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PORTLAND, Maine

UNE Pharmacy students lead voter registration drive

Stephanie Villasis
Stephanie Villasis (COP '18)

In the weeks leading up to the presidential election, Stephanie Villasis (COP ’18) and fellow students from UNE’s Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA) organized a voter registration drive and Rock the Vote lecture on the Portland Campus.

Villasis, who is the 2016-17 legislative chair in the UNE branch of the SNPhA, spearheaded Rock the Vote week at UNE. Alongside SNPhA president Christina Fields (COP ’18), she gave a non-partisan lecture on the presidential election and citizen initiatives to members of the Portland community.

Villasis began to take interest in policy and legislation at the 2016 SNPhA National Convention in Atlanta, GA, where she was inspired by student delegates who presented resolutions for SNPhA by-laws. Her passion for volunteerism led her to motivate fellow pharmacy students to become involved with outreach efforts, educating students, faculty and community members about the voting process.

 

To learn more about the College of Pharmacy, visit www.une.edu/pharmacy

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Maurice Bailey, Stephanie Villasis and Jean Durace
Maurice Bailey, Stephanie Villasis and Jean Durace

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.