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MU Pharmacy earns full accreditation
The milestone became official
in early July: Manchester’s
Pharmacy Program is now fully
accredited by the Accreditation
Council for Pharmacy
Education (ACPE).
In March, a team from
ACPE visited the Fort Wayne
campus to perform a comprehensive evaluation of the program,
measuring it against 30 pharmacy accreditation standards. “It has been
a long journey and there are many people to thank,” said President
Dave McFadden ’82 upon news of the accreditation. McFadden
commended the work of Raylene Rospond, vice president and dean,
and Tommy Smith, assistant dean for assessment and accreditation,
who led the self-study process, as well as all of the pharmacy faculty
and staff who helped prepare the report.
“We remain forever grateful to Lilly Endowment Inc. and its generous
gift that enabled us to launch this program and build the Fort Wayne
campus at a level of quality and completeness that would not have been
possible otherwise,” McFadden added.
He expressed gratitude as well to his predecessor, President Emerita
Jo Young Switzer ’69 who led the addition of the Fort Wayne campus
and the Doctor of Pharmacy program during her transformative
tenure. “So many people made a leap of faith to join us on this
journey,” said McFadden, including “our generous donors, the Board of
Trustees, faculty, staff and, especially our students.”
New Intercultural Center named for Jean Childs ’54 Young
Manchester University is replacing its current Intercultural
Center with a new building to be named the Jean Childs Young
Intercultural Center after the alumna, President Dave McFadden
announced Sept. 16.
An elementary education major, Jean Childs ’54 Young was an
educator and activist and the wife of civil rights leader Andrew
Young, a former U.S. congressman, ambassador to the United
Nations and mayor of Atlanta. Jean died in 1994.
MU’s current Intercultural Center is in a former residence across
College Avenue from the Administration Building. Construction is
expected to begin in 2017 for the new facility at College Avenue and
East Street.
“Jean’s life reflected brightly on our mission to respect the infinite
worth of every individual and improve the human condition,”
McFadden told alumni and friends in an email in September.
“A child of the segregated South and a partner in the civil
rights movement, Jean’s work dispelled stereotypes and fostered
understanding. She built relationships and bridged divides.”
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McFadden announced the new building’s name at the dedication of
a Peace Pole in memory of the three students who died in a traffic
accident in February, Nerad Mangai ’18, Brook “BK” Dagnew ’18
and Kirubel Hailu ’19.