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BIDDEFORD, Maine

College of Pharmacy receives candidate approval from accreditation council; announces new dean

The University of New England College of Pharmacy has received notification of the granting of Candidate status for its Doctor of Pharmacy Program from the Accreditation Council on Pharmacy Education.  

"We are very pleased we have received this recognition," said Dr. Douglas Kay, dean of UNE's College of Pharmacy. "Our inaugural class of students have completed the first year of the four-year academic program.  The second class of 100 students will be arriving on campus this fall.  The cultural diversity of this class is even greater than last year's class, which represented students from around the nation and the world.  One-quarter of the incoming class is from Maine."

UNE has received 785 applications for the 100 spaces in the incoming class, said Dean Kay.  The college's research focus makes it different from most other new pharmacy schools in the country. 

New Dean

UNE's College of Pharmacy will welcome a new dean in September after an extensive national search.  The new dean, Gayle A. Brazeau, Ph.D., has most recently served as the associate dean for academic affairs, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Buffalo, State University of New York, where she is also a professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice.

According to ACPE, students enrolled in a college with Candidate status have the same rights and privileges as those in a fully-accredited program which only occurs after the inaugural class graduates.

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.