Twenty-seven of 88 students in the Class of 2013 Doctor of Physical Therapy students posed for a class photo at their hooding
ceremony in August.
Monniger, it was a life-changing experience.
“I learned so much from the trip, and I
would go back in a heartbeat,” she said.
Shenandoah’s Division of Physical
Therapy (SUPT) celebrated the
accomplishments of 88 new doctors of
physical therapy at its annual SUPT
Hooding Ceremony in August. Todd
Telemeco, PT, Ph.D., ’94, ’97, ’05,
former Shenandoah faculty member and
director of the Doctor of Physical Therapy
program at Methodist University, served as
distinguished speaker.
(PHOTO: Alexis Hott)
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PHARMACY
Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy
supporter and alumna Laura LaFontaine
White ’70 and her daughter, Pat Sharrow,
opened Battletown Pharmacy in Berryville,
Va., in September. White and her husband,
the late Eugene V. White, owned White’s
Pharmacy, also in Berryville, for 43 years.
White revolutionized the pharmacy
profession, and as a tribute, their pharmacy
was recreated at the Bernard J. Dunn
School of Pharmacy. Battletown Pharmacy
is located at 33 W. Main St. in Berryville.
The Bernard J. Dunn School of
Pharmacy, in partnership with Loudoun
County Public Schools (LCPS) and the
George Washington University, hosted
the fifth annual Genomic Opportunities
for Girls in Research Labs (GO GIRL)
program this summer. GO GIRL is an
educational outreach program designed
to provide young women with a unique
opportunity for a hands-on laboratory
experience in molecular biology and
genomics.The four-day summer program
teaches rising 10th-, 11th- and 12thgrade girls from LCPS about genetic
fingerprinting, gene expression and genetic
modification of organisms. GO GIRL is
funded by a grant to LCPS from Howard
Hughes Medical Institute.
Third-year Pharm.D. student Lily Nguyen
was one of four students selected from
a nationwide pool of more than 100
applicants to be named an Express Scripts
Scholar by the American Association of
Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP).
PERFORMANCES
Artist-in-Residence and Chair of the
Keyboard Division John O’Conor
On Sept. 28, longtime Bernard J. Dunn School of
Pharmacy supporter and former Shenandoah University
Alumni Board member Laura LaFontaine White ’70 and
her daughter, Patricia White Sharrow, celebrated the
opening of their new pharmacy, Battletown Pharmacy, in
Berryville, Va. Sharrow will serve as president and head
pharmacist while Amber Darr '01 will fulfill the role of
relief pharmacist. Upon graduation, William "Bo" Spires,
a fourth-year Shenandoah University pharmacy student,
will be employed full time. Spires, a recipient of the
Eugene B. White scholarship in pharmacy and the Kmart
Scholarship for Excellence in Community Pharmacy, has
been involved in the project since its inception and plans
to assume a larger role in the company in the future.
Front row, left to right: Lauren Chambers, pharmacy
student; Patricia White Sharrow; Laura LaFontaine White
’70; Jillian Sweeney, pharmacy student. Back row, left
to right: Top of Virginia Regional Chamber Director of
Member Development Rich Weller; Berryville Mayor
Wilson L. Kirby; Bruce McWhinney, PharmD; William
‘Bo’ Spires, pharmacy student.