COMMENCEMENT 2018

CLASS OF 2018 GRADUATION

Presbyterian College School of Pharmacy held its fifth Hooding and Graduation Ceremony on Friday, May 11, 2018, and 69 graduates were honored in front of their families, faculty, and college officials.

Dr. Stuart Haines, the keynote speaker, spoke to the graduates about covenant, trust, and integrity with patients. He also told the inspiring story of Vivien Thomas, an African-American surgical technician who developed procedures to treat cyanotic heart disease in pediatric patients. Don Viets, chosen by his classmates to give the Distinguished Graduating Student Speaker Address, told his classmates a touching story about a successful businessman who missed important family moments. He charged his classmates to focus on what is most important as they begin their careers. The new graduates received the characteristic olive green hoods by Dean Cliff Fuhrman and Dr. Nancy Goodbar and recited the Oath of a Pharmacist. Sun, bagpipes, and happy smiles filled the morning as the Class of 2018 began their new journey as pharmacists.

Dr. Stuart T. Haines, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP, BC-ADM is Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Director of the Division of Pharmacy Professional Development at the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy. He is the editor-in-chief of an online journal club, iForumRx.org, for ambulatory care pharmacy specialists, a scientific editor for the journal Pharmacotherapy, and an editor for the textbook Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach. He has served on numerous editorial boards and authored more than 100 scholarly papers and book chapters regarding diabetes, cardiovascular disease, ambulatory care pharmacy practice models, and instructional methods.

CLASS OF 2018 AWARDS Presbyterian College Mortar and Pestle Award - Jessica Keels United States Public Health Service Excellence in Public Health Pharmacy Award - Sarabeth Herring Mylan Excellence in Pharmacy Award - Evan Bryson Merck Manuals Award for Academic Excellence - Brad Leonard and Victoria Paradiso Lilly Achievement Award - Morgan Enlow Wolters Kluwer Health Award of Excellence in Clinical Communication - Josh Stamps Distinguished Graduating Student Speaker - Don Viets