Pharmacy students Justin Levesque and Jina Cha earn national achievement award

Justin Levesque and Jina Cha of the College of Pharmacy have been selected as recipients of the 2011 RX portfolios National Achievement Award.

RX portfolios are electronic portfolios that allow management of credentials for employers, colleagues, and patients through the entire practice continuum - promoting transparency, accomplishment, and building patient confidence.  View their RX portfolios.

Justin Levesque is a lifelong Maine resident from Portland, graduating from Deering High School in 2000. He then matriculated to Bates College, earning a Bachelor of Science in Biology four years later, while playing four seasons of Division III NCAA football. After Bates, Justin established and operated a quality control laboratory at the Shipyard Brewing Company in Portland, Maine. He later earned double masters' degrees in December 2007 from the University of Southern Maine: Master of Business Administration and a Master of Science in Manufacturing Systems. Justin worked at IDEXX Laboratories from 2007 until 2010, when he matriculated into the Doctor of Pharmacy program at UNE.

Jina Cha is currently in her third year at UNE’s College of Pharmacy. Originally from Dallas, Texas, she earned a B.S. in Neuroscience. She is heavily involved in many pharmacy student organizations, such as APhA-ASP, ASHP-SSHP, AMCP, MPA, MSHP, AAAS and served as the founding vice president of SNPhA in the past two years. She is also the founding philanthropic chair of the Delta Chi Chapter of Kappa Psi. As a dedicated student pharmacist, she enjoys participating in various service projects including community health fairs, blood pressure and glucose screenings and events that benefit the American Red Cross, Susan G. Komen Foundation, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, and many more.

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.