Four Straight Wins for USC Chapter
Accepting the award was Kalsang Dorji, co-president of the USC chapter, and Christine Nguyen, a member of the group. Dorji is also the association’s national student president-elect.
The competition recognizes the work accomplished by the chapter during the 2007-08 year when Pharm.D. students Yousuf Rahyab and Harut Kagoyan were co-presidents.
The chapter won the award based on work that illustrates their commitment to community pharmacy, including the recruitment of new members to the group and advocacy for legislative action supporting the profession.
The chapter participates in outreach events and activities across Southern California, such as screening and education events at clinics, independent pharmacy locations and health fairs.
The group also encourages students to consider a career in community pharmacy through their speaker series “Recipe to Developing and Owning Your Own Pharmacy.” This series exposes students to a wide range of topics such as diabetes care and homeopathy.
The association’s Pruitt-Schutte Student Business Plan Competition also was held at the convention. This event requires students to create a blueprint for buying an existing independent community pharmacy or developing a new pharmacy. The USC group’s business plan was recognized among the top 10 in the nation.
Joining members of the chapter at the convention were School of Pharmacy Dean R. Pete Vanderveen and faculty adviser Jeffrey Goad, associate professor of clinical pharmacy.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education mentioned USC’s $6 billion fundraising campaign. The story noted that USC had already raised $1 billion in a “quiet phase,” including the $200 million naming gift from USC Trustee and alumnus David Dornsife and wife Dana Dornsife to the USC Dornsife College.
The Guardian (U.K.) highlighted two major gifts to USC in a list of the 10 biggest philanthropic benefactors in America. The list included the $200 million naming gift from USC Trustee and alumnus David Dornsife and wife Dana Dornsife to the USC Dornsife College, and the $110 million gift from USC Trustee and USC Viterbi School alumnus John Mork and wife Julie to create the USC Mork Family Scholars Program.
The New York Times featured the USC U.S.-China Institute documentary “Assignment: China — The Week that Changed the World.” The documentary, part of a series, examines media coverage of the 1972 Nixon trip that reshaped U.S.-China relations after a quarter century of isolation and hostility. “People look back now and take it for granted that the outcome was preordained,” said the institute’s Mike Chinoy, who produced the documentary. Voice of America also featured the story.
Los Angeles Times featured the Oscar Senti-meter, a tool developed by the USC Annenberg School, Los Angeles Times and IBM that analyzes thousands of tweets about the Academy Awards nominees. The story noted that Mexican actor Demian Bechir received an enormous boost on Twitter the day of the nominations, with a total of 6,893 tweets mentioning him, a 47-fold increase from the day before. The story noted the tool uses language-recognition technology developed in collaboration with USC Viterbi School’s Signal Analysis and Interpretation Lab.
The Times of India (India) featured a three-day medical emergency training workshop organized in association with USC. At the workshop, held at GCS Medical College in India, 50 doctors and more than 100 paramedics learned how to improve emergency support systems. William Mallon of the Keck School of USC said that discussion topics included the use of portable ultrasonic devices to scan patients. “The ultrasound applications help physicians make accurate and timely decisions,” he noted. Daily News & Analysis (India) also featured the workshop.
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