Posted Aug. 22 - Lauren Hughes ’16 Mills, social media coordinator at MU, was a guest Aug. 21 on a Higher Ed Live webinar titled “Digital Engagement on Move-in Days.” Lauren has been social media coordinator since 2017, developing and directing social media strategies within the University, including brand management, community engagement and storytelling.

Posted Aug. 19 - Julie Cogley-Pifko has been selected to serve on the Chapter Excellence Board as the development advisor for Phi Sigma Pi National Honor Fraternity. She will work with eight collegiate chapters in the Midwest to help them implement operational practices. 

Posted Aug. 19 - Dusty Linn submitted a research proposal to the American College of Clinical Pharmacy’s Pulmonary Practice and Research Network titled “Steroid Dosing Strategies in Critically Ill Patients with COPD Exacerbation.” It was selected as the first sponsored study by the Pulmonary PRN. 

Posted Aug. 19 - Alex Mills, assistant professor of pharmacy practice, has published his research titled “Perception of Immunizations and Vaccine Recommendation Sources for Persons Living with HIV Compared With Persons Without HIV” in the community-based pharmacy residents issue of the Journal of the American Pharmacist Association. 

Posted Aug. 19 - Rob Beckett, associate professor of pharmacy practice, has graduated from the AACP Academic Leadership Fellows Program. The Academic Leadership Fellows Program supports and contributes to the development of leaders in academic pharmacy and higher education. The program provides an opportunity for Fellows to expand relationships with peers and colleagues in other institutions, as well as within their own college and university.  

Posted July 17 - Assistant professors Sarah Gordon and Teresa DeLellis have published “Utilizing Direct-Acting Oral Anticoagulants in Chronic Kidney Disease and Atrial Fibrillation” on the Indiana Pharmacist Association website, available at www.indianapharmacists.org.

Posted July 17 - Sarah Gordon, assistant professor; Sara Trovinger, assistant professor and director of experiential education; and Teresa DeLellis, assistant professor, have published their work, “Escape from the Usual: Development and Implementation of an ‘Escape room’ activity to Assess Team Dynamics” in the August edition of Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning.

Posted July 17 - Congratulations to Rob Beckett for his appointment to the Emerging Teaching Scholar Award Committee of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. Rob is associate professor of pharmacy practice and director of MU’s Drug Information Center.

Posted July 17 - Congratulations to Renee McCafferty, associate professor of pharmacy practice, for passing her ambulatory care board certification exam.

Posted June 19 - Psychology major Connor Eichenauer ’19 of North Manchester has been selected to receive the Carroll Parrish Scholarship from Pi Gamma Mu, the International Honor Society in Social Sciences. Connor will use the $2,000 award to pursue graduate study in industrial/organizational psychology at Michigan State University, the top-ranked program in the field.