The University of Toledo

Pharmacy Student Council Minutes: March 2, 2011

Roll Call:  AAPS, APhA, AZO, KY, LKS, SNPhA, SSHP, Rx Ambassadors, Rxeal Life, P1 PharmD Representative, P1 BSPS Representative, P2 PharmD Representative, P2 BSPS Representative, P3 PharmD Representative, Pre-professional

Dean's Report

• Dean Early
• Dr. Hinko
• • Suggestion Box- No suggestions
  • Self Study- Real visit will be in September but mock visit will be April 26, 2011 11:00am to 12:30pm in HEB 149. As student council members, please make it a point to attend the mock site visit. What you say is very important to the success of this visit. Please RSVP to Cindy Soncrant (Cynthia.soncrant@utoledo.edu)

Secretary's Minutes

Approve:  Scarlett Lynn   Second: Jon McLachlan

Treasurer's Report

Old Business

Pre-professional organization

Committees

Technical Standards Draft- an ACPE suggested standard to define professional competencies

Web-Site

• Hoping to have it launched by the time we get back from spring break
• Still need a description of every organization, please email to Hania
• Otherwise Shawn will write it 

Print Quotas

• Charge was increased from $0.05 to $0.10 but students were given twice as much ($120 instead of $60)
• You still need to email to get your print quota transferred from main campus to HSC
• Also you have a separate print quota at Mulford Library

Pharmacy Phield Day

• Julie is in the process of confirming whether or not we are authorized to have the inflatables and food on HSC
• SSHP is doing pie a professor
• Other organizations, we really need events/contests from you organizations, please email Julie.mclaughlin@rockets.utoledo.edu
• Tentative Date: April 15^th, 11-3pm
• Kappa Psi has meeting out of town that day.

New Business

Mulford Library - Professional Courtesy

• Complaints from many students about inconsideration in the library such as being loud and obnoxious
• Please try to be respectful

Scheduling Rooms

• Shawn and Dr. Martin put together a sheet of rooms and times where there are no classes and when the most students will not be in class and available for meetings
• This is for the Fall 2011:
• • Trying to make room scheduling easier for student organizations
  • Also there is a pharmacy hour
  • Jessica Merritt will be talking about room scheduling at our next meeting
  • For smaller rooms (< 30 people) you can go to Pam Hennen in the HSC Office of Student Affairs (HEB 155) for scheduling in the HSC Pharmacy building
  • POST MEETING: Student organizations can download the request form for rooms outside of the HSC Pharmacy building (http://www.utoledo.edu/studentaffairs/osi/pdfs/Academic%20Room%20Request.pdf ) and submit it to Pam Hennen in the HSC Office of Student Affairs. She will FAX it to the appropriate University office.

Jordanian International Pharmaceutical Conference

• Conference that the CPPS has been invited to co-sponsor
• Recruitment of Jordanian researchers
• Would be held here in Toledo and be more research oriented
• Students would be invited

Capturing Student Stories, Photos, and Captions

• Charisse Montgomery is looking for photos and stories from student organizations for a newsletter/website
• Good PR for your organization!

March Madness Fundraiser

• A PA student wants to do this with the entire HSC
• Competition between all colleges
• You can submit a bracket for $5
• Winners will be posted every week and the overall winner can pick which charity they want the money to be donated to
• Contact Shawn for more information

Tutoring Pilot program- Christine Reichert Director of Academic Enrichment Center-

• Will be starting in the fall. Pharmacy faculty met and determined the most high-risk courses (most intense).
  P1: PPT1, Pharmacology, Med Chem, Biochem
• Will primarily be group tutoring and extra drop in and group sessions the week before exams
• There won’t be individual tutoring without authorization
• May expand down the road to supplemental instruction etc. but not yet.
• Tutoring will begin after the 3^rd week which will give a chance for tutors to meet, be trained and established
• Estimated to hold 52 group sessions a week but will probably be an over estimation, so target is to get 15 tutors for the year
• Hours are very flexible and you could even do this during specified times (ex if you’re off on rotations some months)
• Tutor recruitment will begin soon, Friday April 15^th. Students must have a B+ or better in the course and have to complete an interview.
• Tutors can be volunteer (preferred, may open up to more scholarship opportunities), work study, and hired from budget (tough with upcoming budget cuts)
• Need help to promote the open house!  Will be held on the 5^th floor of Mulford Library in the Academic Enrichment Center, Friday, April 15^th beginning around 11:00am            

Upcoming Events

• Spring Meetings:  Mar. 30th 4:00PM April 29th 4:00PM
• Speaker APhA & SSHP, March 16^th, 4:00pm COB 1050
• • Extra credit for P2s in Pulmonary!