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AUGUST 2014
HOME away AWAY FROM HOME : from home Welcoming and retaining international graduate students GINKGO AND STROKE The popular supplement is showing promise in the field of stroke recovery, as studied by Dr. Zahoor Shah.
PG2 LEADERSHIP LESSONS As Dr. Paul Erhardt celebrates 20 years of leading the CD3, he reflects on what has made him successful.
PG3
Having left the comforts of the United States
Graduate
to explore graduate education abroad, Dr.
Retention, Dr. Bryant-Friedrich is a valuable
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resource to graduate students experiencing
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of
The annual event introduces high school students to a career path and a source of inspiration.
PG4 INTERNATIONAL APPE An alumnus shares his experience of completing an Advance Pharmacy Practice Experience in China.
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complex
firsthand transition
Recruitment
and
the United States, often for the first time.
awaiting graduate students who come to the
“Students who decide to pursue advanced
College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical
degrees outside their country of origin are
Sciences from around the globe. Completing her doctorate
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NEW INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE STUDENTS IN THE COLLEGE
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often faced with barriers of immigration and matriculation that originate
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from a lack of knowledge
training in Basel, Switzerland
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world, but these experiences were often
higher learning,� Dr. Bryant-Friedrich said.
challenging;
and
As the College engages new regions of the
the
world to attract graduate students, Dr.
community
missing at
times
her
home
compounded
challenges. In her new role as Director of International
Pharmaceutical
Sciences
Bryant-Friedrich
plans
to
introduce
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