The Campaign for the School of Pharmacy
Goal: $15 million
Overview
Rated among the nation’s top professional graduate programs,
the Virginia Commonwealth University School
of Pharmacy is at the scientific forefront in pharmacy, pharmaceutics
and medicinal chemistry education and research. As Virginia’s
first school of pharmacy established in 1898, the school has a long
history of
pioneering changes in the field of pharmacy. In 1955, the National
Institutes of Health funded the first graduate training program in
the nation at VCU’s
School of Pharmacy. In 1971, the school was one of the first in the
nation to provide a 640-hour clerkship program, requiring all pharmacy
students to spend their final year in a practice setting under the
supervision of faculty preceptors. Over 25 years later, this program
has stood the test of time and serves as a model for many schools
nationwide.
Vision: first in pharmacy
As the first and best School of Pharmacy in the commonwealth of
Virginia, we have led our state through more than a century of
innovative healing.
We share with our alumni and fellow pharmacists a dedication to
service, patient care, mentorship and discovery. By striving
for the highest
ideals, our alumni, students and faculty continue to earn the respect
of their peers around the world. Now the time has come for us to
build upon our reputation as leaders of excellence in pharmacy.
As the shortage of pharmacists continues to afflict health care,
never
before has a better opportunity existed for us to join together
in providing for the future of our profession, for us to lead
pharmacy
into its next and greatest era.
Our goal is to become the nation’s
leading school of pharmacy. With $15 million in private gifts,
we can close the gap between being
one of the best pharmacy schools in the country and become the
best.
A tradition of firsts
VCU’s School of Pharmacy has a distinguished tradition of firsts
including:
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the nation’s first pharmacy
school to offer an entrepreneurial pharmacy course taught by
community practitioners.
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the first pharmacy school in the nation to require clerkship
rotations for graduation.
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the first VCU health science school to offer a Ph.D. program.
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the first academic medical center in the nation to open
a primary care pharmacy service clinic.
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the nation’s first retail pharmacy program aimed at
senior citizens living in the general community.
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Campaign priorities
With the continued excellence of our students and faculty, and
with the support of our loyal alumni and friends, VCU’s
School of Pharmacy will address the following priorities:
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Student scholarships and resources:
endowing new scholarships (merit and need-based), enhancing
student activity funds, creating a leadership speaker series
and renovating facilities to accommodate an increasing student
body
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Attracting first-class faculty and research: endowing new
professorships in every department, creating a new research
fund to support faculty and graduate students, enhancing the
Research Fellowship Fund
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Community service: Creating the Center for Safe Medication
Use, enhancing the new Continuing Education Program, and expanding
satellite
clinical teaching areas and residency programs
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Ongoing support from the annual fund
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Pharmacy Skills Laboratory |
$250,000
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Center for Safe Medication Use |
$250,000
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Lecture Hall |
$50,000
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Classroom |
$25,000
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Contact information
For more information about the First in Pharmacy Campaign, please
contact Ellen Firkins, director of development for the School
of Pharmacy at:
Phone: (804) 828-3016
E-mail: elfirkin@vcu.edu
Web site: http://www.pharmacy.vcu.edu
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