Congratulations to the new Execs for 2008!
President: Denise Emmert
President Elect: Scott Kershaw
Vice President: Paul Morales
Treasurer: Chi Nguyen
Secretary: Julie Haase
Public Relations: Jen Reynolds
Chapter Newsletter
Volume 5 Issue 6
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November
15, 2007
Is Regional Office for You? By Angel Hollrith
If you were unable to attend this year’s MRM in Minneapolis, MN, you missed out
on a great time! It was a fun-filled weekend of professional
networking, policy discussions, educational opportunities and even a Halloween
costume contest with student pharmacists from the 8 pharmacy schools within our
APhA-ASP Region 5. Paul Morales, our chapter delegate, did a
excellent job voicing our chapter’s views during the House of Delegates and
guiding the chapter in thoughtful discussion Saturday evening.
Aside from being the second-largest chapter in attendance, Creighton also
stood out for a second reason. Thanks to our strong emphasis
on leadership and high caliber of students within out school, we were the only
school with two students running for regional office.
An important component of every MRM
weekend is the election of regional officers. APhA is unique
in the way they integrate student pharmacists into the larger organization and
provide leadership opportunities to enhance student development and serve the
organization. An important part of the APhA-ASP leadership
structure lies in the regional officers for each of the 8 regions: Regional
Delegate, Regional Member-at-large and MRM Coordinator. Both
of the Delegate and Member-at-larges play important roles at APhA Annual Meeting
in San Diego, promote political interest, expand chapter patient care project
opportunities and serve as the communication hub for the region.
All offices are decided upon at MRM and are year-long terms ending at the
following year’s MRM.
This year, Creighton was the only school
in our region to bring two candidates for regional office: Ally Strobel for
Regional Delegate and Katherine Carter for Regional Member-at-large.
You will be hearing much more from Katherine in the coming year, as your
2007-2008 Region 5 Member-at-large! Although Ally was not
elected, we appreciate her representation of Creighton and commitment to
increasing interest in policy. If you think you might like to
seek out leadership opportunities like this, please consider running for a
chapter office at the upcoming meeting, November 28th and then keep
in mind the opportunities for regional office at next year’s MRM in South
Dakota. If you would like to learn more about these
leadership positions or their experience, feel free to email Ally or Katherine,
or other members of your APhA-ASP executive committee!
Elections!!!!!
Wednesday November 28th elections will be held during our
general meeting. Positions available are:
* President Elect: Must be a P1
and it is a 2 year commitment. Responsible for the patient
counseling competition and assisting the president
*Vice President:
Responsible for managing committees and legislative issues.
*Treasurer: Responsible for balancing the
check book and providing food for meetings
*Public Relations: Responsible
for media relations and helping coordinate our trips to MRM and
the National Meeting
*Secretary: Responsible for taking meeting
minutes and provide wonderful newsletters such as this.
For a full job description check out the constitution on our
website or contact the current executive board member. President Elect: Denise
Emmert (dme46431@creighton.edu), Vice President: Ally Strobel
(ars91739@creighton.edu), Treasurer: Jake Johnsen (jcj67651@creighton.edu),
Public Relations: (tjw59371@creighton.edu), Secretary: Paul Morales
(pcm18937@creighton.edu).
Katy NEEDS OUR HELP
Katy the kangaroo needs some new threads
and to raise money the Katy’s Kids committee is selling t-shirts, hoodies and
childrens shirts. Orders are due by November 19th.
... Legislative Update (continued)
