University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy Volume 18 | Issue 5 PITT CAPSULE APhA-ASP: American Pharmacists KID-A-PALOOZA WAS Association Academy of Student A SUCCESS! Pharmacists Olivia Berger (P3), Social Vice President APhA-ASP had a very successful month of February! Our main event of the month was Kid-a-Palooza, which was both fun and successful! Eight student organizations attended, and together we saw 3,500 kids and their families. We were also able to reach over 3 million people through media relations. All of the organizations did a great job educating the kids on OTC Med Safety, and we are looking forward to more events like this in the future. As the semester starts to come to a close, we would like to remind students of some of our upcoming events: Ø The last GBM of the semester is April 4th at lunch in 456. We will be doing end of the year student and faculty awards, so come show some support! Ø The Spring Leadership Retreat will be held on Monday, April 9th from 5:30-8:00 pm in 402. There will be food! We hope to see you at all of our remaining events this semester. PLS: Phi Lambda Sigma Sarah Hunt (P3), Secretary We are excited to announce that we have accepted 15 new members into the Beta Delta chapter! The official induction ceremony for new members will be held on March 27th. The first PLS Professional Development Workshop of the semester - Leadership and Cultural Diversity - was held on March 1st with a representative from Pitt’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion. There will be another Professional Development Workshop on March 22nd at 5:00 pm, led by Dr. Meyer, where she will discuss ways to run an effective meeting. Lastly, PLS and APhA-ASP are working on planning the annual Spring Leadership Retreat, which will be held on April 9th at 5:30 pm in room 402, so mark your calendars! 123 University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy Volume 18 | Issue 5 LKS: Lambda Kappa Sigma Andrea Bejjani (P3), Corresponding Secretary Happy March! We are rapidly prizes and beer specials, so stay shape. Even if you don’t want to approaching the end of the year and tuned for more details on this run or walk, there will be the sisters of LKS have been busy year’s event through our social delicious food to enjoy after the planning some of the biggest events media accounts! run. More details about the event of the semester, including the fourth are coming soon, so stay tuned. annual Teal Tap Fundraiser. Teal In addition, our ladies are Tap is an event held to raise money working hard to organize the Finally, our chapter held our for the National Ovarian Cancer fourth annual HOPE WaLKS yearly elections to designate new Coalition (NOCC), an organization event, a 5K run/walk in officers for the 2018-2019 school dedicated to saving lives by Schenley Park on Saturday, year. Congrats to all those who preventing and curing ovarian April 7th. The proceeds of this have earned a position! We can’t cancer, and to improving the quality event will be going to our wait to see how our chapter will of life for survivors. It will occur on philanthropy, Project HOPE. grow under our new leaderships! Friday, April 13th from 6:00-8:00 pm Project HOPE delivers medical at Carson City Saloon for everyone care to those around the globe, As always, please follow us on 21 years and older. If you are preventing disease and Facebook (@PittLKS) and looking to support an amazing promoting wellness for all. Instagram (@LKSDeltaChapter) cause while having a good time Consider signing up for the event for more information and to stay with friends, come out to Carson if you want to help a great cause updated on all of our events! City. Last year, the event had raffle while simultaneously staying in PDC: Phi Delta Chi Alex Miller (P2), Worthy Keeper of Records and Seals Despite February being the The following week, Brothers Come support the brothers if you shortest month of the year, the Tommy Szeltner and Alex Miller ever need something to do on a brothers of PDC remained attended the PDC Regional Thursday at 9:30 pm! active, working on a variety of Conference in Indianapolis. At projects and service events to this conference, they worked Several brothers made a return help the community. We made with other brothers from around trip to Global Links, where they sure to have some fun too, the nation to help better our packaged more unused medical getting involved in sporting fraternity, while also supplies to be shipped to events and other exciting participating in leadership underprivileged countries. This is activities. seminars and alumni workshops. one of Mu chapter’s favorite It was a great experience for both service events and is a great way The beginning of the month of them. At this conference, they for our fraternity to give back. started out with a brotherly also learned that our school’s Super Bowl party. Although chapter raised over $3,000 for St Finally, we would like to many of us were neither Eagles Jude this year, which was the congratulate our newly elected nor (especially) Patriots fans, all second highest amount raised officers of PDC. We wish you of us got together to support our nationally out of all the chapters! the best and hope that you are Eagles fan brothers, and able to continue bringing celebrated with them in victory Another fun event that started greatness to our fraternity. We when the Eagles won their first this month was the creation of an have many wonderful people on Super Bowl! This was a intramural soccer team. The the executive board for next wonderful moment for some of Brothers of PDC formed a team year, and we know that PDC our brothers, and we were glad and have been playing every will have another successful to share it with them. Thursday at the Cost Center. year! 2 123 University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy Volume 18 | Issue 5 SNPhA: Student National Pharmaceutical Association Kathy Monangai (P2), President-Elect SNPhA coordinated and this tradition in the coming Meeting in Charlotte, North participated in a few great events years! Carolina in July of 2018! to lead us into the month of March! We had our first annual Some of our chapter members This coming month, we have interprofessional Black History went to the SNPhA Regions 1 several IPPE approved service Cultural Showcase on Friday, and 2 Conference in Chapel Hill, events, starting with an after February 16th, with multiple North Carolina during the last school presentation at Oak Hill th performances from Pitt’s week of February. Martha on Wednesday, March 14 . Ya’baso African Dance Team, Ndung’u and Olivia Fritz, our Later in the month, we will be Anointed Steps of Faith, Some of own President and Diabetes collaborating with our fellow God’s Children Gospel Choir, Initiative Chair, respectively, first undergraduate pharmacy and several more. Our competed in the Clinical Skills organization, RxPrep, to have an organization was able to work on Competition and had a great Internship Roundtable event for this event with our partner standing among other regional pre-pharmacy students on th healthcare professional chapters. Our Dean’s Theme Wednesday, March 28 . Lastly, organizations, SNMA (Student Chair and President-Elect, Funto we will be having our combined National Medical Association) Babalola and Kathy Monangai, general body undergraduate and and SNDA (Student National respectively, presented their graduate elections this month. Dental Association). With research projects on the second Our executive board will include donations and raffle prizes from day of the conference. Lastly, the addition of a Mental Health the night, we were able to raise Monangai, acting as the primary Initiative Chair! This initiative $300 for the Northside Coalition Delegate, was able to get a was implemented nationally for Fair Housing. We are very resolution passed during the during last year’s SNPhA proud and excited to continue business session, which will now National Meeting in Las Vegas, move on to the SNPhA National Nevada. Featured are some of our SNPhA members with National President-Elect, Colin Martha Ndung'u (President) and Kathy Lombardi during the SNPhA Regions 1 and 2 Monangai (President-Elect) posed for a photo Conference in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. with some of the members from the Northside Coalition for Fair Housing. These women were the guests of honor during our first annual Black History Cultural Showcase. 3 123 University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy Volume 18 | Issue 5 Rho Chi Dana Jenkins (P3), Historian March is an exciting month for Rho Chi, as we begin conference in Nashville, TN this month. The Alpha to prepare our newly-invited members to be inducted Omicron chapter has been selected as a finalist for the into the Society. Congratulations to the P2s that were Chapter Achievement Award among Rho Chi invited! Our induction ceremony will be held with chapters at other schools of pharmacy around the PLS on Tuesday, March 27th. We look forward to nation, and the award will be presented at the Rho welcoming our new members. Chi National Meeting. Best of luck to our chapter, and we hope to bring home this prestigious award for A big thank you to those who came out to our the third year in a row! Students, Special Topics, and Scholarly Work event last month. It was great to see students showcasing As always, we would like to remind everyone that the their research and others learning about their chapter is available to help if you are struggling with accomplishments.