Two students selected for rotation in D.C.

Two of six students selected to work at the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy's headquarters in the nation's capital this fall are from our School of Pharmacy. Both were selected from applicants across the country because of their passion for the profession.

Allen Receptions

May 14 — Hattiesburg. Details TBA.

May 15 — Gulfport. Details TBA.

2012 Keep-up Seminars

May 15 — Oxford. School of Pharmacy.

May 16 — Jackson. School of Pharmacy.

May 17 — Wiggins. Flint Creek Water Park.

Save these Dates

April 10 — Ronald F. Borne Lecture in Medical Chemistry, Oxford. TCRC, 11 a.m.

April 13 — School of Pharmacy Awards Day, Oxford. Ford Center, 9:30 a.m.

April 16-19 — International Conference on the Science of Botanicals, Oxford, Conference Center.

April 19 — PY3 Student Patch Ceremony, UMMC. Conference Center, 5:30 p.m.

April 20 — Charles W. Hartman Memorial Lecture, Oxford. Ford Center, 11 a.m.

May 12 — Commencement, Oxford. Details TBA.

Dietary supplements guru receives honorary doctorate

Ikhlas Khan has been studying herbal products and working to standardize them to improve their quality and safety for decades. His work has drawn international recognition and numerous awards, but the honorary degree he just received in his home country means the most to him.

Grads post perfect pass rate on NAPLEX

Pharmacy students (from left) Lamar Jackson, Sabrina<br/> McGee, Betsy Morgan, Stephen Porter and Michael McGuire

School of Pharmacy graduates' cumulative pass rate over
the last five years is the nation's fifth highest and the
Southeastern Conference's second highest.

Last year's graduating class of pharmacists was perfect—literally. All of our May 2011 Doctor of Pharmacy graduates passed the licensure exam on their first attempt. Their performance pushed our pass rate over the past five years to 98.96 percent, the nation's fifth highest.
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School honors three with Distinguished Alumni Awards

William B. Harlan (left), Kristie M. Gholson, Richard A.
Jackson

We honored three of our pharmacy alumni for their outstanding careers and contributions to our school during Pharmacy Alumni Weekend. Recipients of 2012 Distinguished Alumni Awards are Kristie Gholson of Tupelo, William B. Harlan of Brandon and Richard A.
Jackson of Sarasota, Fla.
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Memphis company licenses promising poison ivy preventative

Mahmoud ElSohly

Hapten Sciences Inc. of Memphis has licensed a compound developed by ElSohly Laboratories Inc. and our pharmaceutical researchers to prevent reactions to poison ivy, oak and sumac. Hapten has dubbed the compound HPT-721 and plans to file an Investigational New Drug Application and begin clinical trials this year.
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School receives major gift from estate of alumna

Madeline and Thomas Sciacca

Thanks to the generosity of the late Madeline O. Sciacca, who remembered her alma mater in her will, generations of our pharmacy students will receive scholarship support. Sciacca, who obtained her pharmacy degree in 1953, left $400,000 to the pharmacy school to create a scholarship in her memory.
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