MOW 2007-08

Residency Fair (P-3,4): Just a reminder that this year's Residency Fair will be held this Friday starting at 2 PM in room 1909.

Phi Lambda Sigma Student Pharmacist Leader of the Month (P-1,2,3,4): Congratulations to Jessica Winter for being awarded Phi Lambda Sigma's Student Leader of the Month. We encourage students, faculty, and staff to nominate deserving students for this award. PLS members are not eligible for this award, but all other P1s.-P4s are welcome. If someone who is nominated is not chosen one month, they may stay in the application pool to be chosen for the next month. Winners will receive a certificate and recognition on the PLS board in the 8th floor Mylan Center hallway. This would be something great to add to a CV! Nominating forms (see attached) for next month are due by Monday, October 8th by 1pm in mailbox #911 or to aweitzman@sole.wvu.edu. Thank you for supporting the leaders of pharmacy!

NCPA Meeting (P-1,2,3,4): NCPA (National Community Pharmacists Association) will be having its first meeting of the year Friday, September 28th at noon in room 3084. This will be an open informational meeting and anyone interested in community pharmacy is invited to attend.

Kappa Psi Football Fundraiser (P-1,2,3,4): Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity is sponsoring a co-ed flag football tournament November 3rd as a fundraiser for WVU Children's Hospital. The tournament will be at the intramural field next to Lot 80/Lot 81 Parking areas (where intramural flag football is held). Entry fee is $20 per person with a minimum of 10 players per team. Entry fee includes a commemorative t-shirt. At least two females must be on the field for your team at all times. Deadline to enter is Monday October 1st by 4:00PM. For more information or to obtain an entry form, please contact Lindsay Fortner Taylor at lfortner@sole.wvu.edu. Thank you for your support of WVU Children's Hospital.
NOTE: This is a separate tournament from the class teams that will be playing for SOP bragging rights in Pharmacy Week.

LKS Service Project- Rosenbaum House (P-1,2,3,4): LKS will be serving tacos at the Rosenbaum House on Monday, September 24th. For anyone interested in helping prepare and serve the meal, we will be meeting at 4:50 outside the John Jones Conference Rooms (beside the HSC main cafeteria). If there are any questions you can contact Malinda Miihlbach (mmiihlbach@sole.wvu.edu) or Maria Miller (mmiller@sole.wvu.edu).

ASP Meeting (P-1,2,3,4): ASP's first general meeting will be held in at noon in room 3084 on Monday, September, 24th. We hope to see you there! Also, if you were unable to attend the MRM meeting last Friday and would like more information about MRM, see the attached powerpoint presentation or contact Paige at ewilley@sole.wvu.edu

From the main campus Office of Student Services (P-1):
A Three-Day Wellness Retreat is scheduled for October 5-7, 2007, for sophomores and juniors and will be held at Camp Dawson in Preston County, WV. Students will enjoy classes on nutrition, attend Zumba exercise classes, master a ropes course, experience Yoga, make new
friends, set goals for healthy lifestyle, tailgate for the WVU vs. Syracuse away game, participate in outdoor activities such as biking and boating while enjoying a beautiful region of West Virginia, and much more. Cost for the weekend of wellness activities is just $100 per
student and will be billed to their student account. Email kelli.eisentrout@mail.wvu.edu, call 293-581, or stop in room 206 E. Moore Hall to sign up. The Retreat is limited to 40 so sign up asap! Students will leave the Coliseum at 3 p.m. on October 5 and return on
October 7 around 4.

Congrats to RHEP winner Ben Peck(P-1,2,3,4): Dear former, present and future RHEP students, For the SEVENTH year, RHEP has sponsored a drawing of the names of 6 students who have completed all RHEP evaluation forms requested of them for prizes of $250 each. Eligible students had to do the following:
1) medical and dental students had to complete a Baseline Data Questionnaire
2) complete a Student Evaluation of Rural Field Experience (SERFE) for EVERY RHEP rotation completed

ALL students participating in RHEP, regardless of their school or discipline, are eligible for the drawing if they meet the above criteria. Since there are approximately the same number of students from the 3 state supported medical schools as there are students from other schools/disciplines that participate in RHEP, 3 medical student names were drawn and 3 students from other disciplines were drawn.

The winners for the ‘06/’07 academic year are:
Justin Douglas, WVU-M, 2007
Timothy Ward, WVU-M, 2009
Robert Lambert, MU-M, 2008
Lesley Watts, WVU-PT, 2007
Benjamin Peck, WVU-P, 2008
Ken Dolan, WVU-D, 2007

Each of these 6 students/graduates will receive a check for $250! Congratulations! If you would like to see the winners in years past, they are listed at the end of this email.

For those of you who have not yet graduated, it is not too late to qualify for the next drawing which will take place in August, 2008. Even if you graduate in 2008, you will still qualify for the next drawing. Medical and dental students who have not yet done a rural rotation can go ahead and complete the Baseline Data Questionnaire. Complete your evaluation(s) by doing the following:
*Log onto TRACKER at www.wvrhep.org
*Click on the "Tracker" option.
*Go to the "STUDENTS" section and select discipline and school then enter your unique student identifier (hyphens may be required: xxx-xx-xxxx) and “login”
*If you have forgotten your unique student identifier number, click where it says "contact your Campus Coordinator". You can then email your Campus Coordinator requesting your unique student identifier.]
*Select the first button that says, "Start SERFE".
*At the bottom of the cover letter, click on the button that says "I understand and wish to proceed with the evaluation". You will see a list of all of your completed RHEP rotations. Please click on each rotation listed and evaluate each rotation separately.
*If you have questions or problems, email Rose Albert at ralbert@hsc.wvu.edu

Thanks to all of you for making the evaluation of RHEP more meaningful by your participation.