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July 25, 2012 Issue 122, Volume 77
Professor receives pharmacy fellowship Ellen Goodacre
THE DAILY COUGAR Professor Kevin Garey of the UH College of Pharmacy was awarded an American Society of HealthSystem Pharmacists fellowship this summer during the ASHP Summer Meeting and exhibition June 12. ASHP fellows are recognized as those who have made significant contributions to scientific literature, research and education. “It just shows that you’ve done a lot of important work for this large organization, for ASHP,” Garey said. “It’s a nice thing for me personally and then a great thing for the University of Houston and then Houston in general.” ASHP is a professional organization that represents pharmacists who work in hospitals and health systems. With 40,000 members, ASHP is the largest pharmacy organization in the United States. Mustafa Lokhandwala, executive vice dean for research in the Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, states that such an honor would really boost the standards of UH. “We are now a Tier One university and striving to maintain and achieve even higher standards,” Lokhandwala said. “Being recognized as a fellow of a society of professional organizations is really important because it adds to the stature of not only the College of Pharmacy but also that of the University of Houston.” For about a decade, Garey has been responsible for coordinating many of the talks and presentations given at the mid-year and summer
meetings of the ASHP. Additionally, Garey was awarded the Literature Award in Drug Therapy by ASHP in 2007 and was instrumental in developing a new pharmacy practice initiative that was awarded the Best Practices Award by the ASHP in 2004. “Those two things together were sort of what helped me to get this fellowship status,” Garey said. “So it’s kind of like, ‘Thank you very much for all the work you’ve done,’ and then there’s a little reception later on that night where all of the incoming fellows rub elbows with the president and other big shots.” Garey’s research is focused mainly in the field of antibiotic use over long periods of time. Aside from conducting his own research, Garey also works as department chair of the Department of Clinical Sciences and Administration and is responsible for overseeing faculty members in his department in regards to their academic assignments, teaching, research, service activities and patient care. “As a coworker, he is a team player. He takes care of everybody in the team and makes sure that everybody is moving forward,” said Vincent Tam, associate professor for the Department of Clinical Sciences & Administration. “As a chair I think he is setting career goals for the department, and he has a plan for the department to move forward with very clear goals.” Because the ASHP is a national and globally-renowned organization, this fellowship will generate ASHP continues on page 2
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ome August, The Cougar Den will offer coffee and breakfast food for the first time, along with their usual selection of drinks and sandwiches. A back-to-school special with Karbach Brewing Company is also in the works. | Hendrick Rosemond/The Daily Cougar
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Phi Beta Kappa members advise high school students Brenda Resendiz
THE DAILY COUGAR The Honors College hosted the Phi Beta Kappa Honors Academy on July 14 in order to help outstanding students learn about college. The top students in the sophomore, junior and senior classes from 17 Houston-area high schools were invited to UH to preview lectures ranging from presidential elections to science. From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., students were treated to four lectures and one writing workshop to teach students about writing personal statements for college and scholarship applications. The participating professors were Robert Zaretsky, William Monroe, Christine LeVeaux-Haley and Simon Bott. The writing workshop was held by Krystafer Redden, a senior majoring
in literature, history and political science. “The main benefit for students was giving them a glimpse of how college discussion classes work, plus the opportunity to think about their own educational journey,” said Monroe. Monroe is the president of the Phi Beta Kappa Alumni Association of Greater Houston and a member of the UH Faculty Organizing Committee, which is preparing an application to bring a Phi Beta Kappa chapter to the University of Houston. “A Phi Beta Kappa chapter will complement many other Tier One initiatives and priorities, thereby raising the profile of the University and assisting in student and faculty recruitment and donor development,” Monroe said. Similarly to Tier One status, the prestige of Phi Beta Kappa is a
standard that can be understood nation-wide. “Phi Beta Kappa is undoubtedly the most prestigious honors society in the nation,” Redden said in an email. “Election to Phi Beta Kappa is a crowning achievement of an undergraduate career and is a universally understood recognition of excellence in the pursuit of liberal education.” Lucy Bonner, special projects coordinator of the Honors College and former member of Phi Beta Kappa, hopes to provide useful information as well as promote the society. “(Phi Beta Kappa) introduces practical writing and giving students a preview of seminar type classes,” Bonner said. “The purpose of the event was to promote Phi Beta PKB continues on page 2