College of Pharmacy accepts charter, wins awards for new student group

The University of New England’s College of Pharmacy received the official charter for its chapter of the SNPhA (Student National Pharmacy Association) at its national convention held in July 2010 in Seattle, Washington.  It didn’t take them long to be recognized for their accomplishments and they brought home a few major awards from the convention:

  • UNE’s chapter won the 2010 National Convention Registration Award for Small Chapter Membership for the most registrants in that division that attended Nationals.
     
  • Student, Tamkeen Quraishi won the national “Wal-Mart Future Leaders in Pharmacy” award with a scholarship of $10,000, along with a special internship with Wal-Mart's corporate division for that achievement. She was also named a finalist for the Rite-Aid Community Leader of the Year award ($2,000) and received The Cardinal Health Diversity/ Inclusion Scholarship for $2,000.
     
  • The chapter was also recognized for coordinating events under the HIV/AIDS Remember the Ribbon, Legislation/ Voting/ Immigration, and Operation Immunization initiatives.

About the University of New England

The University of New England is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible, accredited online degrees. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.