continuing to develop academic programs ‘Excited about the future’ and an endowed lecture series in cancer that address the workforce needs of our By mid-October 2016, the former Hoxie, research. During his tenure as dean, the state and region, ensuring that SDSU Kansas, farm boy knew he wanted to join department received $2.3 million in state academic programs are high quality, and that exclusive club. funding to establish the Translational supporting initiatives to enhance the “I was really enjoying the work and having Cancer Research Center in collaboration success of our faculty and students.” fun collaborating with administrators and with Sanford Research. The research The pharmacy deanship has been filled, faculty to establish academic priorities for funding grew from less than $500,000 per on an interim basis, by Jane Mort. Nancy the university. The opportunity to work year to close to $1 million. Fahrenwald, dean of the College of , with colleges and departments across the “The college also emerged as one of the is serving as dean search committee chair. university to advance a broad range of leaders in new technology development, The goal is to make an employment offer to academic programs and support the success intellectual property and research a dean candidate by the end of fall semester. of SDSU students was exciting and commercialization. The Ph.D. program in Hedge, who joined the college 25 years rewarding. pharmaceutical sciences has grown from ago, reflects on the many blessings the last In addition, I was inspired by the vision less than 10 students to 20 students in the quarter-century has brought. of President (Barry) Dunn and his goals for last 10 years.” “Life has been good, and I am grateful to the university. I wanted to be a part of our so many. I’m also enthusiastic about the university’s future and serve at this level. Top achievements go beyond building future and can’t wait to see what the next “I loved my job as dean. I went through a Hedge became acting dean when the day may bring.” process to be sure I was ready to move on to college was located in The Barn, while the Dave Graves a new position.” $51 million Avera Health and Science There are common aspects when Center was constructed on the former site comparing the jobs. “Working to achieve of the Guilford Gross Pharmacy Building

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COMMUNITY PHARMACY Andrew Straw Emily Van Klompenburg Residency program inspires teaching careers

fter serving as PGY1 community “I decided I would attend SDSU for also gain insight on a pharmacy’s “behind- pharmacist residents, Andrew pharmacy in eighth grade, and it the-scenes” work. AStraw and Emily Van Klompenburg honestly is a dream come true to That information also appealed to ’15 both have found themselves drawn to Van Klompenburg. preparing the next generation of come back as a pharmacist and a “I was interested in the management pharmacy students. professor—even if it is a lot sooner learning experience,” she said. “At the time, The community residency program than I ever expected.” I did not know where I would end up, but started in 2012 at Liebe Drug, which is Emily Van Klompenburg I always saw the potential of running some now part of the Lewis Drug Corporation, sort of business on my own. With the in Milbank. The program is accredited by management experience, I would be able ASHP in conjunction with the American upon completion from our program. to learn from some of the best in South Pharmacist Association. PGY2 residencies allow for increased Dakota.” Straw, who completed a postgraduate specialization and continued advanced “Since a young age, I have wanted to be a year at State in 2014-15, is now an training upon completion of a PGY1 pharmacist so I could take care of people,” assistant professor of pharmacy practice at residency. She ended up in a PGY2 Van Klompenburg continued. “After Cedarville University’s School of ambulatory care residency.” graduation, I realized a PGY2 would make Pharmacy in Ohio. Van Klompenburg, Straw never considered a career in me more marketable for the jobs that who followed Straw in 2015-16, has been academia before serving as a community I desired. When looking at PGY2s, working at the Michael E. DeBakey VA pharmacy resident. I sought the exact opposite of what I had Medical Center in Houston. She will start “Most people see residency as just one experienced in Milbank to grow my skill this fall as an assistant professor at State, year of extra training, but for me it was set. Houston would provide an urban practicing at the Sioux Falls VA as an one year to learn, but in a place I could population to refine my skills to ensure ambulatory care clinical pharmacy call home,” he said. “The way we were I can take care of any patient that came specialist and will precept fourth-year embraced and accepted into the my way. While in Houston, I had the pharmacy students. community made our year in Milbank an opportunity to work with the University “Part of the residency year involves adventure that my wife (Morgan) and of Houston College of Pharmacy. I found teaching. Most residents teach first- and I will never forget. that I enjoyed the academic world so second-year students in Brookings but “After completing the components of the much, that I completed a second academic some also come to Sioux Falls to teach teaching certificate, I was encouraged by rotation to learn more about the roles of with students in the third year of the my preceptors to consider this option,” a pharmacy professor. professional program; most of the Straw continued. “When an interview offer “I decided I would attend SDSU for teaching is done on the Brookings campus. was extended, I decided to pursue it based pharmacy in eighth grade, and it honestly “When Andrew went through the on my experience from the residency. This is a dream come true to come back as a residency, he really found a passion for turned out to be the position that I took pharmacist and a professor—even if it is teaching,” said Jodi Heins, a professor who and am currently in. I now coordinate two a lot sooner than I ever expected.” also is the residency program director and courses in the graduate curriculum and Matt Schmidt the assistant department head for consider researching the effect of a ‘flipped pharmacy practice. “As the year progressed, classroom’ to be one of my main interests. he became more and more interested in a I only discovered this passion through my faculty- and education-type position. residency experience.” “Emily really enjoyed teaching but also Straw said the program not only helped enjoyed the practice base,” Heins him improve his interpersonal skills but continued. “She pursued a PGY2 residency

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STUDENTS Seventy-three Meet our 20th class of six-year Success stories Doctor of Pharmacy graduates

Caitlin Aul Brittany Bailey Dacey Beck Taylor Becker Natalie Beiter Elizabeth Berberich Pharmacist PGY1 Pharmacy Resident PGY1 Pharmacy Resident Pharmacist PGY1 Pharmacy Resident (Anderson) Walgreens Avera Marshall Regional VA Black Hills Health Care Avera McKennan Hospital Pharmacist Medical Center System and University Health Walgreens Center

Chelsea Berg Austin Block (Oliver) Danielle Bruscher Rebecca Brust Alyssa Claussen Daniel Cox Pharmacist Pharmacist Pharmacy Manager PGY1 Pharmacy Resident Pharmacist Lewis Drug Haisch Pharmacy Shopko Unity Point St. Lukes Indian Health Services Regional Medical Center

Stephanie Demers Courtney Donnelli Traci Eilers Annessa Feder Jace Finkbeiner Kaylie Gabur PGY1 Pharmacy Resident Pharmacist Pharmacist Pharmacist Pharmacist PGY1 Pharmacy Resident VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Lewis Drug Midwest Family Health Safeway Fry’s Pharmacy Hennepin County Medical Health Care System Center

Tamara Giese Margit Hansing Stephanie Hanson Levi Hattervig Nicole Heeren Jenna Heyen (Specht) Pharmacist PGY1 Pharmacy Resident PGY1 Pharmacy Resident Pharmacist Walgreens VA Black Hills Health Care Avera McKennan Hospital Osceola Community System and University Health Hospital Center

Alyssa Hoff (Stegenga) Terra Hoffman (Klima) Breanne Hojer Zachariah Iverson Brianna Jansma Levi Jensen Pharmacist Pharmacist Pharmacist PGY1 Pharmacy Resident Pharmacist Lewis Drug Lewis Drug Lewis Drug Sanford USD Medical Family Pharmacy Center

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Zachary Jensen Amanda Johnson Tommy Jorgensen Mackenzie Klinkhammer Luke Klugherz Kaitlyn Kuske Pharmacist Pharmacist Pharmacy Manager Continuing on to medical PGY1 Pharmacy Resident Safeway City Market Avera Creighton Hospital school Ambulatory Care

Kerri Larson Hannah Lau (Hepper) Michael Meier Sara Menning (Bentzen) Courtney Neubert Alex Ogren Pharmacist PGY1 Pharmacy Resident Pharmacist PGY1 Pharmacy Resident Pharmacist Carlson Drug VA Health Lewis Drug SDSU and Lewis Drug Norton Sound Health Care System Corporation

Joshua Ohrtman Hannah Packer Pooja Patel Max Pierson Sachin Puri Reed Reuman Pharmacist PGY1 Pharmacy Resident PGY1 Pharmacy Resident Pharmacist Pharmacist Medicine Shoppe St. Cloud Hospital Mayo Clinic Cardinal Health Lewis Drug

Landi Risseeuw Katie Schelhaas Hannah Schmidt Jason Schneider Grant Strain Taylor Swanson Pharmacist Pharmacist PGY1 Pharmacy Resident PGY1 Pharmacy Resident Pharmacist Pharmacy Manager Good Day Pharmacy Shopko First Light Health Minneapolis VA Medical Lewis Drug Shopko Center

Lea Telkamp (Gnat) Andrew Thies Collin Townsend Travis VanEde Brittanie Venard Ryan Verschelde Pharmacist PGY1 Pharmacy Resident Pharmacist PGY1 Pharmacy Resident PGY1 Pharmacy Resident Pharmacist Huron Regional Medical Park Nicollet Methodist Gundersen Medical Center Rapid City Regional Walgreens Center Hospital Hospital

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STUDENTS New pharmacy graduates

Alexander Vos Anthony Wacholz Samantha Wagner Zachary Wagner Patrick Warman Shannon Wegleitner (Holler) Captain, Medical Service Pharmacist PGY1 Pharmacy Resident Pharmacy Manager Pharmacist Pharmacist Corps, U.S. Army Thrifty White University of Colorado Thrifty White Lewis Drug Dunes Family Pharmacy Hospital

Jenna Welu (Donnelly) Abbey Wieczorek (Honsey) Hailey Will (Peterson) Zachary Williams Crystal Wright Kyle Yerks PGY1 Pharmacy Resident Pharmacist Pharmacist Pharmacy Manager PGY1 Pharmacy Resident Sioux Falls VA Health Care Walmart Siverson’s Pharmacy Thrifty White Avera McKennan Hospital System and University Health Center

STUDENT ORGANIZATION AWARDS PRESENTED AT THE SPRING CONVOCATION • April 19 Rho Chi Kappa Epsilon Fall Research Poster Presentations: Kate Swanson—Member of the Year Undergraduate winner: Jacob Sandgren Kara Benson—Past Presidents Award Junior Graduate Student winners: First place (tie): Ghallab Alotaibi and Abdulsalam Alqahtani Kappa Psi Nicholas Young Second place (tie): Mibin Joseph and Siddharth Kesharwani Scott Dingus—P1 Brother of the Year PGY1 Pharmacy Resident Third place (tie): Lingqi Kong and Shenggang Wang Nicole Rasmussen—P2 Brother of the Year Rapid City Regional Hospital Senior Graduate Student winner: Saiful Islam Nate Sutera—Active P3 Brother Award American Pharmaceutical Association-Academy of American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Student Pharmacists Rakesh Dachineni—Member of the Year Melanie Heeren—Prepharmacy Member of the Year Janae Sampson—P1 Member of the Year Phi Lambda Sigma Analisa Buysse—P2 Member of the Year Cassidy Latusek—Member of the Year Jade Kutzke—P3 Member of the Year Courtney Donnelli—P4 Member of the Year Liz Murray—Special Recognition as Midyear Regional Meeting Coordinator

GRADUATE AWARDS PRESENTED AT HOODING CEREMONY • May 5, 2017

APhA-ASP Senior Recognition Certificate and Lilly Achievement Award: Mylan Excellence in Pharmacy Award: Clock: Stephanie Demers, Blair, Nebraska Travis Van Ede, Brandon Traci Eilers, Yankton Merck Award: Teva Pharmaceuticals USA—Outstanding Avera Behavioral Health Center Award for Brittanie Venard, Tea; Jason Schneider, Andover, Student Award: Outstanding Achievement in Behavioral Minnesota Nicole Heeren, Pine Island, Minnesota Health Pharmacy: Natalie Beiter, Coon Rapids, Minnesota Natural Graduation Award: Distinguished Graduate: Reed Reuman, Presho Mackenzie Klinkhammer, Elk Point Facts and Comparisons-Award of Excellence in Clinical Communication: SDSU College of Pharmacy Patient Care Luke Klugherz, Rochester, Minnesota Award: Jenna Welu, Elk Point

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Mackenzie Klinkhammer Distinguished Graduate

octor of Pharmacy Distinguished After being on the State-a-Thon board After receiving the award May 5 at Graduate Mackenzie Klinkhammer from 2012 to 2015, she passed the role to the College of Pharmacy and Allied Ddidn’t know she wanted to become her sister, Hannah. State-a-Thon is a dance Health Professions Hooding Ceremony, a pharmacist when she arrived at South marathon that raises funds for Children’s Klinkhammer was hired as the Dakota State. In fact, she started as a Miracle Network. pharmacist-in-charge at the Avera premed student. “My time with the Children’s Miracle Creighton Hospital in Creighton, After she took the advice from others Network sticks out to me the most,” Nebraska. and shadowed a few different pharmacists Klinkhammer said. “Seeing Hannah take She credits great faculty within the in emergency rooms, oncology and other that role was more fulfilling than anything.” College of Pharmacy and Allied Health hospital settings, she realized pharmacy Thanks to Klinkhammer’s involvement Professions for her academic success. was her calling. and academic performance, she received “The faculty truly want what’s best fo “It’s a lot more one-on-one, and you see the Doctor of Pharmacy Distinguished r us,” she said. “They put in a lot of extra your patients and their families at least Graduate Award. time for us.” once a month,” said Klinkhammer, adding According to Pharmacy Practice Klinkhammer said the greatest lesson the flexibility of the pharmacy profession Professor Dave Helgeland, the criteria she has learned through her time earning for families and a personal life is a benefit, includes leadership activities, her Pharm.D., was from John Kappes, an too. communication skills, patient counseling associate professor for the college. During her time with SDSU, the Elk skills, good student and faculty relations; “It takes 10,000 hours to become truly Point native was involved with multiple campus and community service, service to competent in an area, which is about five organizations. the college and university, involvement in years of work. You will not know “[She] is not only a great student in the extramural professional activities and everything as a student, but you can work classroom, but she is also actively engaged academic performance. Those awarded harder and longer now to get to that in the campus community,” said Dan receive a marble 10,000 hours sooner.” Hansen, the assistant dean for student attached to a walnut base with their name Heidi Kronaizl services and associate professor of engraved. They also receive a cash prize. pharmacy practice. To Klinkhammer, being a recipient of this She has held roles with State-a-Thon, award took her by surprise. Lead State, the Hobo Day Committee, the “Anyone in my class was well deserving Mackenzie Klinkhammer, right, receives a mortar and pestle from Interim Dean Jane Mort as the 2017 Van D. and Barbara B. Fishback Honors of this,” she said. “I had a couple people Distinguished Graduate at the May 5 Hooding College, Office of Admissions and others. pegged in my mind who would get it, but Ceremony. I did not think I would be one of them.”

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being discharged on a number of medications. We’ll give the student a heads-up, and ask ‘Are you comfortable giving the counseling and I will observe?’ We do that because before long they are going to be the pharmacist doing the counseling, so we want them to be comfortable. “Another example is providers will ask us a question. We’ll have a student look into it if it doesn’t require an immediate response,” Hepper said.

Students do more than observe Brianna Jansma, another 2017 graduate, said, “When I spent days with her on the medical floor, she was very good at balancing student and teaching me; having mini topic discussions . throughout the day. I appreciated all the Preceptor of the Year time that she put in making sure that the Nicole Hepper students have the best schedule possible.” Hepper said as a general rule, students ight years ago, Nicole Hepper was in so I could have an organized, well- say they appreciate the opportunity to get a P4 student, heading from one rounded experience. She was flexible involved rather than just being an observer, Erotation to the next, thinking and tailored the rotation to my specific and the diversity of their experience. “There was so much to know. How am interests. I admire her patience and “Being a large health-system, they see I ever going to know it all?” friendliness as well as her positive and things they might not have an opportunity Today, she is coordinating the rotations supportive behaviors as a preceptor. to see otherwise. Not every day is of P4 students as pharmacy student “She was always willing to provide necessarily spent with a pharmacist. One coordinator at Avera McKennan Hospital feedback and answer any questions. day might be spent with a respiratory & University Health Center in Sioux Falls, Her methods as a preceptor made for therapist or a diabetic educator or they and the students are asking the same a high-quality learning experience at might go to the Avera Institute for Human question Hepper did eight years ago. Avera McKennan.” Genetics. It takes a whole team to care for “I let the students know it’s OK not to Hepper’s method encourages autonomy. these patients,” Hepper said. know everything. Every day there is a new “I really encourage students to ask She said she is glad to have pharmacy drug approved or a new guideline issued. questions but very rarely will I give student coordination as a part of her It’s more important to be able to find an students an answer to a clinical question. duties. answer than know every answer. It gives I challenge them to come up with the “Being a preceptor forces me to be them comfort knowing they’re not answer on their own, either by questioning engaged and keep up with all of the expected to know it all,” said Hepper, who them until they arrive at the answer or changes in the profession; not just settle also is an clinical having them do some research.” into a job. Precepting forces me to have a pharmacist at Avera. As pharmacy student coordinator, she knowledge broader than what would be “I had some great mentors along the way, arranges shadowing experiences for high required for just doing my job. It forces and I hope that I can be that for someone school and prepharmacy students, me to stay active and engaged. else,” said Hepper, a 2009 graduate who is precepts the three-week introductory “Plus I enjoy getting to know the originally from Milbank. experience for 12 students between their students, and it’s a way to give back.” In reading the evaluations written by P2 and P3 year, and works with another Clearly, P4 students are thankful for those she precepted, Hepper is indeed a 12 students during the course of their P4 her involvement. great mentor herself. In fact, at the year. The latter task is the most detailed. Dave Graves college’s May 5 Hooding Ceremony, “We expose them to a lot of different Hepper was recognized as Preceptor of things during the course of their five-week the Year. rotation so they are given the opportunity for real-world experience and hopefully Nicole Hepper, pharmacy student coordinator at ‘A great preceptor’ with things they don’t know much about. Avera Kennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, is honored Margit Hansing, a May graduate, said, “We challenge them to get involved as as the college's Preceptor of the Year by Interim Dean Jane Mort at the May 5 Hooding Ceremony. “Dr. Hepper was a great preceptor. I much as possible. For example, counseling appreciate the amount of time she put needs to be done with a patient who is

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Assessment report

Pharm.D. Curriculum Revision: Empowering students to have a positive impact on contemporary pharmacy practice

he Pharm.D. Curriculum Committee The process started in 2015-16 with ways to is charged with making curriculum committee discussions to increase Trecommendations to the faculty identify areas for improvement in the active regarding the design of the curriculum, curriculum and priorities for the revision. learning and student engagement. A draft including courses, content and methods of In summer 2016, two workshops were of the revised curriculum was presented instruction. The committee continually conducted to begin the formal process of to the faculty in April. A vote on the new examines the curriculum to identify curricular revision. In May, a faculty curriculum is planned for fall 2017 with opportunities for improvement, but workshop was held to introduce the implementation starting with the 2018 periodically a more comprehensive review curriculum revision and begin discussions P1 class. of the curriculum is necessary to adapt to on components to include in the new changes in pharmacy education and curriculum. Then in August, Melissa The priorities identified for the new practice. A revision of our Pharm.D. Medina, professor and associate dean of curriculum are: curriculum is currently underway. This assessment and evaluation at the University 1. Improved content integration and column will provide an overview of the of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy, alignment between the pharmaceutical curriculum revision process. facilitated a workshop in Sioux Falls for and clinical sciences; The current curriculum was faculty, students and pharmacists. Medina 2. Sequencing of knowledge and skill implemented with the fall 2007 P1 class. has a rich background in assessment and development and reinforcement Many changes in pharmacy education and curriculum development. For example, she throughout the curriculum; practice have occurred since the design of chaired the committee that developed the 3. Full integration of affective domain that curriculum. Specific changes in new CAPE outcomes. At this workshop, she elements from the CAPE outcomes; pharmacy education include the 2013 guided participants to develop a vision for 4. Increased active learning; and release of new student learning outcomes the new curriculum: empower students to 5. Examination of the number and from the Center for the Advancement of have a positive impact on contemporary placement of electives in the Pharmacy Education (CAPE), the 2015 pharmacy practice. curriculum. implementation of a revised NAPLEX In fall 2016, four curriculum workgroups blueprint, and the 2016 introduction of consisting of faculty and students were Focus on these priority areas will guide revised accreditation standards from the established. The structure workgroup development of an improved curriculum to Accreditation Council for Pharmacy discussed options for the overall design of better prepare students for contemporary Education (ACPE). The curriculum the curriculum including laboratories and and future pharmacy practice. committee also identified areas that could integrated courses. The prepharmacy Teresa Seefeldt, coordinator of be strengthened within the curriculum workgroup was charged with reviewing the curriculum and assessment through curriculum mapping and review courses required prior to admission to the of program assessment data. All of this professional program. The content information indicated that it was time for a workgroup is focused on credit-hour comprehensive review and revision of the allocation and distribution of content Pharm.D. curriculum. within courses in the professional program. Finally, a pedagogy workgroup will discuss

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Department of Pharmacy Practice

Outstanding faculty accomplishments

One of the most advanced and have a positive impact on improving innovative ambulatory care practices has patient outcomes. been established by Associate Professor Faculty have also impacted community Deidra Van Gilder in Watertown. She has pharmacy practice by advancing practice a vibrant practice that involves models. Assistant Professor Alex collaborative practice agreements and the Middendorf has been working with ability to bill for her clinical services. Her transitions of care projects and South practice is definitely a model practice that Dakota Health Link to assist in getting many in pharmacy should strive for and more clinical information out to emulate. community pharmacists, allowing them Another ambulatory care practice that to have greater impact on patient care in is cutting edge is the hepatitis C clinic the community. reetings from the Department of managed by Professor Mike Lemon at the The faculty have also played critical Pharmacy Practice. I am pleased Black Hills VA Health Care System in roles at their practice sites with their Gto share news regarding many of Fort Meade. Lemon oversees a very large contributions to pharmacy residency our faculty’s outstanding budget of hepatitis C treatment programs. These residency programs accomplishments. medications and, most importantly, has have had a dramatic impact on the Faculty members in the Department a positive impact on the lives of our facilities in which they are located. of Pharmacy Practice are required to veterans. The innovation doesn’t just apply to stay on top of the most current topics Another faculty member having a clinical pharmacy practice. Faculty at and guidelines in order to provide our positive impact on our veterans is Sanford Health have been working on students with the highest quality Associate Professor Bill Hayes, whose new models to provide clinical pharmacy education. This requires the faculty to practice consists of remote clinic visits education to our students. As clinical stay abreast of updated treatment through the use of telemedicine, thus pharmacy practice advances, so does the guidelines and innovative advancements making access to health care easier for need to approach clinical education. in pharmacy practice. I would also our veterans. As I stated, this is not a complete list of mention that the faculty are the ones The area of overuse or inappropriate all of the outstanding, innovative and who are the innovators and are use of antimicrobials has been a major impactful advancements that the faculty pioneering new innovative practice area of advanced practice for Brad Laible, have developed and created over the years, models and approaches. who took the lead role in establishing an it is just a sampling. I could go on and list The innovative advances that our incredibly impactful antimicrobial many more examples. Our faculty have faculty have been the driving force stewardship program. made noteworthy and innovative behind, have led to significant positive An area of international recognition contributions to advances in pharmacy impacts on patient care and outcomes is Associate Professor Stacy Peters’ role practice. They truly are making an around the state. I would like to mention with helping develop the cystic fibrosis impact. just a few of the things that have occurred treatment guidelines by serving as a James Clem, Pharm.D. recently within the department to give member of the committee charged with you a taste for the outstanding innovative Department head and professor developing these guidelines. Peters is a Department of Pharmacy Practice things that the faculty have been doing. recognized leader in the area of cystic This is by no means a comprehensive fibrosis. listing, but simply a sample to let you Another innovative idea was to know how impactful our faculty have determine the impact the presence of been. pharmacy students may have on patient Faculty have established some of the care. Associate Professor John Kappes most advanced clinical pharmacy developed a mobile tool for students to practices. To their credit, they have been document any clinical interventions they role models and provided leadership at have completed during their experiential the health-care facilities where they year. The number of interventions practice. They have developed programs reported by our students has been that have had a tremendous impact on remarkable and clearly shows that they high-quality health care.

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COLUMN Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences New and intellectual property developed by pharmaceutical sciences faculty

niversity-based research is one of department faculty has developed targeted the major drivers of new technology drug-delivery approaches. Udevelopment and Hemachand Tummala’s group has commercialization, leading to local and developed a novel delivery system that uses regional economic development. To this nutrients (glucose and amino acids) to end, researchers in the Department of deliver anticancer drugs to the tumor. A Pharmaceutical Sciences have developed patent application has been filed for this several new technologies over the last 10 delivery technology. Currently, Tummala years. uses this technology to develop targeted Since SDSU established the Office of therapies for breast and ovarian cancer. Technology Transfer and In addition, Tummala has developed a Commercialization in 2008, department water-soluble of curcumin, a faculty have filed 35 invention disclosures natural compound from turmeric, for and 32 patent applications. Six patents have prevention and treatment of colon cancer, been issued and seven technology inflammatory bowel disease and The unique aspect of this technology is that development licenses have been executed Alzheimer’s disease. The poor water it can function both as a vaccine carrier as with startup companies. Two startup solubility of curcumin is a major bottleneck well as an adjuvant to mount a strong companies have been formed based on the in realizing the therapeutic potential of this immune response against bacterial and technologies developed. natural compound. Tummala’s group used viral . The vaccine delivery system One of the first startup companies from an FDA-approved polymer to develop a has shown promise against infectious SDSU was based on a drug-delivery water-soluble formulation that is designed diseases such as influenza and cancers such technology. The delivery system was to release curcumin in the colon. as melanoma. developed using zein, a natural A U.S. patent was recently issued for this In 2013, Tummala received the biodegradable protein from corn. Different technology and another patent application Innovation in Award from types of core-shell nanocarriers were is pending. Given curcumin’s multiple the American Association of developed using zein as the core and other health benefits, Tummala is also exploring Pharmaceutical Scientists for this food-grade protein biopolymers, such as the use of this formulation for developing a technology. A patent has been filed and the milk proteins, as the shell. These novel for general colon health. technology is licensed to a startup company carriers can be used to encapsulate drugs in My group has developed a novel topical for commercialization. Currently, Tummala the core, while the shell can be modified for drug-delivery approach for the prevention uses this technology for developing human different functional attributes. This and treatment of early-stage breast cancer. and animal vaccines. technology can be used to address delivery The topical delivery of anticancer drugs Most recently, Gudiseva Chandrasekher’s challenges, such as poor water solubility, directly to the breast maximizes drug group has developed a novel biomaterial poor membrane permeability and poor concentration at the target site while for tissue regeneration (patent pending). chemical stability of pharmaceuticals minimizing the . A U.S. patent This biomaterial is a unique mixture of through topical, oral or injectable routes. was issued in 2015. This technology has natural extracellular proteins and In addition, we are also exploring the use been licensed to a startup company for polysaccharides. The biomaterial can be of this technology for the oral delivery of further commercialization. used for tissue regeneration in the eye, skin nutraceuticals and dietary supplements. Currently, we are exploring this novel or bone for treating ocular injury, skin burn Three patents have been granted in the U.S., approach for the delivery of small and large and ligament repair, respectively. , Japan, China and . Also, molecules through the breast. To address SDSU is in the process of forming an two patent applications are pending. The cancer metastasis, Xiangming Guan’s group industrial advisory board to advance the technology received the IDEA prize from has recently developed a liposomal commercialization of these technologies. Brookings Economic Development Council formulation for the intracellular delivery of We look forward to the support of our in 2012, placed third in Governor’s Giant a novel antimetastatic agent. A patent has alumni and other stakeholders to develop Vision Competition in 2013 and received been filed for this technology. collaborations with the pharmaceutical and the TechConnect National Innovation There is a need for developing effective biotechnology industries. Award in 2014. vaccine adjuvants to generate a robust Om Perumal, Ph.D. A major problem in chemotherapy is the immune response against infectious Department head and professor serious side effects associated with the diseases and cancer. Tummala’s group has Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences cytotoxic anticancer drugs. To this end, the developed a novel vaccine delivery system using inulin, a natural plant polysaccharide.

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James L. and Pat L. Swain Tyler J. and Kristin J. Turek Faye and Roger Wassenaar William R. Hoch Family Foundation Louise M. Swanson Jeffrey M. Turner Marlene M. Weber Inc. Dawn J. Swart Meagan D. Tycz Chelsea L. Wecker Stephen D. Willis Kimberly D. Swingler Barry J. and Lori L. Uecker Andrew L. and Hilary A. Patricia A. Wilson Robert K. Sylvester Franklin J. and Barbara F. Underhill Weismantel Raymond A. and Kellie Winsel Patricia A. Tabor Julia A. Urban Kyle D. Weiss Robyn K. Wintersteen Alice E. Tavarez Elwin P. and Marilyn K. Valberg John W. Weitgenant Paula A. Winther Brian L. and Ann M. Temple Tammy J. Van Der Werff Richard O. and Arlene Wells Nanette S. Wittenberg Vivian D. Thatcher Ryan C. and Deidra J. Van Gilder Wells Fargo Bank NA Richard F. and Kathleen M. Wojcik The Medicine Shoppe of Troy Sonja R. Van Holland Andrew L. and Lisa M. Westberg Christopher S. Wolbrink The Mike, Cindy and Kylie Huether John J. Van Moer Theodore A. and Brigid A. Westley Dennis W. and Carol J. Wollman Family Foundation Briana D. Van Noort Sara A. Wettergreen Bay M. Wu Gary A. and Emogene J. Thibodeau Audrey E. Van Pelt Whistler Associates Inc. Yankton District Pharmacy Jacquelyn N. Thomas Linda S. Van Pelt Dirk T. White Association Kayla J. Thooft Gary C. and Sharon R. Van Riper James R. White Heather J. Yennie Charles W. Thornton Louis J. and Desirae Van Roekel V. Scott Whitley Jr. Kim A. Youngsma Kimberlee A. Thuringer Gertrude M. Vanderslice Roland T. and Linda K. Wick Scott D. and Melaine Zeigler Laurie A. Tidemann DeAnna K. Visser Kay Widdis Amber L. Zemlicka Pat Tille Kris R. Vogel Katie S. Wiederrich Joanne Ziarek Nanette R. Tinker Ronald F. Vosacek Robert D. Wik Steven A. and Monica J. Zirbel Maurice V. Tobin Glenn D. and Mary Ann Voss John M. Wilber Roger A. Zobel Matthew J. Toennies Dawn M. Vreugdenhil Raymond D. Wilkins Taylor D. and Emily F. Zoelle Andy R. and Heidi M. Tonneson Chance D. Wachholtz Nathen A. and Gina L. Will Larry A. and Gayla L. Torguson Walgreens Company C. Robert and Margaret C. Dick A. and Kathy M. Trapp Bradford G. Wallenberg Willardson Randolph E. Treis Walmart Stores Inc.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2017-2018

Aug. 21 P1 Orientation – University Student Union Oct. 25-26 Pharmacy Days 2017 – University Student Union Aug. 22 Phi Lambda Sigma Initiation Oct. 27-29 APhA-ASP Region V Midyear Regional Meeting – Aug. 24 Kappa Psi Picnic – Kappa Psi House Des Moines, Iowa Aug. 23 Kappa Epsilon Back to School Bash Nov. 2 Student Organization Meetings – Sioux Falls Aug. 29 ASP Committee Fair and Welcome Back Picnic Nov. 3-4 Kappa Psi Fall Conclave – Des Moines, Iowa Aug. 30 Student Organization Meetings – Brookings Nov. 16 Student Organization Meetings – Brookings Aug. 30 Kappa Epsilon Informational Night Nov. 30 Student Organization Meetings – Brookings Sept. 14 Kappa Epsilon Intent to Pledge Dec 3-7 American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Midyear Sept. 14 Student Organization Meetings – Brookings Clinical Meeting – Orlando Sept. 14-15 Kappa Psi Blood Drive – University Student Union March 16-19 American Pharmacists Association/Academy of Student Sept. 16 College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions Pharmacists Annual Meeting – Nashville, Tennessee Scholarship Program – University Student Union Mar. 23-24 South Dakota Society of Health-System Pharmacists Sept. 22-23 South Dakota Pharmacists Association Annual Annual Meeting – Sioux Falls Convention – Deadwood April 6-8 Kappa Psi Conclave – Duluth, Minnesota Sept. 28 Student Organization Meetings – Brookings April 13 Pharmacy White Coat Ceremony Oct. 5-6 Region V ASCLS Meeting – Sioux Falls – University Student Union Oct. 12 Student Organization Meetings – Brookings April 18 Spring Convocation and College Recognition Program Oct. 14 Hobo Day – University Student Union Oct. 16 Medical Laboratory Science White Coat Ceremony – May 4 Pharm.D. Hooding Ceremony – SDSU Performing Arts University Student Union Center Oct. 23 Research Day/Keo Glidden Smith Fall Convocation – May 5 Graduation University Student Union

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NOMINATIONS REQUESTED FOR THE ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT DISTINGUISHED PHARMACY ALUMNUS AWARD

The College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions Advisory Council The College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Profession’s requests nominations for the Distinguished Pharmacy Alumnus Award. ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT Committee would like This award recognizes a graduate of the SDSU College of Pharmacy and interested alumni to follow the college’s activities on Facebook Allied Health Professions who has served and advanced the profession of pharmacy and has been involved in community service. and Twitter. Additionally, if you have any suggestions for stories, please send a message. New material will be added to The Advisory Council requests nominations come from a colleague in the those sites. profession and include the following: Various alumni events are being planned, including a 1. A brief cover letter explaining the nominee’s contributions to the profession of pharmacy (past and continuing) and ways the tailgate at the Oct. 7 football game between the Jackrabbits has shown a commitment to the profession and the community. and the Salukis of Southern Illinois. 2. A brief biographical sketch (resume or curriculum vitae would be helpful). 3. An additional letter of support from a colleague or a member of the community. facebook.com/SDSUPharmacy/

Send materials to: Dan Hansen, SDSU College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions, Box 2202C, Brookings, S.D. 57007-0099; or by email at [email protected]. The annual deadline for submitting nominations is March 1, 2018. The College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions Advisory Council will select an award winner from the nominees based on the above criteria. twitter.com/SDStatePharmacy The award will be presented at the annual College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions Scholarship Luncheon. Nominees not selected for the award are still eligible for three years following the nomination.

COLLEGE NEWS, NOTES

The online master of program offered by South Dakota the health sciences on both campuses and the interprofessional learning State University and the University of South Dakota ranked fourth among that occurs when students with a variety of backgrounds study together.” the 50 Most Affordable Online MPH Programs for 2017 by Students in this all-online program receive instruction by the same AffordableColleges.com. professors who lead classes on campus. However, these online students The AffordableColleges.com Value Score weighs criteria, such as loan have the added benefit of participating via webcams, discussion boards default rates, graduation rates and financial aid data, to draw a distinction and chatrooms. between the programs that appear cheap up-front and those that will pay The MPH program started classes in January 2015 and recorded its off in the long run. When calculating the rankings, the firm used the most first graduates in the 2016-17 academic year. Students can pursue the recent data available from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data degree on a full-time or part-time basis, which has interested recent System (IPEDS). Run by the U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS offers graduates and employed health-care professionals looking for the next reliable and accurate insight into affordability, academic pedigree and level of education. To receive the degree, students must take 42 credit online/distance learning programs. Using IPEDS data, it developed a 1-10 hours—36 coming from core courses. rating system. The closer a school is to a 10, the more value it offers its In addition to South Dakota State’s College of Pharmacy and Allied students. The SDSU/USD program’s score was 8.16. Health Professions, other colleges across the campus including the The firm stated the program is widely recognized for its emphasis on colleges of nursing, education and human sciences, and agriculture and rural public health, an increasingly in-need segment of the population. biological sciences will also contribute faculty to teach classes and/or Students delve into the five core areas of public health education: review projects. Both USD and SDSU can grant the MPH degree. , , social and behavioral sciences, health services administration and environmental health. “A great thing about this program is that it directly addresses public Haylee Erickson became the first SDSU medical laboratory science health issues in the state of South Dakota and provides a high-quality student to receive a National Travel Grant for the ASCLS Annual Meeting degree,” said Jane Mort, interim dean of SDSU’s College of Pharmacy and and Clinical Lab Expo, which will be held in San Diego July 31-Aug. 3. Allied Health Professions. “Students benefit from the collective strengths in

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DEAN’S CLUB

Thank you Jan 1, 2016-May 17, 2017 Dean’s club membership consists of alumni and friends who have contributed $500 impact on the college’s future. Member names will be listed in the SDSU Honor Roll or more annually to the College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions. Dean’s and the college newsletters. They also will receive invitations to special college and Club members are recognized as devoted friends of the college who make significant university functions and updates from the college dean.

Steven M. and Robbie D. Aamot Marny K. Eulberg Bill L. and Denise P. Ladwig Jane M. and Norbert Sebade Abbott Laboratories Fund Michael L. and Michele M. Evink Brad R. and Emily G. Laible Teresa M. Seefeldt Aberdeen District Pharmaceutical Assn. Debra K. Farver J. Bruce Laughrey Chuck and Dorie Sendelbach Carnie R. Allex William J. and Lyla K. Flohrs Laughrey Family Foundation Stanley M. and Excellda J. Shaw Wenfeng An and Ping Ye Steven R. Flora Laurilyn Dee Helmers Estate Shopko Stores Inc. Anderson Pharmacy Inc. William J. and Kay A. Folkerts Matthew C. Lavin Richard A. Smith Susan K. Andrews Sharon L. Foss Gary A. and Karen Lesch Zachary P. Smith James A. Armbruster R.Ph. Michele A. and Chad M. Fritz Lewis Drugs Inc. Merlin J. Snyder Avera Health Harold E. Fromm Daniel M. and Gail L. Lien Beverly J. Sogn Becky and Bob Baer Andrea B. Fuhrer Gene T. Locken Morrell A. Spencer Gladys Bahnson Jerry J. and Laurie J. Garry Lonita G. Corothers Estate Richard J. and Dakota R. Spielmann Janet G. Baird Mary C. and Ali Ghaffari Brian G. Lounsbery Gary E. Stach Andrea J. Balko Lori L. Giedt Christine A. Lounsbery Harlan C. and Dian Stai John C. and Patricia Bartholomew Shirley and Lyle Glascock Joseph A. and Jenna K. Lovely Stai Family Foundation Ruth A. Bassett GlaxoSmithKline Foundation Hugh P. and Cari L. Mack Don C. and Sandra Stark Robert D. and Winnie C. Behrend Elizabeth A. Goswami Murphy P. Mack Steve and Julie Statz Scott J. and Jessie L. Bergman C. B. Granberg Richard D. Manthei James L. Stehley Bill P. Bernhard II Louis Greco Thomas E. and Beverly A. Maples Lowell T. and Susan Sterler Darrel C. and Peggy Bjornson Garrett J. and Carol A. Gross Barry L. and Sharon J. Markl Julie C. Stevens Duane C. and Gladys S. Bloedow Xiangming Guan and Ping He Earl R. McKinstry Joe D. and Sarah M. Strain James J. Boehm Kevin C. and Lorie L. Haarberg David A. Mentele Tak S. Sum Boeing Dan J. and Jessica L. Hansen David H. and Brittney A. Meyer Louise M. Swanson Bill G. and Marilyn M. Bradfeldt Richard C. and Norma J. Hanson Jesse C. and Susan L. Mogen Patricia A. Tabor James D. Bregel J. Rick and Peggy A. Harter John R. and Corliss M. Moller Brian L. and Ann M. Temple Heather C. Brost Donna R. Hartfiel Anne E. Morstad The Medicine Shoppe of Troy Perry W. and Jolene A. Brown Thomas D. and Sheila Z. Hartnett Satoshi Nagano The Mike, Cindy and Kylie Huether Marlin R. and Linda J. Brozik Dennis D. and Susan J. Hedge National Council for Family Foundation Mark A. and Julie K. Burggraff Nicole M. Hepper Programs Gary A. and Emogene J. Thibodeau Eric J. Carda Bernard E. and Elaine Hietbrink Larry E. and Gail F. Nelson Laurie A. Tidemann John A. Carson Nancy L. Hildebrand Jon D. and Julie K. Ness Pat Tille Rosemary L. and Gary S. Chappell Owen E. Hillberg Donald W. and Betty J. Nettleton Larry A. and Gayla L. Torguson Nicole R. Chenoweth Joel E. and Rita S. Houglum Thomas M. and L. J. Nielsen Barry J. and Lori L. Uecker Chet Johnson Drugs Inc. Vicki L. Howe Susan A. Lahr and Gordon D. Niva Ryan C. and Deidra J. Van Gilder Yee-Lai and Carla R. Chiu IBM Corporation Douglas S. Noaeill Gary C. and Sharon R. Van Riper Larry L. Christensen Kathleen K. Ingalls and William Carlson Fern E. Paul-Aviles Louis J. and Desirae Van Roekel Marlyn K. and Corinne J. Christensen Iowa Pharmacy Association Omathanu Perumal Gertrude M. Vanderslice Richard H. Chun and Nancy K. Peterson Wendy S. Jensen Bender Michael G. and Carol J. Peterson Walgreens Company CIGNA Foundation Lloyd K. Jessen Leonard J. Petrik Walmart Stores Inc. CIGNA Home Delivery Pharmacy David J. and Norma M. Johnson Michael A. Pfeiffer Wells Fargo Bank NA James R. and Marilyn Clem Jodi K. and Thomas J. Johnson Janet Phelan Kay Widdis Kay Coffield Pearson Matthew D. and Annette M. Johnson Brent A. and Karla Plender Raymond D. Wilkins Complete Home Care Inc. Susan J. Johnson Dwayne A. and Cheryl L. Plender William R. Hoch Family Foundation Inc. Lonita Corothers Galen D. and Ann M. Jordre Mary M. Pullman Dodge Raymond A. and Kellie Winsel Jacquelynn D. and Anthony J. Rollins E. and LeVuo Juhnke Randall Pharmacy Nanette S. Wittenberg Cunningham Edward E. and Linda L. Kamolz Glenn P. Reecy Richard F. and Kathleen M. Wojcik CVS Caremark Charitable Trust Douglas D. Kapaun Florence M. Regan Bay M. Wu Kasey C. and Steffanie M. Danley Gary W. and Linda L. Karel Charlene H. Reith Yankton District Pharmacy Association William R. Darrah Margaret T. Kelly Daniel D. and Robin Remund Roger A. Zobel Scott B. Deckert Kasey J. Kirschenmann Remund Group LLC Jeff D. and Tara DeRouchey Deborah L. Klein Jayna M. Rose Dennis A. and Carol L. Dingman Cheri A. Kraemer Gordon E. Rosenthal Dennis D. and Arlene C. Dobesh Carrie A. and Terry A. Krieger Sanford Health Murray A. Doeden Johanna R. Krueger Edward J. Schlachter Chandradhar and Prabha Dwivedi David W. and Trish Kruger Craig and Carolyn A. Schnell Eli Lilly and Company Foundation Mary Kuper Jennifer L. and Timothy I. Schut

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DEVELOPMENT COLUMN

Your commitment makes accomplishments possible

y the time you arrive at this page, we professionals. It is a privilege and priority to hope your heart is filled with the same assist our faculty and students to bring you the Bsense of pride we have about the greatest possible return on that investment, progress at the College of Pharmacy and because the quality of our graduates depends Allied Health Professions. After all, these on it. accomplishments would not be possible Your financial support allows the College without your commitment to SDSU. of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions to Every page in this magazine reflects a build a path to a bright future and help our multidimensional partnership between our faculty and students achieve our highest faculty, students and our community, working aspirations. In his inauguration remarks, in unison to ensure quality education and SDSU President Barry Dunn said, “I sincerely Mike Birgen experience to prepare our next generation of believe that imagination is the most powerful allied health-care professionals. tool we have to achieve not only our personal It’s been that way since the college’s dreams, but also the collective responsibility formation under Professor James H. Shepard we have to each other and to the generations Associate vice president for development 129 years ago. We plan on keeping it that way that await.” South Dakota State University Foundation for many more years to come. But just like We value and appreciate everyone who [email protected] Professor Shepard, we can’t do it alone. invests your time, talent and financial Toll-free: 888.747.SDSU We are extraordinarily grateful to be in a resources to cultivate the next generation. region that understands the value of investing Thank you for enabling us to do what we do. in the future of pharmacists and allied health

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