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First pharmacy graduates report success
Manchester’s inaugural pharmacy class reported a 98 percent success
rate shortly after their graduation in May 2016.
Forty-nine out of 50 graduates said they were working in community
pharmacies and hospitals or completing additional post-graduate
training. Sixty-five percent of the graduates entered the community
pharmacy workforce and 8 percent said they were employed in the
hospital setting.
“We commend the Class of 2016 for again creating a strong
foundation for all future classes,” said Tommy Smith, Pharm.D., J.D.,
who announced the results. He is assistant dean for assessment and
accreditation of the Pharmacy Program. “Getting the first set of
very competitive results in the record book is one of a number of
important milestones our program has successfully achieved in 2016.”
Even though they came to MU from all over the nation, half of
the graduates remained in Indiana and 75 percent of those are in
northeast Indiana.
About a third of the graduates pursued residencies, and they achieved
an 81 percent “match” rate with programs in 13 states. This is much
higher than the national rate of 68 percent, according to data from
the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Residency Match
Program. Residencies usually last a year and offer post-graduate
training primarily at hospitals, community pharmacies and managed-
care organizations.
MU receives $300,000 grant from Justice Department
Manchester is using a $300,000 grant from the U.S. Department of
Justice Office on Violence Against Women to raise awareness about
sexual violence and harassment and enhance victim support. The
award over three years is one of 61 such grants nationwide totaling
$25 million and the only award to an Indiana institution.
MU’s proposal created the CARE (Creating a Respectful
Environment) Initiative for the North Manchester and Fort Wayne
campuses. CARE focuses on three areas:
• Implementation of education programs designed to prevent
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking.
• Improved coordination among University administrators,
security personnel and local law enforcement to reduce those
problems.
• Development of specific strategies for underserved
populations.
MU is partnering with four victim services providers as well as the
police departments in North Manchester and Fort Wayne. Staff
members who developed the proposal include Liz Bushnell, assistant
vice president for institutional quality; Paige Krouse, director of grants;
Allen Machielson, dean of student experience; Danette Norman ’85
Till, director of counseling services; and April White ’03, assistant
director of counseling services.
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